reviews_and_ramblings | May. 2nd, 2009

May. 2nd, 2009

Mr. Wonderful by Stormy Glenn
Release Date: April 21, 2009
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publisher Link: http://www.bookstrand.com/product-mrwonderful-14354-192.html

Blurb: Julian is looking for Mr. Wonderful, the gentle, sweet man of his dreams that he can spend the rest of his life with. What he finds is Darius Alexander, a self-made millionaire. He's also the sexiest man Julian has ever laid eyes on. For straight-laced club owner, Darius Alexander, Julian was perfection. His wild ways, his bold colors, his gorgeous good looks, all added up to the man of his dreams. He wants him immediately and is determined to have him any way he can.

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Moving Day by Jaime Samms
Release Date: February 24, 2009
Publisher: Freya’s Bower
Publisher Link: http://www.freyasbower.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=10&products_id=193
Blurb: Mike Paloso has lost count of the number of times he’s helped childhood friend Jay Charles move. Jay’s never had much of a home to call his own, content to follow his boyfriends around, but each break-up means a new pad, until the next guy comes along. This time, it’s different. There’s been no break-up, and no new pad. Instead, there’s one hell of a fixer-upper, and not just the house Jay’s inherited from his latest, late, beau. This time, Mike has to find a way to repair Jay’s broken dreams and mangled heart. With every reno, there comes some demo, but Mike’s not sure he’s ready to dismantle his life to rebuild Jay’s.

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Murder by Design by Jade Falconer
Release Date: April 26, 2009
Publisher: Phaze Books
ISBN: 978-1-60659-049-2
Publisher Link: http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Murder+by+Design/exact_match=exact

Amazon Kindle: Murder by Design

Blurb: Sidney has it all: he's a gorgeous, sought-after male model, and he lives with Alan, who worships the ground he walks on. He's surrounded by friends and luxury. His life may not be conventional, but he's happy. Then Alan is murdered, and Sidney is arrested for the crime. All evidence points to Sidney, but the detective assigned to the case is sure they've got the wrong man. Detective Greg Wilson is convinced of Sidney's innocence, but is it because he's falling for him? Can Greg solve the case before it's too late?

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Dreams Delivered by Jaxx Steele
Release Date: April 26, 2009
Publisher: Phaze Books
ISBN: 978-1-60659-018-8
Publisher Link: http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Dreams+Delivered/exact_match=exact

Amazon Kindle: Dreams Delivered

Blurb: First in a series! Mitchell Donavan has a fantasy, one he doesn't think he can bring to life. When a night of Truth or Dare reveals his innermost secrets and the possibility of a new relationship, Mitchell doubts his dream will ever come true. However, dreams have a way of being delivered...

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You First by Kim Dare
Release Date: April 27, 2009
Publisher: Total-e-Bound
ISBN: 978-1-906811-61-7
Publisher Link: http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=457

Blurb: Book one in the Perfect Timing Series. All Luke had to do was come after Justin. How difficult could that possibly be? There was only one thing that stopped sex with Justin being completely perfect for Luke. The timing. That wasn't so perfect. In fact, the timing really sucked – and not in the fun, fellatio related way. Justin was five years younger than Luke and relatively inexperienced. Luke had enjoyed more lovers than he could count or remember - he knew he was good at sex. There was no good reason why Justin should outlast him every time they hooked up. All Luke had to do was come second, set his mind at ease, and everything would be perfect between them. Hell, if he could do that, he might even consider the serious relationship idea Justin seemed so taken with. How difficult could that possibly be?

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The Lion's Share by Dianne Fox
Release Date: April 25, 2009
Publisher: Torquere Books
ISBN: 978-1-60370-699-5
ISBN (10): 1-60370-699-2
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1942

Blurb: Shifters Ross and Lindy really want their third love, Tau, to move in with them. Were-lion Tau is reluctant, if only because he has problems in his past that he doesn’t want Ross and Lindy to have to deal with. When those problems show up in a very real way, Tau knows he has to do something to stop them from spiraling out of control. Ross and Lindy know they have to help Tau, but they're not sure how they can when they end up in trouble themselves. Can Tau reach his lovers in time to keep them safe, or will the ghosts of his past take everything he cares about away?

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Sit Up and Beg by Julia Talbot
Release Date: April 25, 2009
Publisher: Torquere Books
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1945

Blurb: Killian is minding his own werewolf business when he's attacked out of the blue and dragged off to some psycho's fighting ground for magical creatures. Evan is playing along at the big boss' compound, hoping to free the shifters that are trapped there. Together they might just be able to get free, but will they go their separate ways, or will they find some common ground?

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The Wrong Path by Stevie Woods
Release Date: 2008
Publisher: Torquere Books
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=640

Blurb: Nobleman Zeke is on his way to meet with his betrothed partner when his carriage breaks down, leaving him stranded. Crispin is leaving his cheating lover when he comes across Zeke on the road. The chemistry is immediate, and Zeke has never been more grateful for a little magic, or for a little fate. Are he and Crispin meant to be?

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A Slip to Die For by William Maltese
Release Date: 04/2009
Publisher: Wildside Press
Publisher Link: http://www.wildsidebooks.com/A-Slip-to-Die-For-by-William-Maltese-40trade-pb41_p_3605.html

Amazon Kindle: A Slip to Die For: A Stud Draqual Mystery (Stud Draqual Mysteries)

Blurb: Someone had not only killed the writer, who'd been an "underground" movie star, model, hustler, and cross-dresser, but had also murdered the borderline drunk, who'd been a TV-network executive and anchorman for the evening news. Each corpse had been carefully draped in Draqualian silk, a very special silk created by very special silkworms who ate very special mulberry leaves. Stud Draqual knew all about the silk, and knew the dead men too. Two things were immediately clear: the killings weren't accidental, and they were both connected directly to Studand he needed to be very careful indeed to penetrate the mystery without being murdered himself!

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When Summer Comes by William Maltese
Release Date: 04/2009
Publisher: Wildside Press
Publisher Link: http://www.wildsidebooks.com/When-Summer-Comes-by-William-Maltese-40trade-pb41_p_2041.html

Amazon: When Summer Comes

Blurb: Jason Summer has dropped out of college for a reasonhe's just too hot to swot. As he works his way 'round Florida, hitching rides and selling favors, it seems that everyone Jason meets comes away satisfied. But Jason's not the only beach bum on the make. On the West Coast, three eighteen-year-olds are amusing themselves in Baja during their last year in high school. Talbot has his eyes on a security guard, Marky is waiting for a French surfboy to wash up on the beach, and their classmate Jeffrey is pining for them both!

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Young Cruisers by William Maltese
Release Date: 04/2009
Publisher: Wildside Press
Publisher Link: http://www.wildsidebooks.com/Young-Cruisers-by-William-Maltese-40trade-pb41_p_2043.html

Amazon: Young Cruisers

Blurb: Have you ever watched young guys cruising—posing, flirting, watching, and waiting.... They may be young, but they sure know how to pull. In this new collection of first-time adventures, parkland encounters, sleazy confessions, and explicit cruising stories by William Maltese, you find out only too clearly what these randy youngsters get up to when the need for a man drives them out on the hunt!

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Slovakian Boy by William Maltese
Release Date: 04/2009
Publisher: MLR Press
ISBN: 978-1-60820-050-4 (ebook)
Publisher Link (ebook): http://www.mlrpress.com/ShowBook.php?book=SLOVAKBY

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Blurb: Unabashedly borrowing from the literary precedents set by John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation and Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, Slovakian Boy is a kaleidoscopic account of handsome young Pavel as seen through the eyes of interested -- sometimes too interested -- parties of family, friends, and fans. William Maltese's narrative of a boy's determined reinvention of himself as a porn god is a sexy romp through a rarely explored realm.

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A Heart Divided by J.M. Snyder
Release Date: May 3, 2009
Publisher: Amber Allure
ISBN-13: 978-1-60272-511-9 (Electronic)
ISBN-13: 978-1-60272-870-7 (Paperback)
Publisher Link: http://amberquill.com/AmberAllure/HeartDivided.html

Amazon: A Heart Divided

Blurb: Confederate Lieutenant Anderson Blanks has grown weary of the War Between the States. He is all too aware of the tenuous thread that ties him to this earth—as he writes a letter home to his sister, he realizes he may be among the dead by the time she receives the missive. His melancholy mood is shared by other soldiers in the campsite; in the cool Virginia night, the pickets claim to hear ghosts in the woods, and their own talk spooks them. Andy knows the “ghost” is nothing more than a wounded soldier left on the battlefield, dying in the darkness. With compassion, Andy takes the picket’s lantern and canteen in the hopes of easing the soldier’s pain. After a tense confrontation with the soldier, Andy is shocked to discover none other than Samuel Talley, a young man Andy’s father had chased from their plantation when the romantic relationship between the two boys came to light. The last time the two had seen each other, Sam had been heading west to seek his fortune, and had promised to send for Andy when he could. Then the war broke out, and Andy had enlisted in the Confederate Army to help ease the financial burden at home. Apparently Sam had similar ideas—he now wears the blue coat of a Union solider. Sam is severely wounded and infection has begun to set in. Andy can’t sneak him into his own camp for treatment because all Union soldiers are taken prisoner. But Andy’s Confederate uniform prevents him from seeking help from the nearby Union camp, as well. It’s up to Andy to tend his lover’s wound and get Sam the help he needs before it’s too late...and before Andy’s compatriots discover Sam’s presence...

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Toy Box: Beads edited by M. Rode, with stories by Lee Benoit, S. Blaise, and Syd McGinley
Release Date: 04/2009
Publisher: Torquere Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-60370-691-9
ISBN-10: 1-60370-630-691-7
Publisher Link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1914

Blurb: Beads as a sex toy? Absolutely. They can be hotter than hot, and the three stories in this toy box prove it. First, Paulo and Preston are back in Lee Benoit's Adaptation. Paulo worries that Preston is no longer interested in topping him. He goes to Preston's best friend Tasim for advice, but can Tasim help Paulo figure out what's wrong or are Paulo and Preston on their way out? In An Innocent Misunderstanding by S. Blaise, relative innocent Stephen lets himself into his boyfriend Ray's apartment one afternoon to find a string of rubber beads with a note reading "I'm sure you can find something to do with this." Stephen figures the beads are some sort of decoration, so when Ray comes home, they're both in for a bit of a surprise! Finally, Syd McGinley brings us Ain't Misbehavin'. Rinnie and Tommy are living with Dr. Fell's mentor, Dr. Pol Rønne. When Tommy takes too long getting ready to go home after a drag show, he and Rinnie have to put on a show of their own for Pol using Tommy's mardi gras beads in a most unusual way.

“Adaptations” is a new installment in my Paulo & Preston tales, featuring singing sub Paulo and his older Dom, Preston. In this episode, Paulo worries that Preston has lost interest in topping him. The real reason comes as a surprise, and Paulo and Preston have to work together to find a solution. A set of anal beads comes in handy… “Adaptations” appears in the Toy Box: Beads anthology from Torquere Press, and also features a Felliverse story from Syd McGinley and a story from Torquere newcomer S. Blaise.

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Drive Me Home by Chrissy Munder
Release Date: May 4, 2009
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publisher Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/

Amazon Kindle: Drive Me Home

Blurb: Las Vegas isn't just a glamorous, glitzy playground for high rollers, Elvis impersonators, and blushing newlyweds. It's also a seedy, worn-out dumping ground for the lonely, the broken, and the lost. Eric Moss is one of those drifters, just marking time, until he meets two very different men, both of whom could change his life. Marc Evans is a rich casino owner. He offers Eric safety, security, and a chance to regain some of his ravaged past. Brad Torres is a garage mechanic. He offers Eric nothing at all. The choice might have been easy, if Eric weren't intensely attracted to both men. He has to choose between Sin City's sparkling lights and a life in the shadows—will he be able to live with his heart's decision?

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( 2008 ROMANTIC TIMES CAREER ACHEIVEMENT )

( 2008 ROMANTIC TIMES REVIEWERS' CHOICE )

The Romantic Times Awards are quite traditional, but this year I believe to see a changing... first of all, the award to Jo Walton, who was also nominated to the Lambda Literary Award with another book in 2007; and then the return of very good authors like Iris Johansen (one of her book is one of my all-time favorite) and Connie Hall (one of my "missing" author). I don't know, maybe are only coincedences, but nice ones.

To read more:

http://rosaromance.splinder.com/post/20449288/

I already said in the past that my travel in Romania was an impromptu one, my aunt was planning to go and I bought a travel guide for her, and browsing the guide I was enthralled by all the possibilities and things to see. I went in winter, and spent 2 week all around the country, and we had to "run away" since we was with our own car and it was starting a real worrying snowstorm.

by Elisa, Sighisoara, Romania, 2003

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Sighisoara was the last town we saw before leaving the country; it's the native town of Vlad Dracul, the future Dracula, and it's a really fascinating town, small but with some wonderful views.

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by Elisa, Sighisoara, Romania, 2003

Around the Wor...

By Elisa Rolle

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This is a short story but it is very well built and plotted, so much that it gives you the idea to be longer. At the beginning of the book a wealthy man, Tamasin, presents himself and his bed slaves to the readers. Tamasin is a merchant of some sort, probably no more in the primis of his adult age, he has a wife and three sons, so he has fulfilled his "social" duties and now he can enjoy some privileges of his own; every years he spent the hot months in his villa with some servants and above all with his three bed slaves, Urrit, Elagan and Semoy. The three men, young and handsome, are different in looks, behavior and also origins.

Elagan was the oldest of the three and he was still there when Tamasin bought the house; he is a strong man, with a strong will, but he is "used" to be a slave; he questions his master, but more as a play than a real need to contrast him. Urrit was raised in his homeland to be a sex slaves, and always for him is centered around his "skills"; he has never considered any other life for him and so he is almost detached about it, freedom is not something he missed since he has never had it. And then Semoy; Semoy was not taught in the art to be a sex slaves, and he had very bad experience with men in the past; he arrived in Tamasin's possession not to be a bed slave, but Tamasin was fascinated by this young and shy man; probably he didn't do him a favor to choose him for that role, probably Semoy would have preferred to work with his hands doing an hard work, rather than being pampered and waiting for the nights when the Master chooses to make him wear the Red Sash, the sign that he is the chosen for the day. Of the three Semoy is the one that probably, even if unwilling, gives to Tamasin the most sincere response during their encounters, and it's clear that Tamasin favors him among the other. But Tamasin has duties, his family and his business, he can't neglect and at the end of the summer he has to come back to them.

I like as the author describes Tamasin, he comes out like almost a pater familias, a man who cares for his bed slaves like a man would care for a most cherished property, but he is not selfish or indifferent; it was not an easy task, since Tamasin's character was not an easy one. Tamasin has not regrets for what he is doing, there is not concept of sin or unright behavior; having homosexual relationship or possessing slaves is an ordinary thing, and so Tamasin doesn't question it in his mind; but Tamasin wonders if his slaves are happy, if he is not imposing them something they don't like: this is the good side of Tamasin, since, as before, it's not his due to wonder it, a slave is a property and as a property someone could believe he has not feeling. Urrit, for example, is a bit like that, he was stripped of his personal conception of pleasure, sex is not more something that has to bring pleasure to him, but only to his Master; probably now Urrit finds "his" pleasure in something else, but no more in sex.

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Amazon Kindle: The Red Sash

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AMBER ALLURE
Satisfaction by M. L. Rhodes
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Sticks And Stones by Jamie Craig
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Wicked Comes The Beast by Mimi Riser
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CHANGELING PRESS
Dangerous by Aubrey Ross
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COBBLESTONE PRESS
Melody's Men by Sapphire Blue
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DREAMSPINNER PRESS
Mourning Doves by Angela Romano
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Captive by Scarlet Blackwell
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ELLORA’S CAVE
Trust by Shawn Lane
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/612030.html
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EXTASY BOOKS
For the Love of Blood by Annie Alvarez
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Sexual Favours by Kate Brunic
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Concealed Affairs by C. R. Moss
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LOOSE ID
Bound to Him by Ava March
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/612135.html
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MLR PRESS
Slovakian Boy by William Maltese
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/623713.html
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The Edge of Desperation by Jason Edding & James Buchanan
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Kingsley and I: Together by Gary Martine
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/541916.html
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NOBLE ROMANCE PUBLISHING
Best Unspoken by Bryl R. Tyne
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PHAZE BOOKS
Dreams Delivered by Jaxx Steele
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/621718.html
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Murder by Design by Jade Falconer
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/621447.html
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TORQUERE BOOKS
Licorice Whips by Sean Michael
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The Lion's Share - a bi-sexual ménage title by Dianne Fox
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/622335.html
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One More Word by Dallas Coleman
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Sit up and Beg by Julia Talbot
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/622373.html
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Seeds of Time 1: Blue Roses by GS Wiley
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/610927.html
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The Last Paladin 2: Courage and Faith by Vaughn R. Demont
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Used, Rare and Custom Jobs 2: Proposal by Chris Owen
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TOTAL-E-BOUND
Blood Resurrection by J.P. Bowie
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/610586.html
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You First by Kim Dare
Excerpt: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/621964.html
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Excerpt Day: Mr. Wonderful by Stormy Glenn
Excerpt Day: Mr. Wonderful by Stormy Glenn
Excerpt Day: Moving Day by Jaime Samms
Excerpt Day: Moving Day by Jaime Samms
Excerpt Day: Murder by Design by Jade Falconer
Excerpt Day: Murder by Design by Jade Falconer
Excerpt Day: Dreams Delivered by Jaxx Steele
Excerpt Day: Dreams Delivered by Jaxx Steele
Excerpt Day: You First by Kim Dare
Excerpt Day: You First by Kim Dare
Excerpt Day: The Lion's Share by Dianne Fox
Excerpt Day: The Lion's Share by Dianne Fox
Excerpt Day: Sit Up and Beg by Julia Talbot
Excerpt Day: Sit Up and Beg by Julia Talbot
Excerpt Day: The Wrong Path by Stevie Woods
Excerpt Day: The Wrong Path by Stevie Woods
Excerpt Day: A Slip to Die For by William Maltese
Excerpt Day: A Slip to Die For by William Maltese
Excerpt Day: When Summer Comes by William Maltese
Excerpt Day: When Summer Comes by William Maltese
Excerpt Day: Young Cruisers by William Maltese
Excerpt Day: Young Cruisers by William Maltese
Excerpt Day: Slovakian Boy by William Maltese
Excerpt Day: Slovakian Boy by William Maltese
Excerpt Day: A Heart Divided by J.M. Snyder
Excerpt Day: A Heart Divided by J.M. Snyder
Excerpt Day: Adaptations by Lee Benoit
Excerpt Day: Adaptations by Lee Benoit
Excerpt Day: Drive Me Home by Chrissy Munder
Excerpt Day: Drive Me Home by Chrissy Munder
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2008 Romantic Times Awards
2008 Romantic Times Awards
Around the World: Sighişoara
Around the World: Sighişoara
The Red Sash by L.E. Bryce
The Red Sash by L.E. Bryce
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