Author Genre: Romance, Mystery & Thrillers, Gothic
Website: Jennifer St. Giles
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Author Description:
USA Today Bestselling author, Jennifer St. Giles, aka Jennifer Saints, J.L. Saint is no ordinary Georgia Peach. She's a Golden Heart, three-time Maggie, two-time National Reader's Choice, Marlene, RT Reviewer's Choice and Daphne du Maurier award-winning author.
Jenni writes in multiple genres, including: romance, paranormal, contemporary, historical and military and time travel. She is a passionate patriot, event planner and the Vice-President of a charitable foundation which helps women and children's causes.
Jenni believes fervently in following your dreams and never giving up.
SPOTLIGHT Questions and Answers with the Author
Congratulations on your book: Silken Shadows. What do you have on the drawing board next? Can you tell us the timeline for its release and give us a little tease?
Well, I am glad that you asked. My aspirations of what I want to achieve and the time table I want to make it happen rarely match, but I keep striving toward my goals. Current projects on my plate for this year: Short Story for Asylum Archives Volume 2 (paranormal crime thriller with characters from my Exposed Series), Finish Book 5 in the Shadowmen Series, Bewitching the Wolf (paranormal romantic thriller), and a novella for my Silent Warrior Series, What Didn't Happen in Vegas (military romantic suspense). For next year, finish A Rose from the Grave (an award winning time travel, and then answer the calling of another story. They are always whispering, "write me...write me...write me." My ultimate goal is to be able to write fulltime instead of part time. We'll see how it pans out.
You have a good following on twitter. Since you started before the social media buzz, what impact has social media relationships had on your current success? How did you build your following in your niche? How much has it changed your book launch process?
Social Media lets authors connect to readers everyday, and I consider it an amazing gift. Before Social Media, authors were isolated in their writing caves unless they went to a book signing or a writing convention. I can't tell you how many times a reader has lifted my day and inspired me to write even though I'm exhausted from work, just because they reached out to me on Twitter or Facebook to let me know they enjoyed my story. I am currently learning Instagram and ShapChat. Technology moves faster than my abilities to utilize them, but I keep trying.
You have written several novellas and short stories. Can you tell us if they had an impact on the sales of your novels? Are shorty’s one of your styles of writing or are they created to give readers a sample of your work? Do you feel short reads are a product of our email and smart phone age?
Short stories and novellas are great for readers and for authors. Shorts offer a quick read for readers who don't have time for a longer book. They can try out an author, explore a series and the characters before delving into the longer books. We're a fast-paced culture of instant gratification. For authors, sometimes being able to write a short story or novella in between longer books helps us too. We can continue our love of telling stories without the stress of producing a longer book. As for the impact on sales? I'm still waiting to see, but I think it's a good format.
What has been your experience in giving your books away free? Have you been involved in any other type of giveaways and how did that work out? What was your main goal in doing this? Did you run into any obstacles?
Not to sound despairing, but I do think today's market is a challenge that sometimes requires sacrifices. Giving away a book you've spent months writing isn't easy. With the emerging e-book and Independent publishing opportunities, I heard there are about 30,000 books published a day. That is a lot of competition. Giveaways and discounted books are important in today's marketing strategy, so readers are willing to try an author. But they have always been a tool in the publishing. Years ago, I attended conferences where thousands of books were given out by publishers from the then unknown authors of G.R Martin and Stephanie Meyers. Yep, those books just happened to be Game of Thrones and Twilight.
You were a part of the Kiss Me I’m Irish Blog Hop. What was your experience with the blog hop? Did they contribute to the increase of your book sales?
Blog hops are a fun way to share word of our stories and things of our hearts with readers. I consider it a privilege to do so. Sometimes sales do rise.
Do you maintain a reader list? What are the methods you use to find your readers and create the list and the relationship? Do you use social media, forums, newsletters and/or support groups to build your list?
My greatest failing is being consistent in sharing on Social Media. I always feel I need to share something unique, interesting, and uplifting. While chaotic my life leans to the mundane and all my great intensions to be more active too often fizzle. I use all of the above, but often wonder if readers are overwhelmed by too many newsletters and tweets. If you are a reader and have ideas please email me your thoughts about authors and social media.
You have published several of your books in other languages. (French – Japanese) How is your audience abroad? Does marketing online help in this situation?
I hope to broaden my world reach by translating into other languages, but first on my list would be audio books. As for audience abroad, I do hear from readers through social media. And one time when in Vegas, I ran into a fan from Paris. That was a cool experience.
What is your method of getting reviews for your novels? Do you seek professional reviews, use social media or do you rely on your reading audience to supply them?
I'm still working that out. The best way is affording a Bookbub ad. The readers in that venue bring an amazing boost in sales on the advertised book and often review the book, too. They also follow through with sales on other books in the series.
You are published under several names and genres. Does changing hats create any problems? Any tricks you can share with us? Which genre did you enjoy writing the most? Does moving from one to the other give you some breathing room?
Where I to do it over again, I'd stick with one name. Marketing and branding three is a nightmare. But as for the different genres, I have no regrets. I love story and spreading my creative nature's wings. It has likely cost me sales because it takes longer between book releases in a series and readers really want books out sooner than I deliver them, especially since I have a day job. And yes, mixing up the genres keeps my creative energy flowing.
I like the idea of Author bundles. You are a part of a novel bundle called Love in Times of War. What was the impact on your other sales? What was the main objective of bundling your works with other romance authors? How did you put something like that together? (What a great group of authors. Featured on HBS Author’s Spotlight)
My technical abilities sorely lack, The fabulous anthology about heroes who served our country with honor and find love in courageous heroines is completely the brain child and hard work of author Uvi Poznansky. She blessed me by asking me to join Love in Times of War. I am also in several other anthologies, Never Fear the Tarot, and more recently Risky Encounters. Anthologies are great for readers to try a lot of authors for one low price.
Author's Book List
Silken Shadows
- Killdaren Series Book 3When Gemini Andrews laid eyes on Captain Deverell Jansen, she didn’t need her psychic abilities to know that he would soon be hers. It was just a matter of convincing him. So when Gemini learns of his voyage to Northrope in search of a vicious killer whose victims are left strewn among the Druid Stones, she hatches a plan. Knowing she can help—and with the hopes of growing closer to Captain Jansen, she stows away on his ship . . .
Captain Deverell Jansen is shocked to discover Gemini, knowing what this kind of stunt could do to her reputation. Yet after learning of her powers, he realizes he does need her, in more ways than one. These murders could be the work of notorious killer, Jack Poole—but from beyond the grave? Together they are thrust into the realm of the supernatural, and Dev must trust in the love that Gemini is so certain of—or else there’s no hope of withstanding the strength of a killer’s thirst . . .
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Darkest Dreams
- Killdaren Series Book 2When you ride with the devil, the shadow of death isn't the only danger...
Years of shielding herself amid historical artifacts has lulled Andromeda into thinking her mind-reading ability is merely a nuisance. Until her sister Cassie's marriage brings her out among people again. The renewed contact is excruciating...and so are her wildly improper thoughts about her brother-in-law's emerald-eyed twin, Lord Alexander Killdaren, Viscount Blackmoor.
Andrie has resolved to live as a hermit, but not before she sees to Cassie's happiness by clearing the suspicion hanging over the Killdaren name. In her soul she knows the brothers are innocent of murder. To prove it, she must get inside Alex's castle.
When she presents herself to begin cataloging his vast collection of artifacts, she realizes she is in over her head. His mind is closed to her gift, save for a single, breathlessly erotic image. His heated touch is like a dragon's fire against her skin; his emerald gaze strips her soul bare.
Even as she loses her heart to his dark passion, she uncovers secrets that expose a brutal killer and threatens everything she holds dear. Her life, her sisters...and her sanity.
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Midnight Secrets
- Killdaren Series Book 1Is he her darkest dream…or most terrifying nightmare?
Cassiopeia’s dreams have never been her own. They are harbingers of death. Yet when she learns her gentle cousin, Mary, has disappeared from a remote castle on the Cornish Coast, the official story doesn’t fit with Cassie’s prophetic dream.
The mystery compels her to leave the safety and middle-class comfort of Oxford to take a job as a maid in the house of Killdaren. There she discovers more than the daily indignities the working class must endure. There’s a darkness surrounding Sean Killdaren, a man born with his hands at his twin’s throat. Whispers of the murderous Dragon Curse…and an aversion to daylight that adds vampire to spine-chilling rumors.
When Cassie encounters him in the shadowy corridors, his touch should make her tremble in fear. But that’s not what makes her knees shockingly weak. It’s the spell of desire he casts with his wicked green eyes…and the small acts of kindness that soften her heart.
The closer she comes to the truth, the greater the danger. Mary isn’t the only woman lost to the Killdaren brothers’ curse. And as a killer lurks ever closer, Cassie wonders whom she can trust…and if she will be the next victim.
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Kaylee's Justice
- Case File #1 ExposedEva St. Claire, along with her siblings, carry a heavy burden. Each, in their own way, see the nightmare of evil hidden beneath the surface.
Serial killer Mason Smith rots in prison for the murder of a young woman. However, the secret of another killing, still resides within him. Through Eva's unique family ability, she knows Mason is guilty of yet another murder, and she is determined to see him put to justice.
When FBI Agent Adam Frazier's father reveals a blindsiding secret, he's forced to delve deeper into his investigation of the Angel of Death, and Eva holds the key. Dogged by secrets and hounded by a mysterious killer bound and determined to end Eva, Adam and Eva will have to find the truth, before becoming victims themselves.
Together or apart, they fight to expose the darkness no matter what the cost.
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Tactical Deception
- Silent Warriors Book 2One tormented soldier. One haunted woman. Eight snipers. Someone’s going down…
The fallout from the team’s failed mission to Lebanon is unraveling Lt. Col. Roger Weston and his team at the seams. God help them all if the world gets wind of the real story. With guilt eating Roger alive, he steps into the void to protect Mari Dalton and her unborn child from an extremist and her radical family. If it wasn’t for the decision he made, Mari’s husband would still be alive.
Keeping Mari safe was his top priority. Falling in love with her was out of the question.
Mari is certain God is punishing her. She loved the man who rescued her from a windowless cell in Afghanistan, and never betrayed their marriage. But she has never forgotten the day she met Roger or the way her heart pounded when his arresting blue gaze settled on hers. What did that make her?
When she becomes the target of terrorists bent on destroying the heart of America, Roger lays his life on the line to protect her. As they uncover a plot already in motion to assassinate the President, the world teeters on the edge of chaos.
Any hope for a future rests in Roger’s already bloodstained hands…and the quietly faithful woman who now holds his heart.
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Collateral Damage
- Silent Warriors Book 1Before being injured on a rescue mission in Lebanon, Jack Hunter takes out a blonde-haired, blue eyed American who is holding VIP hostages with a radical terrorist group. The mission goes horribly wrong. When the dust settles, the blonde’s body isn’t among the dead and people are questioning Jack’s memory.
Two weeks later, while going crazy in a hospital bed, Jack sees the blonde American’s mug on the TV screen with reports that the businessman had died in Brazil just yesterday. He reports this to his superiors, expecting action. When he is told to stand down and focus on recuperating, Jack goes AWOL. He heads to Atlanta to question the businessman’s widow, determined to solve the mystery.
Lauren Collins’s complicated life takes a turn for chaos when she foils a burglar in the middle of the night only to face the business end of an assassin’s gun the next day. That happens just minutes after Jack arrived on her doorstep demanding answers about her soon-to-be ex’s activities.
Their race to escape a killer becomes a race against time to save her sons from becoming collateral damage in a global attack to destroy the world’s economy. Thrust into a world of peril, political treachery and treason, Lauren has no choice but to trust Jack with her life and her children’s lives. Jack puts everything on the line—from life to his career—to save Lauren and her sons. Even if they miraculously survive against all odds, he’s sure his heart won’t… it already bit the dust at Lauren’s feet the moment she opened her front door.
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Hot Irish Lass
- Weldon Brothers Book 4James Weldon likes fast rides, wild women, and to party hard—they go a long way to help him forget the premonition curse he is under. He’s a tried and true bachelor who’s not about to lose his Free Bird kahunas like his brothers. He’s been on a hiatus helping his father after the old man’s brush with death. But his plans to get back into the game at a blow-out St. Patrick’s Day party go awry. James not only can’t find his bachelor’s groove because a certain Irish lass by the name of Cierra Weldon has him off kilter, but he gets hijacked from his Savannah home to Manhattan by his brother’s top security investigator. They want him to determine if that Irish Lass has ties to terrorists. James knows Cierra is a lot of things, perfect being one of them, but she is not a terrorist. That doesn’t mean she isn’t being used by one. Her association to billionaire Sheik Hassan al Zayed puts her under suspicion.
The moment James hits New York and connects with Cierra, a whirlwind of events unfold-- one of them being a premonition about Cierra. He fears for her life and finds himself sacrificing everything to keep her safe. Even his heart that she somehow managed to steal when he wasn’t looking.
Horses are Cierra Weldon’s life. She may have grown up privileged in a castle-like estate in Ireland, but life hasn’t been necessarily easy. When she was sixteen, her parents were killed in a car accident. She took over running her father’s racing and stud farm then and now, after eight years, she is looking to expand by establishing a breeding and training farm in the United States—mainly to escape her FOUR overbearing, overprotective brothers. She hasn’t found the right place. Her current troubles started when she told Hassan she wasn’t interested in his gilded cage. She was stalked, attacked, and now her prized racehorse in Ireland has been stolen. She’s sure Hassan’s behind it, trying to show her how much she needs him.
She concocts a fake engagement with James, hoping Hassan will see she’s taken, and “miraculously find” her stolen horse for her.
James shows up. Not only does her world go to hell in a handbasket, but her heart falls hard for a man who thinks commitment is a prison sentence.
They say life can change in a blink of an eye. What can happen in seventy-two hours?
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The Lure of the Wolf
- The Shadowmen Book 2Mighty warriors sworn to protect humanity, the shape-shifters known as The Shadowmen move between two worlds. Now their dark leader has exiled himself from the spirit world, opening the door to the forces of chaos...and to the power of love.
Half wolf, half man, Aragon has abandoned his brethren to repay a debt of honor; he is sworn to kill a rogue Blood Hunter, though exacting revenge will doom him to a ghostly existence trapped between two worlds. But when a mortal woman unexpectedly calls him to her side, the heat of her soft flesh arouses a hunger in him that threatens to complicate his mission.
Dr. Annette Batista, a dedicated healer, is determined to find her missing sister. With the amulet found at the site of her sister's disappearance, she unwittingly summons a shadowy warrior. She wonders if she can trust this powerful male named Aragon, who claims he can vanquish her sister's captor -- the very monster he's vowed to destroy. Or is Annette blinded by her shocking passion for the most alluring, mysterious man she's ever seen?
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Kiss of Darkness
- The Shadowmen Book 3Werewolf warriors sworn to protect two worlds, the Shadowmen band with their human allies in a desperate battle against the forces of evil. But when one of the comrades is injured, it is to a mortal woman's healing magic they must turn....
When Sheriff Sam Sheridan is wounded in an encounter with the malevolent Dr. Cinatas and his Vladarian vampires, a dark infection courses through his blood, releasing inner demons he has long denied. Although guarded from further assault by his Shadowmen companions, Sam is forced to turn for healing to Emerald Linton -- a woman he has always believed to be a New Age fake. Even worse, with his barriers brought low, Sam can no longer deny the desire he has long felt for the lovely Irishwoman.
Many years before, Emerald was unable to save the father of her child from the evil powers that had enslaved him. Now, as Sam reluctantly entrusts himself to her, those old fears and regrets become painfully fresh. Dare she use her magical abilities in an attempt to rescue Sam? And -- as a searing passion flares between them -- dare she entrust her heart again?Werewolf warriors sworn to protect two worlds, the Shadowmen band with their human allies in a desperate battle against the forces of evil. But when one of the comrades is injured, it is to a mortal woman's healing magic they must turn....
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Bride of the Wolf
- The Shadowmen Book 4When the heroic werewolf Navarre is trapped in the twilight realm, his Shadowmen comrades are unable to rescue him. Only a passionate woman with a spirit as wild as his own can set him free....
Oil heiress Marissa Vasquez fled the jungles of Belize to avoid becoming a pawn in her vicious uncle's wicked schemes. Though she has found temporary sanctuary in little Twilight, Tennessee, only in her dreams does she taste freedom. At night, her spirit intertwines with a magnificent black wolf, and they run together under the glow of a forest moon. When a wounded stranger is brought to the camp where she is hiding, she glimpses in his eyes the mysterious being who has been the partner of her visions. But before she can explore her strange reaction to this man, they are kidnapped and imprisoned once again.
Navarre is a shapeshifting Shadowman, captured by the evil Vladarian vampire who hopes to control Marissa. Injured and blind, he struggles to regain his warrior's strength as they fight for their freedom -- and their lives. Together, their spirits form a powerful link matched only by the passion they discover in each other's arms. But can a mortal woman attain true love with a man who is half wolf? And will their enemies give them time to find an answer?
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His Dark Desires
- Trevelyan Series Book 2You are in danger. Trust no one.
The terrifying words from a mysterious letter echo in Juliet Bucheron's mind. Destitute ever since her husband disappeared in the Civil War, Juliet has turned her New Orleans ancestral home into a boarding house -- despite the rumors of ghosts, the whispers of scandal, and the stain of murder. But even more unsettling is Juliet's new tenant, a handsome stranger named Stephen Trevelyan. Wealthy, educated, and seductively compelling, Stephen fills Juliet's heart with uncontrollable longing -- and her head with suspicion. Something, she senses, is lurking beneath the surface. And someone is stalking the hallways after midnight. As the danger draws nearer, Juliet wonders if she can really trust Stephen. But as he pulls her closer, she knows she cannot resist him...no matter what the price.
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The Mistress of Trevelyan
- Trevelyan Series Book 1The manor behind the mists....
The man behind the mystery. In 1873 San Francisco, spirited Ann Lovell takes a position no one else dares -- as governess to the motherless sons of the enigmatic Benedict Trevelyan. It has long been whispered that Trevelyan Manor hides dark secrets and sinister deeds -- including the murder of Benedict's wife. But Ann refuses to pay heed to spiteful rumor.
As she grows to cherish her young charges, Ann also finds herself powerfully drawn to the handsome Benedict, whose passionate persuasion introduces her to a new world of sensual pleasures. But even while falling in love with the master of Trevelyan, Ann wonders if his attentions are intended to blind her to the secrets of the past -- and if Benedict holds the key to her destiny...or her destruction.
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A Weldon Family Christmas
- A Southern Steam Novella - Weldon Brothers Book 4The heartwarming and passionate love story between the parents of the Weldon Brothers, John and Emma, which began during war-torn Vietnam at Christmastime, and the bond that binds their hearts and family together throughout the years.
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Touch a Dark Wolf
- The Shadowmen Book 1Yesterday, Erin Morgan worked for a pioneering Manhattan medical center. Today, she's on the run, witness to a chilling conspiracy. Fleeing for her life in the Tennessee mountains, she is run off the road by a mysterious beast . . . and things only get stranger when she wakes the next day to find a naked Adonis sprawled on the hood of her car.
For centuries, Jared has been a shape shifter, sworn to protect mortals like Erin. But in saving her, Jared has damned himself, for the poison from his battle wound stirs a terrible blood lust. Determined to protect Erin, Jared stays by her side and discovers a sensual rapture beyond imagining . . . and a love that can change his fate. But can Jared overcome his savage thirst and protect Erin from the beast within?
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Hard Irish Luck
- Weldon Brothers Book 3Hard hat in hand, Jared Weldon goes undercover, but the answers he finds at McKenna Construction leaves him drowning in passion — and hard up against a killer...
Hardcore, fast-car-and-wild-women bachelor, Jared Weldon, is sure McKenna Construction is being underhanded. That is the only way the company could be under bidding him and edging his company to bankruptcy. He goes with his twin and business partner to a roadside bar intent on milking information about R. McKenna’s practices from the man’s crew. Before he can make the first connection, a woman catches his eye and he ends up in a bar fight with her ex, but not before he steals a forbidden, roll-on-the-bar-floor kiss from her and comes close to having the best five seconds of his life. Little did he know, as his hard Irish luck would have it, he was holding his competitor in his arms.
In the three years since her divorce, Rocky McKenna has kept her nose to the grindstone and dodged any and all emotions or physical entanglements with the opposite sex. She has more important things to do in life. Despite setbacks and tragedy, she has worked hard to make McKenna Construction thrive during difficult times. But now, her body is clamoring for more and Jared’s masterful kiss is the spark that ignites her suppressed passions.
The day after the kiss Jared hunts Rocky McKenna down at the jobsite she outbid him on. He isn’t even sure what his is going to say, he just knows he has to see her again. He shows up in time to save her from being seriously injured by an “accident” on the job, but is slightly injured himself. He is sure someone is out to kill her. Rocky takes Jared for medical help, and he decides he’ll use the guise of his older brother’s security company and convinces her she needs his bodyguard services.
Rocky is sure her life isn’t in danger, but she can’t resist having more time with this man who has swept her off her feet. The meeting of their passions, and Jared’s intense love making, take her to new sexual heights and opens the door to her solitary heart. But more “accidents” occur and it isn’t hard Irish luck at work. Suddenly, as people around her die, Rocky and Jared are in a battle for their lives as they race to uncover the deadly secrets lurking beneath the surface of her seemingly normal life.
Both Jared and Rocky are in for some hard lessons about life and love, but will they discover the treacherous murderer in their midst too late to survive?
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Smooth Irish Seduction
- Weldon Brothers Book 2Four years ago a tragedy made Jackson Weldon turn his back on life. He wanted nothing more than doing a gig with his guitar every now and then to put a sandwich on his plate and gas in his tank. But a few dates with Nan Miller several months ago had him finally wanting something more. Her in his bed. Only she walked before that happened and his hunger for her alone has grown until he can't think of anything but her.
Nan has lived her life by a plan and she isn't about to mess it up by getting involved with a man going nowhere. That's why she walked out on Jackson, seventy one days ago. Only, she can't get him out of her mind or escape him in her dreams, night or day. So when he comes riding in on his Harley again, she wonders if she should take him up on his offer for an uninhibited weekend. But their no strings ride leads them both to an end that changes everything they ever believed they wanted or deserved out of life.
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Wild Irish Ride
- Weldon Brothers Book 1This second chance at love story begins with a couple's sensual journey from the strictures of their lives to explore the passion they left behind and discover a love they never thought they would have.
Framed by the blue-blooded Jordan family twelve years ago for a crime he didn't commit, wrong-side-of-the-tracks bad-boy, Jesse Weldon, is back in Savannah, Georgia. Now owner of a highly successful security company, he plans to put the Weldon name on the right-side-of-the-tracks.
Unfortunately, before he can do that he runs into Alexandria Jordan and makes the same mistake he did before. He succumbs to her allure. This time, he decides to get her out of his system for good before walking away.
Except for a few wild moments with Jesse at seventeen, Alexi Jordan has followed the life expected of her. But a Wedding Day betrayal from her fiancé sends her running from her blue-blooded life right into the arms of the man she'd never forgotten, Jesse.
As Alexi forges a new future for herself amid the scandal of her cancelled wedding, Alexi finds herself the target of a twisted killer.
Both she and Jesse's days are now numbered.
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