Monday, December 31, 2018

Exit Through the Gift Shop by Kim Fielding – Warmest Wishes


Alex’s traditional family Christmas Compromise means spending the holiday at a second-rate theme park, Poseidon’s Planet, but Alex doesn’t mind. He enjoys the rides and the company of his family, and it’s a good break from his going-nowhere existence back in Indiana. Then he meets a certain sexy employee in a pirate costume, and Alex’s vacation gets even better. But thrill rides last only a short time, and sooner or later everyone has to return to real life. Alex long ago gave up on marrying a handsome prince—will he have to give up on his pirate as well?

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Angela☆☆☆☆
This was a cute love at first sight story. The idea of an annual Christmas Compromise vacation was a novel yet believable plot device for me, and I thought it was a great way to engineer a meeting between a pirate living in Florida and a painter from Indiana. I’ll be honest, because I didn’t reread the blurb before starting Exit Through the Gift Shop, I thought Alex’s holiday fling was going to be with the amusement park’s Poseidon and I was a tad disappointed. So obviously, I was quite pleased when Alex and Rory met in the gift shop and sparks began to fly. I found it adorable that Alex steered his family toward Rory’s regularly assigned ride in hopes of crossing paths with the pirate again, even if he failed to take advantage of it the second time. Fortunately for all, Rory was a bit more active in making his interests known and the two have a rather lovely if brief first date. I really enjoyed how the two guys spent their time talking and getting to know about one another’s lives and their hopes for the future. It made their fledgling relationship feel more real and made me believe in a future for them as a couple, especially as they considered their short time together as Christmas gifts to themselves. I adored the Christmas day celebration and how welcoming Alex’s family was to Rory and how supportive they were of Alex when Rory presented him with an unexpected opportunity for the new year. This was a really cute story about two sweet guys who hit it off splendidly and recognized that something special in the other that gave them the courage to take the next step – all thanks to a bargain-seeking family, a malfunctioning ride, and a little holiday magic.



Kim Fielding is the bestselling author of numerous m/m romance novels, novellas, and short stories. Like Kim herself, her work is eclectic, spanning genres such as contemporary, fantasy, paranormal, and historical. Her stories are set in alternate worlds, in 15th century Bosnia, in modern-day Oregon. Her heroes are hipster architect werewolves, housekeepers, maimed giants, and conflicted graduate students. They’re usually flawed, they often encounter terrible obstacles, but they always find love.

Kim’s novel Brute was the 2013 Rainbow Award Winner for Best Gay Fantasy and tied for fourth place for Best Gay Novel.

After having migrated back and forth across the western two-thirds of the United States, Kim calls the boring part of California home. She lives there with her husband, her two daughters, and her day job as a university professor, but escapes as often as possible via car, train, plane, or boat. This may explain why her characters often seem to be in transit as well. She dreams of traveling and writing full-time.


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Sunday, December 30, 2018

Miracle on Three Kings’ Day by Beth Laycock – Warmest Wishes


Levi’s family knows he needs to find a way out of his funk and be a part of the world again. His brother, Jesse, invites Levi to join him in sunny Spain for the holidays, but a delay at the airport finds Levi at Jesse’s home while his brother is stranded in Scotland. Luckily Alejandro—Alex—is on hand with a key, a friendly smile, and a willingness to keep Levi company. He might even manage to draw Levi out of his shell for some mutual flirting.

Levi surprises himself when he accepts an invitation to spend New Year’s Eve with Alex at Alex’s café, but is he ready for more when it means jumping back into life feetfirst? Besides, with an ocean between them and Alex hiding a part of his life that Levi isn’t sure he can handle, they’ll need their own Three Kings’ Day miracle to stay together.

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Ruthie☆☆☆
This is a short story which takes grieving Levi across the pond to Spain, to stay with his brother. Unfortunately, snow hampers Jesse's return and Levi is left to his own devices. I liked how we were brought the seasonal weather, even when in a Mediterranean holiday town – and the local custom of celebrating the Three Kings' added culture to the start of a very sweet romance. Levi needed the patience that Alex possessed thanks in part to his parenthood, and he needed the confidence that he would be there as he worked through his issues.

There is definitely a feel-good factor to this Advent story – do give it a read!



Beth Laycock’s books are influenced by her time living overseas as well as the gritty, urban landscape of the north of England where she grew up. She has been reading romance since she was old enough to tell herself that line every book lover does—just one more chapter.

As a teenager, she attempted to write her first novel, and many more since then are still gathering dust on her bookshelf. It wasn’t until she discovered the M/M genre that her muse showed up and refused to quit telling her stories about beautiful men finding love together. She hasn’t stopped scribbling them down since. Beth’s muse usually shows up when she is in the shower, is allergic to cleaning, rarely lets her watch TV, and insists she drinks copious amounts of coffee so she can turn caffeine into words.

When not writing or reading, Beth can be found procrastinating on social media or being dragged around the English countryside by her dog Freddie.

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Saturday, December 29, 2018

Haste Ye Back by R. Quincy Cameron – Warmest Wishes


The situation seems ideal: a month off work and a sweet deal to extend his stay in an unexpected paradise. Needless to say, Aaron is thrilled to snag an extra few days in Scotland after his work conference to soak up the magic of the country.

However, his plans to tourist his way around Edinburgh before his January 1st flight home are thwarted by a strange influx of people into the capital. Add in trains that don't run on New Year's, fireworks, first-footing, and running into the same gorgeous stranger as he exits every other shop, and Aaron really should have googled what “Hogmanay” was before he found himself whisked into the whirlwind of Scottish revelry and the impossible draw of that sexy stranger who tastes like scotch and, impossibly, already feels like the beginnings of home.

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Advent Calendar Day 29

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Ruthie☆☆☆
This short story happens in Edinburgh at the turn of the year; a place which celebrates the arrival of the new year with style.

Aaron is finding out just how loud and wild it can get, and then gets this strange feeling that he keeps bumping into the same person for a reason. Connor is an unexpected bonus to his trip and one who may just change his life forever. We have to imagine how it ends, although the poem gives us a strong clue; I would have welcomed an epilogue.



R. Quincy Cameron writes languid sentences that tend to move more like poetry than prose, and that aim to grip the heart as much as make it race. A serial relocator, always moving north and east, she currently lives on an island—to her great surprise—and loves to watch the sea.

After winning the creative writing competition at the state fair once upon a time (she was hoping to raise cows—but alas), she began a torrid love affair with the written word. It is almost certainly the best relationship she’s ever had.

By day, she (hopefully) helps to shape the great minds of the future in very old lecture halls; she indulges frequently in a cuppa or a pint with friends and colleagues by afternoon, marks exam scripts by evening, and enjoys a wee dram every night before swapping sleep for writing. As you do.

This routine generally requires four to ten cups of coffee a day—depending on the day. Her baristas love her enough to know her order and warn when the blend changes. Her cafetière likely does not love her, because she’s broken the glass on it from overuse about ten times.

She primarily publishes essays and poetry, which have won awards nationally and internationally. She has been told throughout the years that she’s trying to beat James Joyce on account of sentence length, and that she strings said sentences together like a “postmodern female Alan Ginsberg”. That questionable online “I Write Like” generator tells her she writes like Margaret Atwood and Ernest Hemingway.

You can be the judge if any of them were even remotely accurate.

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Friday, December 28, 2018

Hero for the Holidays by Charles Payseur – Warmest Wishes


Cody travels from Metro City to the Caribbean island lair of Dr. Devious to look after the place while the supervillain is in space for the holidays… and maybe to mend his broken heart. With Christmas fast approaching, Cody is desperate to avoid reminders of his recent disastrous breakup, and a few weeks of sun and relaxation sound perfect—until a drunk (but very cute) superhero crashes the party by literally crashing onto the beach.

And that’s just the start of Cody’s problems—angry shark-men, mysterious lava creatures, and a malfunctioning AI all make his holiday getaway anything but relaxing. Amid the chaos of his adventures in lair-sitting, though, Cody might find just what he needs—a new chance at love.

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Angela☆☆☆☆
Having read The Werewolf before Christmas as part of last year’s advent calendar, I was better prepared for Payseur’s writing style and the over-the-top characters in the Spandex and Superpowers series. With that said, I enjoyed Hero for the Holiday and found the broken-hearted Cody impossible not to like. Hoping that time and distance away from the painful reminders of his ex, Cody jumps at the chance to lair-sit for his best friend’s supervillain boyfriend for a month while they take an off-world vacation for the holidays. See? It’s an over-the-top setup that just gets more and more ridiculous as the story progresses, but in all the ways a comic book inspired, Saturday morning cartoon should. I really hope that if the author reads my review that he doesn’t take offense at my inadequate frame of reference of comparison for potential readers because, despite my badly worded comparison, Hero for the Holiday is a gem of a read. It’s not my typical fare, which makes its inclusion in the Advent Calendar perfect because it gives me just enough story to entertain me and make me grin as Cody rescues an inebriated superhero, bests a group of shark-men, befriends a lava being, and defeats a power-hungry AI program, all while becoming enamored with the mender of his heart. I’ll admit, I’m a bit curious about the other stories in this series and suspect they’ll be joining my library soon.



CHARLES PAYSEUR currently resides in the frozen reaches of Wisconsin, where his partner, a gaggle of pets, and more craft beer than is strictly healthy help him through the long winters. He works an incredibly boring day job so that his nights can be filled with spaceships, magic, and attractive men kissing (and maybe a bit more than kissing…). His work can also be found at Less Than Three Press, Lethe Press, Circlet Press, and in Lightspeed Magazine’s Queers Destroy Science Fiction!

When not writing fiction and poetry, he contributes to a number of blogs and review sites, and runs a home for his thoughts on short speculative fiction at Quick Sip Reviews. On Twitter, he annoys the internet with far too many cat pictures and cocktail recipes.

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Thursday, December 27, 2018

The Legend of Gentleman John by TJ Nichols – Warmest Wishes


Banyn, a fae, escorts the souls of children to Magh Meall, but one Christmas, he comes for a lad who isn’t quite dead, and he breaks a rule rather than wait while John fights a battle he’ll ultimately lose. So begins a long-running affair that crosses the border between life and death, the human and fae realms, and even oceans to strange countries with different gods and rules.

John Rourke renounced a religion that had no place for him and returned to the old ways. Convicted of theft, he is sentenced to transportation and suffers brutal punishment—until he escapes to live on his own terms as a bushranger. When vengeance against his tormentor consumes him and threatens his life, John finds he has only one holiday wish—to see his fae lover one last time.

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Angela☆☆☆☆☆
I loved this story. I wasn’t at all expecting it to go in the direction it did and I actually had to backtrack to make sure I understood what I read, but that’s what made it even more enjoyable for me. When an author can surprise me – and I don’t mean shock and awe surprise, but a genuine twist I didn’t see coming – I tend to remember those stories far longer than most. The Legend of Gentleman John certainly fits that bill and it’s not one I’ll soon forget.

Despite its short page count, Nichols packs a lot of story into The Legend of Gentleman John through the clever use of poignant scenes that move between the past and present of John’s life in the five years since meeting Banyn. While not my favorite storytelling device, the author shifts between the past and present seamlessly, allowing the reader to learn what has befallen John in between his visits with Banyn through their conversations and John’s inner musings. Whether it is in spite of or because of the horrors John endured in his short life, he gets the happy ending that is, in my opinion, absolutely perfect for him… and Banyn. And the glimpse of their future was a lovely touch that made their story even more endearing.



TJ NICHOLS is the author of the Studies in Demonology series as well as several novellas. Having grown up reading thrillers and fantasy novels, it’s no surprise that mixing danger and magic comes so easily. Writing urban fantasy allows TJ to make sure that evil gets vanquished and the hero gets his man.

With two cats acting as supervisors, TJ has gone from designing roads to building worlds and wouldn’t have it any other way. After traveling all over the world and Australia, TJ now lives in Perth, Western Australia.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Purrfect Holiday by Jana Denardo – Warmest Wishes


Tony Gatti had his life planned: get his veterinarian license and go to work with his dad and uncle. Soon after achieving his goals, he learned the shadows and blurriness in his vision went beyond needing glasses. Retinitis pigmentosa is a genetic mutation with no cure. With his sight almost gone, he moves into his grandmother’s St. Augustine, Florida, home with his guide dog, Raven, to start life over. Nonna Concetta thinks she knows the perfect job for him. Her vet is looking for someone to destress the cats at a local rescue.

Javier didn’t plan to hire a cute former veterinarian to fill the role of cat cuddler, but Tony couldn’t be more perfect. Worried his attraction is inappropriate and knowing the holiday season always depresses him, Javier wonders if he should ask Tony out, or if he’d just be spreading the gloom to someone who already has enough of his own. But if he takes the plunge, could it turn out to be the best holiday ever?

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Avid Reader☆☆☆☆
M/M Romance

Tony is living with his grandma and despite his blindness, he's learning to cope with his diagnosis. While he misses his ability to practice, his grandma offers him a great solution: Cat cuddler.

Javier is the local vet and when he puts an ad for a cat cuddler, he doesn't expect Tony. Tony is attractive and knowledgeable. Javier doesn't want to pity Tony, but at the same time he wants to make sure that Tony is getting what he needs.

Tony and Javier are two peas in a pod. I loved watching them build their relationship and especially loved watching Tony's grandma with them. It's a sweet story about finding your way.


Sarah☆☆☆
3.5 stars

I swear it’s only in December that my reading choices head towards cute, cuddly, and adorable. This one is all three and it might even be a little bit too sweet for a Christmas read. When Javier, a gorgeous veterinarian, hires Tony to be his practice’s cat cuddler, he falls hard for the beautiful man who is nearly blind. Yep. A book full of kittens and a gorgeous service dog. I couldn’t help but smile. And the food! Christmas is a blend of Tony’s Italian traditions and Javier’s Puerto Rican favourites. Add in Tony’s fabulous grandmother and this is a book that will give readers all sorts of warm fuzzies. This is a low heat read that is high on romance and adorable pets.



JANA is Queen of the Geeks (her students voted her in) and her home and office are shrines to any number of comic book and manga heroes along with SF shows and movies too numerous to count. It is no coincidence the love of all things geeky has made its way into many of her stories. To this day, she’s still disappointed she hasn’t found a wardrobe to another realm, a superhero to take her flying among the clouds, or a roguish starship captain to run off to the stars with her.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Holidays Are Where Your Heart Is by Bru Baker – Warmest Wishes


Jared’s been all over the world as a traveling manny with Holiday Helpers, and the itch to put down roots is starting to eclipse his wanderlust—especially since his current family is a handful.

After culinary school, Wes did some wandering of his own, exploring Central America before settling as a resort chef in his mother’s homeland of Costa Rica, a place he loves and where he plans to stay. If he’s learned one thing, it’s to be wary of flings with vacationers. Still, he can’t stand to watch two little Swiss kids lose their belief in Saint Nicholas, so he’ll lend a hand to the manny assisting the family. It won’t be easy to recreate a traditional European Christmas in a tropical paradise.

Between a snowball fight on a sunny beach and sledding down an active volcano, Jared and Wes discover some renewed holiday magic of their own. Can they make it last a lifetime?

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Angela☆☆☆☆☆
My only complaint about Holidays Are Where Your Heart Is, is that I wasn’t ready for it to end. This is an adorable meet-cute that would make the perfect prequel novella for Wes and Jared’s fledgling romance as they take the next step in their relationship. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting to warm up to the kids based on the opening scene, but as they settled into a routine with Jared and were on solid ground, it was easy to see why Jared enjoyed spending time with them. That they gave him an excuse to get to know Wes, their surfing instructor, better was an unexpected bonus that kept on giving because it quickly became apparent that the attraction was mutual. As much as I snickered at the volcano sledding scene and grinned as the guys stuffed the kids’ shoes with cookies, my heart totally melted at the conversation between Jared and the kids at the very end of the story… until I turned the page and discovered it was over. But seriously, this was a lovely little Christmas tale that left me wanting more.



Real, relatable romance.

Bru Baker has been writing for Dreamspinner Press since December 2012. She believes in Happily Ever Afters, but she almost always makes her characters work to get there. She and her husband live in the Midwest with their two young children, whose antics make finding time to write difficult but never let life get boring.

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Monday, December 24, 2018

Twenty-Nine Hours to Eternity by Elizabeth Noble – Warmest Wishes


Being gay and pagan can make for a lonely holiday season, as Ian knows well. He’s used to celebrating alone. The last place he expects to meet a like-minded guy is at LAX during a twenty-nine-hour layover.

Ian’s never felt so comfortable or compatible with another man, even if there is an air of mystery to Race.

Race is no stranger to holiday isolation, and he decides they should seize the opportunity they’ve been given and observe the Saturnalia the way it was meant to be. A grand celebration ensues, where every moment is special and every meal a feast. The ancient traditions take on new meaning as the men find meaning in each other. But each of them has a destiny and for their paths to continue together, it’ll take a kind of magic that hasn’t been seen in centuries.

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Advent Calendar Day 24

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Angela☆☆☆☆☆
Twenty-Nine Hours to Eternity is another one of my favorite advent calendar stories from this year’s collection. Growing up in the Southern Bible Belt, I wasn’t exposed to many pagan rituals – at least, not the ones that weren’t co-opted into holiday traditions while ignoring their roots. Fortunately for me, my family were transplants and open-mindedness was encouraged, including my fascination with Greek mythology. I’m not sure why I never delved into Roman mythology, but my limited knowledge of the subject is part of what made this particular story so interesting to me as I can’t actually recall ever hearing about Saturnalia. But it was Ian and Race who really made the story. Well, and that beginning.

I’m a sucker for well-written stories that show a glimpse of the end of the tale to build suspense over the weeks, days, or hours leading up to that fateful event. Granted, the countdown style format of storytelling doesn’t often lend itself well to romance and I wouldn’t expect it to work in a novelette. However, Elizabeth Noble did an outstanding job of opening the story with an extreme scene, backtracking twenty-nine hours to show how Ian and Race met, then showing how their short time together was spent, and how a bond was formed over the course of hours. Not only did I find myself invested in learning more about Ian, but I had to know what had happened in the preceding twenty-nine hours that had led him to the heartbreaking scene at the beginning. And while I enjoyed watching Ian and Race meet and spend time together, I was awestruck when the twist was revealed and Ian was offered the choice of a lifetime. It was one of the most unexpected happy endings I’ve ever read, which is probably why I loved it so much. The mammoths were a nice touch, too.



Mystery, action, chills and thrills spiced with romance and desire. Elizabeth Noble started telling stories before she actually knew how to write, and her family was very happy when she learned to put words on a page. Those words turned into books and fanfiction that turned into a genuine love of M/M romance fiction. Being able to share her works with Dreamspinner is really a dream come true. She has a real love for a good mystery complete with murder and twisty plots as well as all things sci-fi, futuristic, and supernatural and a bit of an unnatural interest in a super-volcano in Wyoming.

Elizabeth has three grown children and is now happily owned by an adorable mixed breed canine princess, a spunky Welsh Corgi and their sidekick, tabby cat. She lives in her native northeast Ohio, the perfect place for gardening and winter and summer sports (go Tribe and Cavs!) and stargazing all year long. When she’s not writing she’s working as a veterinary nurse, so don’t be surprised to see her men with a pet or three who are a very big part of their lives.

Elizabeth received several amateur writing awards. Since being published several of her novels have received Honorable Mentions in the Rainbow Awards. Jewel Cave was a runner up in the Gay Mystery/Thriller category in the 2015 Rainbow Awards. Ringed Love was a winner in the Gay Fantasy Romance category of the 2016 Rainbow Awards.

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Sunday, December 23, 2018

Santa on the Beach by Crystel Greene – Warmest Wishes


Single dad Mario, twenty-one, has finally won shared custody of his five-year-old son, Sammy. They’re spending Christmas at a Tenerife resort to celebrate. The children’s swimming instructor, Josie, is sexy and fun, and Mario can’t stop dreaming about him. But Mario has no clue how to talk to a hot guy.

With his suntan, Speedos, and rippling abs, Josie seems to be the typical jock. He’s super sweet too, and everyone loves him. But he only has eyes for the fire-eyed little dad who looks like his son’s older brother and won’t stop policing the swimming class.

Sammy would like to be a king in the hotel’s nativity play. But he’s too afraid to go anywhere without his dad. Mario would like a holiday romance with Josie, or even a little more, but between building his tech company and trying to do his part as Sammy’s father he has missed out on a lot and is too inexperienced to know where to begin.

Luckily Santa might have just the thing for everyone on his list…

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Avid Reader☆☆☆☆
M/M Romance

Mario is on holiday with his young son, Sammy. Mario had to fight very hard to have contact with him because he is only 21. Despite being a young father, he knows that people judge him and he has found ways to smile through the judgment.

While on vacation, Mario hears from his family about what a mistake he's made and he vows not to subject his son to their horrible attitude. Mario knows how to watch out for Sammy and protect him from a lot, but what Mario doesn't know how to do is talk to Sammy's swim instructor, Josie.

Mario is so attracted to Josie but every time he comes near him, he kind of sticks his foot in his mouth. Mario doesn't really believe that Josie notices him, other than to judge him for being a helicopter parent.

This story has great buildup, and the slow build to where Josie and Mario actually have an adult conversation is great. It's a sweet story with a happy ending.


Sarah☆☆☆
This is a Christmas fantasy romance. Mario spends his Christmas holiday in Tenerife fantasising about Josie, his son’s gorgeous swim teacher. He also spends a tiresome amount of time angsting over his parenting and generally getting far too wrapped up in his own head. The fantasy is fun. The soul searing angst and self-doubt? Not so much.

The pacing of this story is odd. Mario spends almost the entire story watching Josie from a distance. They finally connect in a porn style fantasy encounter in the last few pages. If porn fantasies included intimate discussions of family life and parenting... I personally could have done with less brooding and more hot Santa. But at least the author allows a happy for now and doesn’t force a happily ever after on a 21-year-old single dad.


Ruthie☆☆☆☆
There is a lot of story in this short read. Mario may be young, but he has definitely taken his parental responsibilities seriously, to the detriment of any romance. So when he feels attracted to his son's swim teacher on holiday, he doesn't really feel he can act on it. Luckily, Josie sees something special in Mario, and his behaviour is both very sexy and perfectly sensitive.

A fun story, as well as one full of promise of a bright future for three guys (have to count Sammy in!).



The first man Crystel fell in love with was Beauty's Beast. Next came Robin Hood, then Mr. Darcy. Two decades of married life later, she still loves fictional men – especially when there are two of them who are meant to be! She likes it best when she can create their plights and fights herself, and she can always be counted on to throw in some sizzling hotness and a lot of feels. Here's her author promise: no fade-outs when things get steamy or emotional, and an ending that will leave you smiling.

Crystel is a lawyer by training, a lover of pastry, and a believer in Happy Ever Afters. Born and raised in Hamburg, Germany, and a North Sea girl at heart, she lives in the beautiful Austrian Alps with her big, noisy family.

Crystel Greene. MM romance. Sweet, star-crossed, and NC-17.

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