Making Love in the Rain by F.L. Bicknell

August 8, 2012 | Author: Freyas Bower

Author: F.L. Bicknell
Genre: Contemporary
Rating: Spicy
Book Length: Mini
Word Count: 9,824
Pages: 37
Price: $1.99

Olivia is a single mother struggling to raise her daughter, finish college, and work at a popular café. Her ex-fiancé has tainted her view on love, but a chance meeting on a rooftop with a new tenant in her building changes Olivia’s life forever.

When Ben meets the fiercely independent Olivia, he knows he wants to spend the rest of his life with her. However, neighbors catch them making love in the elevator, and the repercussions might end not only Olivia’s livelihood but their budding relationship, too.

Do they have more to hold them together than one night of making love in the rain?

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Mundania Press, LLC new release!

July 31, 2012 | Author: Mundania Press
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J.A.  Saare’s The Ripple Effect

There  is always a price to pay…
Rhiannon Murphy visited the future, witnessed  hell on earth and made choices to change things for the greater good.  Unfortunately there are consequences for her actions, the penalties for her  interference possibly more than she can bear. Determined to sever her debt with  a fallen angel, she pushes everything aside, focusing on locating Marigold  Vesta’s resting place.
Until death comes knocking at her  door.
When Disco’s maker arrives in New York, he resents Rhiannon on a  level she can’t begin to comprehend. Yet Marius isn’t her most dangerous  adversary, not by a long shot. Marius’s sire — a half-demon — is determined to  see the necromancer who stunned the vampire world on her knees. If she won’t  bend, he’ll do everything in his power to make her break. No price is too high,  meaning no one is safe — including Disco and Paine.
Dealt a blow from  which she can never recover, Rhiannon turns to the only person who can help her:  the fallen angel who is relying on Rhiannon to save her soul. Bartering with a  creature from Heaven is probably just as dangerous as starting a war with a  demon from Hell, but with nothing to lose it’s no longer about life or  death.
It’s about getting even.
Book 3 of the Rhiannon’s  Law series
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Mundania Press, LLC new release!

July 29, 2012 | Author: Mundania Press

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Kelley Heckart’s Daughter of Night


http://www.mundania.com/book.php?title=Daughter+of+Night

 
Their destiny began in the ancient land of Anatolia.

 
In 1326 BC, Crete is the last remaining sacred place for the Great Goddess, but changes began to threaten the old gods, the Titans. Forced to become an ally to the power hungry Olympian gods, Rhea hangs on to the secret of the star metal, the one key that would make Zeus and the other young gods invincible. When this secret is stolen, Rhea must find the Dactyl and the goddess who betrayed Her before Zeus does.

 
Becuille is a daughter of Night, a servant of the Great Goddess created to impart Her vengeance on mortal and immortal wrongdoers. Made mortal by Rhea, she is sent to find the ones who betrayed the Great Goddess. In the land of Hatti, she meets a proud and handsome prince.

 

When love binds her to him, her loyalties are torn.

 
Callileon, a prince of the Hatti, has closed off his heart to love only to rediscover it in the arms of the mysterious and fiery slave girl he has purchased. He is caught up in a dangerous world of power hungry gods, jealous goddesses and potent magic, which even the Fates cannot steer him away from.

 
Can two mortals fight the will of the gods?

 
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Repost: LARP of the Nikolai series!

July 28, 2012 | Author: Helgaleena

The Den of Debauchery’s Sub-annex reports:
So, apparently there is to be a LARP set in the Nikolai’verse, now officially the Eight Thrones Cycle, at Fandom Fest. I have been tapped to play David Inman, despite the fact i look nothing like him….

Author Angelia Sparrow dressed as David Inman, ‘the Butcher of Cairo’

Dark Roast Press is the source for the Nikolai Series !


http://www.adultebookshop.com/Nikolai-p-618.html
http://www.darkroastpress.com/nikolai.php

http://www.adultebookshop.com/Niko-Chan-p-2512.html
http://www.darkroastpress.com/niko-chan.php

coming soon, Nick and Corban

There are Confederate States of America/EightThrones stories in three of our anthologies, too!


http://www.adultebookshop.com/My-Dark-Roasted-Valentine-p-2514.html

and Barista’s Choice, coming soon
That makes five great volumes with Nikolai ‘verse info and hot heavy reading!
LOCK and LOAD!

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Dark Roast Press moving deeper into Smashwords

July 28, 2012 | Author: Helgaleena

Lovers Daily Big News: The Darkroastpress.com store got hacked AGAIN…. Look for us to migrate bit by bit entirely onto Smashwords.http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/DarkRoastPress

Meanwhile, if you promise a Goodreads review, you can get a FREE READ from Helga of The Incredible Heidi Wasabi paranomal MMF!

Click to read Lovers Daily articles Fresh Dark Roast News daily.

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Mundania Press, LLC new release!

July 24, 2012 | Author: Mundania Press
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Judy Bagshaw’s Opposite Attraction
Curvaceous parapsychologist Serena McKay is less than amused when she is publicly trapped by her longtime nemesis, world famous ghost hunter Carter Shehan, into accepting a professional challenge–spend a weekend with him at the allegedly haunted Shelbourne Manor to prove once and for all which of their theories on the reported strange activity in the house is correct. The winner gets bragging rights on The Lydia Crane talk show.
When a number of frightening phenomena occur that drive Serena into Carter’s arms from fear, that fear quickly turns to passion. Serena soon finds that her interest in the scientific exercise is overshadowed by her growing attraction to the sexy and very likable Carter.
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Mundania Press, LLC new release!

July 18, 2012 | Author: Mundania Press

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Noah Chinn’s Trooper 4
http://www.mundania.com/book.php?title=Trooper+4
It’s the end of the world – but not as we know it.
A woman wakes up in a motel on the outskirts of a remote Oregon city with no memory who she is and a gun at her bedside. As she explores the world around her it seems that civilization has come to a violent end.
That’s bad.
It might also be the most normal thing that happens to her all week.
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Mundania Press, LLC new release

July 11, 2012 | Author: Mundania Press

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Skyla Dawn Cameron’s Exhumed
http://www.mundania.com/book.php?title=Exhumed
Some people just won’t stay buried…
Zara Lain, narcissistic vampire and assassin, cleaned up after a crazy warlock tried to build a vampire army, made some cash when the North American covens were left in shambles, got away when framed for the murder of a Demon Hunter, and dealt with some idiots who tried to jumpstart Armageddon. None of that could prepare her, however, for the moment when her lover of the undead persuasion awakens…
And promptly tries to kill her.
She’s raised a handful of orphaned baby vampires during the past six years and she knows the score: if they don’t get sane again, they have to be staked. And even if she can fix her would-be boyfriend, he’s not the only formerly deceased one in town who wants to kill her. Old enemies are back to put a cramp in her love life, ruin a good pair of heels, and just maybe end the world.
An apocalypse is nigh…and it gets a lot worse than having nothing to wear to the occasion.
*Ebooks sold through Mundania Press ONLY have a bonus short story called Fated. All paperbacks also include the story.
Book 4 of the Demons of Oblivion series
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Mundania Press, LLC new release

June 27, 2012 | Author: Mundania Press

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Katee Robert’s Hunter of the Dead


http://www.mundania.com/book.php?title=Hunter+of+the+Dead

 
Eighteen-year-old Eden Rosenberg knows how to kill and she’s damn good at it. Until recently, her life was pretty easy–get a call from her team’s mysterious employer, jet off to a new location, kill some zombies.

 
But the most recent call is different from the others. Instead of being an isolated incident in the middle of nowhere, it’s an entire village at risk. By the time the team shows up, the village is empty, leaving only a handful of infected wandering the streets. Or so it seems until they’re ambushed by far too many zombies for their five-person team to deal with.

 
On the run and trapped within the valley, Eden is separated from her team when she tries to save a little girl from the inevitable fate of the bitten. To make matters worse, she’s forced to rely on Alejandro, the one man she swore never to trust again, to watch her back. She hasn’t seen him since he walked away from the team–from her–a year ago and she’s not even sure what he’s doing in the valley in the first place.

 
As Eden races to reunite with her team, she’ll have to deal with a homicidal priest who’s more than what he seems and a group of survivors she’s pretty sure are too stupid to live. But things are more complicated than she realized and soon Eden’s forced to confront the truth about the infection; it isn’t an accident and those responsible will do anything to ensure no one gets out of the valley alive.

 
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Astraea Press Unveils New Book Club

June 13, 2012 | Author: Clean Reads

Clean fiction publisher, Astraea Press, has launched an online book club. The Facebook groups aptly named Astraea Press Book Club is open to all readers and reviewers. Each month a different title randomly selected from the Astraea Press book store will be offered for free…yes FREE 🙂 to readers and reviewers alike. Their first title, a young adult fantasy titled The Last Great Wizard of Yden by S.G. Rogers, launched the grand opening in June. Over two-hundred members joined within the first few days of the Book Club forming.

Book offered will span the genres and will include mystery, ya and romance but each month will be something new. Interested in joining and getting up to twelve free books each year? Simply go to http://www.facebook.com/groups/319805601428268/ and ask to join. Information on this month’s title and how you can claim YOUR free copy can be found in the documents section of the group.

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Oceanview Publishing congratulates A. Scott Pearson, author of Public Anatomy!

June 5, 2012 | Author: Oceanview

Public Anatomy by A. Scott Pearson was awarded the

2012 Benjamin Franklin Award in the mystery/suspense category.

 

  Synopsis

While recovering from a career-threatening injury, surgeon Eli Branch is pulled into the turbulent world of Dr. Liza French, a colleague he hasn’t seen in ten years. Liza uses their past to lure Eli into a highly-publicized debacle in a Memphis hospital that has put her own career in jeopardy.

But when the murder of medical personnel at Gates Memorial appears related to Liza’s surgical complication, Eli finds that more lives are at imminent risk.

Eli discovers clues from the victims that match anatomical art found at the crime scenes, a connection that leads him to the manuscript of a sixteenth century anatomist whose methods of dissection are over four centuries old—but are being reenacted in the present.

 

Aided by the expertise of forensic pathologist, Dr. Meg Daily, Eli uncovers a pattern to the escalating deaths and the search begins for a killer the media and the city come to know as The Organist.

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Mundania Press, LLC new release

May 29, 2012 | Author: Mundania Press

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Resa Nelson’s The Stone of Darkness
http://www.mundania.com/book.php?title=The+Stone+of+Darkness
In Book 3 of the Dragonslayer series, Astrid accepts her duty and follows the winter route–until she’s bitten by a dragon.
Everyone knows dragon bites are poisonous and deadly, so she reluctantly accepts her impending death. In a twist of fate, she survives. Desperate for an explanation, Astrid believes she has somehow been protected by the black stone she keeps with her at all times, a stone that emerged from the sole of her foot a year ago.
Determined to find out what the stone is and what kind of powers it possesses, Astrid begins a journey that leads her to alchemists and an army of men under the rule of the powerful warrior, Mandulane, the acting lord of the Krystr army. Mandulane’s mission is to spread the word of the new god Krystr, which preaches the evil intent of women and the danger they pose to all men, who are entitled to dominate the world. Rumors about this new god and army have spread, but Astrid is the first Northlander to encounter them. Soon, she stumbles upon a secret of a far-reaching and mind-numbing plot that will impact the entire world.
Astrid must find a way to spread the news of this threat and protect her people and everyone else at risk. She’s convinced the answer lies inside the Stone of Darkness, and she must find a way to understand the stone  and the powers she’s convinced it must hold before it’s too late.
Book 3 of the Dragonslayer series
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Astraea Press presents…..

May 3, 2012 | Author: Clean Reads

Lost Indian Gold by Robert G. Rogers

Title: Lost Indian Gold

Author: Robert G. Rogers
Genre: YA Mystery
Released 5-3-2012
Length: 104 pages
ISBN: 9781621350262

Blurb: Spud, an eleven year old, gets hopelessly lost in the swamp, but makes himself a camp and sets out to survive. While he’s surviving, he has a confrontation with a hungry alligator and some close shaves with two bullies, even takes a swim in an underground river. But, his luck isn’t all bad. He makes friends with two girls his age, Laura and Suzy. Not only that, he overhears the bullies talk about gold buried someplace in the swamp, maybe on a sacred island. That gold would mean a new farm for his Mama and Papa. They had just been evicted.

The girls and Spud team up with an Indian man and his son, Cricket, to find the gold. Spud finds the “sacred island,” but no gold. Just some old leather skins marked with strange symbols. Then, thanks to the two bullies, he ends up in a traveling circus as a “wild boy.” And, something happens that makes him believe he knows exactly where that gold is buried. Laura and Suzy help rescue him and they head into the swamp to find the treasure. Unfortunately, the two bullies are close on their trail.

 

 

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Imperfect Beauty by E.A. West

April 24, 2012 | Author: Clean Reads

Imperfect Beauty by E.A. WestImperfect Beauty by E.A. West
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Heat Level: Sweet
Released: April 2012
Length: 64 Pages
ISBN: 978-1-62135-025-5

Buy Link: http://www.astraeapress.com/#ecwid:category=662245&mode=product&product=10078484

Blurb: A visit to the Highland games goes awry for Alasdair Buchanan when his cousin abandons him in the crowd. His guide dog is terrible at describing the sights, but he does a great job of finding the river. Too bad Alasdair has no clue where that river is in relation to his cousin’s apartment.

When Trisha Wright stops to speak with him in her angelic voice, Alasdair is certain his cousin did him a favor by abandoning him. Trisha loves the Scot’s flirtatious ways and basks in his compliments, but she can’t shake the fear that he’ll hate her when he learns the truth about her—a truth everyone can see but him.

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Mundania Press, LLC new release

April 17, 2012 | Author: Mundania Press

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Krista D. Ball’s Tranquility’s Blaze


http://www.mundania.com/book.php?title=Tranquility’s+Blaze

 
“What will I do? What I do best. I’ll find him and I’ll kill him. And then I’ll kill Garran’s murderer.”

 
Even if the killer is my sister.


A half-breed and a female, Lady Bethany clawed her way to the ranks of the Elven Service’s top military elite. They only knew her as their champion against Magic, and not the daughter of a Goddess.

 
She’d expected a long, rewarding life protecting those under her care. But that was before her twin sister returned from exile, addicted to brutal Magic and human sacrifice, twisted inside, and abusing ancient prophecies to overthrow their mother and destroy everything Bethany holds sacred.

 
The world will burn in flames and innocents will die, unless Bethany can stop it. Unless she can take the life of her own sister.

 
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Astraea Press Presents

April 13, 2012 | Author: Clean Reads

 


A Bright Particular Star by Elizabeth Hanbury
Genre: Regency Historical Romance
Heat Level: Sweet
Length: 213 Pages
Released: April 2012
Blurb: What happens when a rebel meets a runaway?

 

He’s not looking for love…

 

Confirmed bachelor Theo Cavanagh is dashing and free-spirited. Not for him a career in the clergy, the military or politics – he’s more interested in wine and horses. But when Theo happens upon a pretty but thoroughly exasperating young fugitive, he soon finds himself caught up in her adventures, and in a passion that can’t be denied.

 

She has to search her heart…

 

Unconventional Sophie Devereux is more comfortable climbing trees than the social ladder. An audacious escape from scheming relatives is only the start of Sophie’s mission to achieve a long-held dream, but Sophie carries a secret that inspires hatred, envy and greed. She can’t outrun the danger that stalks her, or her powerful response to Theo which leaves Sophie shaken to the core and questioning her deepest, most enduring desire.

 

 

 


Title: Mask of Shadows
Author: ERICK D. BURGESS
Publisher: Astraea Press
Genre: Mystery
Length: 222 Pages
Heat: sweet
ISBN: 978162135248
Released: April 2012
Buy Link: http://www.astraeapress.com/#ecwid:category=662245&mode=product&product=6357530

 

Blurb: Michael Drake, a part-time private investigator and part-time jazz club owner, starts the day as he has many others, doing a favor for a friend. In doing so, he falls right into the middle of a torrid affair. As Michael tries to decide whether or not to tell his friend of his wife’s indiscretion, she is murdered.

 

Through no fault of his own, Michael is entangled in a murder plot that reaches back to his days in college. The problem lies in the fact that, in clearing himself, he may implicate the friend that he intended to help. That is only the beginning when murder and passion collide in a small south Louisiana town. When the true killer is revealed, Drake must deal with the consequences and the lives he helped destroy.


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Astraea Press New Titles

March 31, 2012 | Author: Clean Reads
The Sentence by Elaine Cantrell
Title: The Sentance
Author: Elaine Cantrell
Genre: Inpirational Romance
Length: 227 Pages
Release Date: 3-22-2012
ISBN: 978-1-62135-014-9
Blurb: How could he do it!  How could her father bring the guy who burned the church into their home for six months?  Yeah, it was an accident and her dad’s a minister, but if he wanted to save this man’s soul why didn’t he go to the prison to do it?  Spoiled and slightly judgmental, Rachel has almost as much to learn as their unwilling guest.
The Fairy Godmother Files by Rebekah L. Purdy
Title: Cinderella Complex
Series: The Fairy Godmother Files
Author: Rebekah L. Purdy
Genre: YA Fantasy
Length: 281 Pages
Released: March 2012
ISBN: 978-1-62135-018-7
Blurb: Sixteen-year-old Maggie Winters can’t think of anything more exciting than junior year. There’s her first prom to look forward to, she can drive, and most important Connor Prince has finally noticed her. But unfortunately so has the school snob, Katrina Melville, who goes out of her way to make Maggie’s life a living hell. If that’s not enough, Maggie’s grandma has decided to retire, which doesn’t seem like such a big deal. That is until she finds out her grandma is a Fairy Godmother, and not just any Fairy Godmother. The Fairy Godmother, as in Cinderella, pumpkins, and mice. And she has informed Maggie that she’s next in line to become the new Fairy Godmother.
At first Maggie is excited, the whole getting wings, flying (or rather trying not to crash), and a wand that let’s her grant wishes. It’s like being a superhero, without all the action, explosions, and spandex. Then she gets her first assignment, Katrina Melville, her nemesis. And if that doesn’t make her want to poof herself into oblivion, she finds out that part of Katrina’s happily-ever-after is Connor Prince. Life is so unfair. Even worse, she can’t tell her two best friends about any of it and they’re getting sick of her disappearing acts. Then there are the dangerous creatures, called Grimms who will stop at nothing to keep the happy endings from being fulfilled, even if it means destroying the Fairy Godmother responsible. With time running out, Maggie has to make this wish come true or it will ruin the fates of everyone involved, and open the world to darkness beyond imagination. Maggie will soon find out what it truly means to be a Fairy Godmother—and it isn’t all about princes, gowns, and wings, but something much more.
A Lot Like a Lady by Kay Springsteen and Kim Bowman
Title: A Lot Like A Lady
 Author: Katherine Tate and Kay Bowman
Genre: Regency Romance
Heat Level: Sweet
Length: 300 Pages
Released: 3-2012
Blurb: Ladies’ maid, Juliet Baines has gotten herself into a pickle by agreeing to go to London and taking the place of her mistress and best friend, Annabella Price, stepsister to the Duke of Wyndham. After all, what does a servant know about being a lady? But Juliet soon finds that pretending to be a lady isn’t nearly as hard as guarding her heart against the folly of wanting a man who’s completely out of reach.
Graeme “Grey” Roland Dominick Markwythe, Sixth Duke of Wyndham, approaches his duties as a nobleman with great dedication and meticulous care. And he’s a man who is not easily fooled…except when he tries to convince himself he’s not utterly and madly in love with the beautiful imposter who has turned his life upside down. Will society and his responsibilities to his noble status keep him from opening his heart to the woman he loves?
Waltzing With the Wallflower by Rachel Van Dyken and Leah Sanders
Title: Waltzing With The Wallflower
Author: Rachel Van Dyken and Leah Sanders
Genre: Regency Romance
Heat Level: Sweet
Length: 92 Pages
ISBN: 978-1-62135-022-4But Link: http://www.astraeapress.com/#ecwid:category=662245&mode=product&product=10712818

Blurb: The Season has only just begun, but already Ambrose Benson Earl of Hawthorne is bored.  That is, until his brother offers him a challenge. Something worthy of his particular talents.
The object: The girl hiding behind the potted plants: the one in the horrible dress.
The Goal: Turn her into the envy of the ton. A lady suitable for a duke.
But there is just something about the lady. In spite of all her social misgivings, something inexplicably draws him in, making him want to waltz with the wallflower.

The Redemption of Lord Rawlings by Rachel Van DykenTitle: Redemption of Lord Rawlings

Author: Rachel Van Dyken

Genre: Regency Romance

Heat Level: Sweet

Released 3-29-2012

Length: 223 Pages

ISBN: 978-1-62135-020-0

Buy Link: http://www.astraeapress.com/#ecwid:category=662245&mode=product&product=10046829
Blurb: Phillip Crawford, the eighth Earl of Rawlings and notorious rake of the ton, has come to the end of his rope. Out of money, out of favor, and out of luck, he wanders the streets of London in the rain, hoping to be hit by inspiration…or a runaway carriage. Something has to give. It is his father’s final cruel trick to hold his inheritance just out of reach, requiring him to marry by his next birthday in order to claim his full rights as earl. His step-mother refuses to offer him any more support. With no money, no prospects and no other place to turn, he has only two options:
Marriage or debtor’s prison.
The better choice seems clear enough, but with his name and reputation being attacked daily in the society papers, there’s not a proper lady in all of London desperate enough to accept him. It isn’t going to be easy, even if the reports of his exploits and rakish lifestyle are greatly exaggerated.
On the other hand, debtor’s prison does start to look much more appealing when the only friends he has left decide to help him in his search for the perfect bride. Matters become much more complicated when the only woman who shows an interest in him just happens to be the young sister-in-law of the Duke of Tempest; the same man who, just months ago, had been tempted to kill him.
One thing is for certain, as the Season draws to an end, Lord Rawlings will have to decide once and for all, if his wicked ways are enough to bring him contentment in life, or if a leopard really can change his spots. Or in Phillip’s case—can a devil truly be redeemed?
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Astraea Press Presents Easter Holiday by Nell Dixon

March 26, 2012 | Author: Clean Reads
Easter Holiday by Nell Dixon
Easter Holiday by Nell Dixon
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: 65 pages
Released 3-22-2012
Cornish farmer, Noah Penwarren is sworn off city girls, especially deceitful ones. Posy Carmichael is a city girl through and through. When romantic sparks start to fly will Posy’s secret end their Easter romance before it’s even begun?
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