Sinful Rewards 11 – Fun, Sweet, Hot, Quick Read
Yay!
We have another great review for Sinful Rewards 11!
Debbie at Travel N Reads shares
“I’m looking forward to seeing what is going to happen next and how it will all end. And if Sax decides to write another serial, I’ll all in.”
Read the full review here
http://travelsnreads.com/2015/05/12/great-getaway-with-sinful-rewards-11-by-cynthia-sax/
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Bee Carter has been invited to one of Chicago’s most glamorous charity balls. Attending this high-society event will be a dream come true, giving her the sense of belonging she’s always craved and memories she could never duplicate.
But it will also test her relationship. Because her date won’t be the man she believes she loves. Instead, she’ll be arriving on the tuxedo-clad arm of his rival, a man who has never stopped wanting her, desiring her touch, her kisses, and her passion.
How much will Bee risk to make a dream come true? Will her newfound love withstand the temptation of another, a man willing to do anything to claim her?
Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sinful-Rewards-11-Billionaires-Novella-ebook/dp/B00MTSKH18
ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-sinfulrewards11-1769576-356.html
Barnes And Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sinful-rewards-11-cynthia-sax/1120159637
Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Cynthia_Sax_Sinful_Rewards_11?id=kXGdBAAAQBAJ
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Sinful Rewards 11 – Proms And Fancy Balls
I’m at Crystal Blogs Books today, talking about proms and other fancy events.
http://crystalblogsbooks.blogspot.ca/2015/05/a-visit-with-cynthia-sax-author-of.html
Did you attend your high school promo?
I didn’t.
Here’s a snippet…
“Like Bee, I also missed my high school prom. I was working and I figured I’d eventually attend my university ‘prom’. For that event, I hoped to have the experience we often see in movies—shopping for a big gown, fixing my makeup and hair with chatty girlfriends, being presented with a corsage, arriving in a limo on the arm of a tux-and-boutonnière-wearing man, drinking champagne under a ceiling covered in balloons.
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Bee Carter has been invited to one of Chicago’s most glamorous charity balls. Attending this high-society event will be a dream come true, giving her the sense of belonging she’s always craved and memories she could never duplicate.
But it will also test her relationship. Because her date won’t be the man she believes she loves. Instead, she’ll be arriving on the tuxedo-clad arm of his rival, a man who has never stopped wanting her, desiring her touch, her kisses, and her passion.
How much will Bee risk to make a dream come true? Will her newfound love withstand the temptation of another, a man willing to do anything to claim her?
Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sinful-Rewards-11-Billionaires-Novella-ebook/dp/B00MTSKH18
ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-sinfulrewards11-1769576-356.html
Barnes And Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sinful-rewards-11-cynthia-sax/1120159637
Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Cynthia_Sax_Sinful_Rewards_11?id=kXGdBAAAQBAJ
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Sinful Rewards 11 – An Outstanding 10 Out Of 10
Yay!
We have a 10 out of 10 review for Sinful Rewards 11!
Cara at Cara’s Book Boudoir shares
“I have to admit that I am addicted to this series and have pretty much made my husband a Sinful Rewards widower for the past 11 months, but it has been well worth it, even though I hate series books.”
Read the full review here
http://www.carasbookboudoir.com/2015/05/sinful-rewards-11-by-cynthia-sax-review.html
Sinful Rewards will be my last serial for a while.
There are some delicious stand alone stories I wish to tell (they might be connected but they’ll have different heroes and heroines)
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Bee Carter has been invited to one of Chicago’s most glamorous charity balls. Attending this high-society event will be a dream come true, giving her the sense of belonging she’s always craved and memories she could never duplicate.
But it will also test her relationship. Because her date won’t be the man she believes she loves. Instead, she’ll be arriving on the tuxedo-clad arm of his rival, a man who has never stopped wanting her, desiring her touch, her kisses, and her passion.
How much will Bee risk to make a dream come true? Will her newfound love withstand the temptation of another, a man willing to do anything to claim her?
Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sinful-Rewards-11-Billionaires-Novella-ebook/dp/B00MTSKH18
ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-sinfulrewards11-1769576-356.html
Barnes And Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sinful-rewards-11-cynthia-sax/1120159637
Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Cynthia_Sax_Sinful_Rewards_11?id=kXGdBAAAQBAJ
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Sinful Rewards 11 Releases
Woot! It’s release day for Sinful Rewards!
Be Warned: This installment makes me cry (so does the final story – Sinful Rewards 12)
Bee Carter has been invited to one of Chicago’s most glamorous charity balls. Attending this high-society event will be a dream come true, giving her the sense of belonging she’s always craved and memories she could never duplicate.
But it will also test her relationship. Because her date won’t be the man she believes she loves. Instead, she’ll be arriving on the tuxedo-clad arm of his rival, a man who has never stopped wanting her, desiring her touch, her kisses, and her passion.
How much will Bee risk to make a dream come true? Will her newfound love withstand the temptation of another, a man willing to do anything to claim her?
Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sinful-Rewards-11-Billionaires-Novella-ebook/dp/B00MTSKH18
ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-sinfulrewards11-1769576-356.html
Barnes And Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sinful-rewards-11-cynthia-sax/1120159637
Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Cynthia_Sax_Sinful_Rewards_11?id=kXGdBAAAQBAJ
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Sinful Rewards 11 – I Had Tears Running Down My Face
Yay! We have a first review for Sinful Rewards 11 (releasing on Tuesday)!
Monique at Fresh Fiction shares
“SINFUL REWARDS 11 features powerful sex scenes of extraordinary tenderness and sensuality, and some of the most lyrical and poetic prose ever written by Ms. Sax, as the author takes you through an emotional journey that will not soon be forgotten. SINFUL REWARDS 11 is one of the sexiest and most romantic books I have ever read.”
Read the full review here
http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=52607
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Bee Carter has been invited to one of Chicago’s most glamorous charity balls. Attending this high-society event will be a dream come true, giving her the sense of belonging she’s always craved and memories she could never duplicate.
But it will also test her relationship. Because her date won’t be the man she believes she loves. Instead, she’ll be arriving on the tuxedo-clad arm of his rival, a man who has never stopped wanting her, desiring her touch, her kisses, and her passion.
How much will Bee risk to make a dream come true? Will her newfound love withstand the temptation of another, a man willing to do anything to claim her?
Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sinful-Rewards-11-Billionaires-Novella-ebook/dp/B00MTSKH18
Barnes And Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sinful-rewards-11-cynthia-sax/1120159637
Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Cynthia_Sax_Sinful_Rewards_11?id=kXGdBAAAQBAJ
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Sinful Rewards 11 – Second Excerpt
This post has adult content. If you are under the age of eighteen years old and/or sensitive to adult language/situations, please do not read this post.
Here’s another spicy excerpt from Sinful Rewards 11, releasing May 12th (Tuesday)!
“You’re not inside me.”
“That’ll change soon.” Hawke extracts a condom package from the plastic fishbowl positioned on his makeshift nightstand. His furnishings are pitiful. In this small way, he needs me. The man has no clue how to spend his money.
“Good.” I cup my small breasts, squeezing, offering them to him. “Because I need you.” When he touches me, we merge into one, and my doubts disappear. I belong with him as I’ve never belonged anywhere else.
“You’re torturing me, love.” Hawke rips the package open and rolls the condom on his rigid cock, his gaze fixed on my nude form.
I spread my thighs, showing him my pink pussy lips and my empty entrance. “Is it you I’m torturing, or me?” I pinch my nipples, teasing both of us, adding a twinge of pain to my pleasure. “Your bite mark has faded.”
“We can’t have that.” Hawke’s eyes gleam as he kneels between my legs. “I want everyone to know you’re mine.” He catches one of my wrists, pulls me upright, places my fingers on his latex-covered shaft.
“I’m yours.” I run my hands up and down his length, savoring the feel of him, his heat, scent, everything. “And you’re mine.”
Hawke rocks into my palms, the tattooed wings over his collarbone rippling, his abs defined, his muscles undulating. He’s powerful and strong and, in this moment, he belongs to me.
I don’t know if he loves me, if he will ever care for me that much or say those precious words and mean them, but I do know how to please him sexually, what he likes and needs.
His desires match mine. I meet and hold his gaze as I guide him toward my entrance. His broad tip stretches me open, my slick pussy easing the exquisite tightness. Hawke pushes me backward into the mattress, as he claims my body. I moan, tilting my hips toward him, and his eyes darken to a brilliant blue, his lips flattening.
“You slay me, sweetheart.” Hawke presses his base against my feminine folds, bracing his physique above mine. “Every fuckin’ time.” He gazes down at me, lust and reverence and something more warming his expression. “Nothing feels as good as your hot little pussy around my hard cock.”
We fit perfectly, custom-made for each other. “I want you all the time,” I admit. He’s a high I can’t get enough of, like finding the perfect pair of designer shoes in a department store’s bargain bin, and even a daily hit of his loving isn’t enough. I need him several times a day. “You touch me and I lose control.”
I wrap my legs around his waist, linking my ankles over his clenched ass cheeks. He sinks deeper and both of us groan, the pleasure divine.
“It scares me sometimes,” I confess, having never experienced anything like this.
“You can lose control with me, Belinda.” Hawke rocks, the leisurely shallow slide in and out, in and out, coaxing our passions higher, feeding the flames inside me. I hold on to his shoulders, moving with him. “I’ll keep you safe.”
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Bee Carter has been invited to one of Chicago’s most glamorous charity balls. Attending this high-society event will be a dream come true, giving her the sense of belonging she’s always craved and memories she could never duplicate.
But it will also test her relationship. Because her date won’t be the man she believes she loves. Instead, she’ll be arriving on the tuxedo-clad arm of his rival, a man who has never stopped wanting her, desiring her touch, her kisses, and her passion.
How much will Bee risk to make a dream come true? Will her newfound love withstand the temptation of another, a man willing to do anything to claim her?
Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sinful-Rewards-11-Billionaires-Novella-ebook/dp/B00MTSKH18
Barnes And Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sinful-rewards-11-cynthia-sax/1120159637
Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Cynthia_Sax_Sinful_Rewards_11?id=kXGdBAAAQBAJ
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Interview With Izzy Szyn
I sat down (virtually) with Izzy Szyn for a short interview. Izzy Szyn’s most recent release is The Anniversary Present: The Gift of Love, a Contemporary menage.
Cynthia Sax: What do you love about writing erotic romance?
Izzy Szyn: I have always been a fan of Erotic Romance, especially ménages. Most people that know me are not surprised when they find out what I have written so far. I think that as long as love involves consenting adults it shouldn’t matter who your life partner or partners are.
Cynthia Sax: What one piece of advice would you give new writers?
Izzy Szyn: Never say never. As long as I have been stalking romance writers the one question I was always asked is when was I going to write? I had been in denial for a long time. For as long as I can remember I had stuff running in my head. But I sort of pushed them into the backburner. Mostly because I didn’t think anyone would take me seriously.
I have moderated chats for a long time. One night after a chat, my friend Iris Pross dared me to write. She said she bet that I could write better than some of the ideas being thrown around in the chatroom and that is how Izzy was born.
Cynthia Sax: Where did you get the idea for The Anniversary Present?
Izzy Szyn: I always get my ideas at about 2 sometimes 3am in the morning. Makes it really inconvenient when I am trying to sleep and have to be at work in the morning.
But literally the characters woke me up with their story. At my job I have Fridays and Saturdays off, plus half of Thursday. I took that whole Thursday off and wrote their story. I literally wrote it in two days. Granted it was a short, but it was the most I had written in a two day period so far.
Cynthia Sax: Is The Anniversary Present part of a series and will you be writing more stories in this series?
Izzy Szyn: It wasn’t supposed to be a series. It was supposed to be a one-time thing. But there is a certain character that people have taken a strong dislike to and want that person to get their comeuppance. I have received PM messages on Facebook telling me that the person needed to be smacked. So maybe one or two more?
Thank you, Izzy Szyn, for joining us today!
Izzy Szyn’s Website: http://izzyszyn.weebly.com/
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For several months Carly Adams has worked at Bennett Services. She loves her job but rumor has it that the more popular assistants do more than file, or errands. When Carly gets the opportunity step in for someone at work, she meets Parker and Amber. They need someone to assist them for the upcoming game convention in Las Vegas.
But this is also their anniversary and Parker always gets Amber what she wants for their anniversary. This year her present is Carly.
Buy Now: http://www.amazon.com/Anniversary-Present-Gift-Love-ebook/dp/B00WNX06LU/
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Cynthia Sax – Upcoming Releases
April was super exciting with two releases – Sinful Rewards 10 and Mastered 2 (with Mastered 2 making the USA Today Bestseller list).
The rest of 2015 is as thrilling. We’ll finish off Sinful Rewards, start two new series – one in contemporary erotic romance and one in SciFi erotic romance.
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May 2015
Sinful Rewards 11 releases on May 12th!
Bee Carter has been invited to one of Chicago’s most glamorous charity balls. Attending this high-society event will be a dream come true, giving her the sense of belonging she’s always craved and memories she could never duplicate.
But it will also test her relationship. Because her date won’t be the man she believes she loves. Instead, she’ll be arriving on the tuxedo-clad arm of his rival, a man who has never stopped wanting her, desiring her touch, her kisses, and her passion.
How much will Bee risk to make a dream come true? Will her newfound love withstand the temptation of another, a man willing to do anything to claim her?
Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sinful-Rewards-11-Billionaires-Novella-ebook/dp/B00MTSKH18
Barnes And Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sinful-rewards-11-cynthia-sax/1120159637
Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Cynthia_Sax_Sinful_Rewards_11?id=kXGdBAAAQBAJ
June 2015
We finish Sinful Rewards on June 16th with Sinful Rewards 12. Early reviewers tell me this ending was all that they wanted and MORE. (beams)
July 2015
One Night With My Billionaire Master, my BDSM-themed contemporary erotic romance novella (100 pages), appeared in the Mastered 2 boxed set. I’ll be releasing it as a single in July.
Releasing Rage, a SciFi erotic romance, will be hitting virtual bookshelves in August. I don’t yet have a cover for this 200 page plus story but it DOES feature sexy cyborgs! Early readers say it is my most emotional story yet (i.e. you’ll likely cry).
September 2015
The Good Assistant, a 100 page contemporary erotic romance, is set in the same world (sort of) as One Night With My Billionaire Master. The characters don’t intersect… yet. They will in story 3 of this series.
The Rest Of 2015
I expect to release the second cyborg story in October (there will be at least 6 stories in this series) and the third contemporary in November (there will be at least 6 stories in this series also). These stories are series, not serials. They will have different heroes and heroines and can be read on their own.
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Mastered 2 – USA Today Bestseller!
Woot!
Mastered 2 made the USA Today Bestseller List!
I’m so super stoked and so appreciative of everyone for supporting us. This is my very first time on the list and you know what they say about first times–you never forget them!
The best part is… I’m sharing this experience with 11 wonderful writers and with you! (big hugs)
Ohhh… I’m SO happy!
On the heels of the wildly popular New York Times and USA Today bestseller, MASTERED, we bring you MASTERED 2, ten more tales of sensual surrender, plus a bonus short story!
“11 AMAZING NEW EROTIC ROMANCE STORIES YOU’VE NEVER READ!”
These scorching erotic romance books (plus a bonus short story) are all brand-spanking new and never-before-released, until now! And they are from your favourite New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors, including Avery Aster, Opal Carew, Portia Da Costa, Madelynne Ellis, Karen Fenech, T.J. Michaels, Emily Ryan-Davis, and Jennifer Leeland. Also featuring Evangeline Anderson,Cynthia Sax, and Saskia Walker. Plus a bonus short story by Ruby Foxx.
Buy Now
Kindle – US http://amzn.to/1EyxSHj
Kindle – UK http://amzn.to/1MUxaIM
Kindle – CA http://amzn.to/1xogUML
iBooks http://apple.co/1MBPfLG
PLAYED BY THE MASTER by Opal Carew
Jacqueline crashes a billionaire’s exclusive poker game in order to seduce him into granting a favor to save her sister, but instead finds herself Played By the Master.
TANGLED & BOUND by Jennifer Leeland with Emily Ryan-Davis
When a threesome gets complicated, conflict can drive lovers apart. Ty, Noah and Tasha must find a way to connect before one of them walks out the door.
HER SECRET by Portia Da Costa
Jamie Lennox is the first man that Susannah ever loved, but now he’s different, dangerous and more devastatingly attractive than ever before. Their reunion is passionate and perverse, a thrilling exchange of power and pleasure. Can this lover from Susannah’s past become the master of her future?
ONE NIGHT WITH MY BILLIONAIRE MASTER by Cynthia Sax
Can Arianna make her one night with her billionaire master last a lifetime?
THE BUYER by Saskia Walker
A wild weekend with a dominant master proves Naomi’s true nature, but will it also prove that business and pleasure don’t mix?
RESISTOR by Madelynne Ellis
Rhythm guitarist, Spook Mortensen doesn’t want a second chance with sound engineer, Allegra Hutton– not over a table, in a limo or in bed.
HIS TOUCH by Karen Fenech
After her life is shattered by her Dom, can Corinne trust another man with her submission and her heart?
MASTERING THE MISTRESS by Evangeline Anderson
A muscular slave turns the tables on his unsuspecting mistress and teaches her an erotic lesson in submission.
LUSCIOUS by T.J. Michaels
MacKenzie Ivers is a strong personality who submits to one man–her husband, Landon. After ten years of marriage, a nasty divorce, followed by a sweet reconciliation, Mac wants nothing more than for her husband to stop punishing himself for his part in the former “crazy”. It’s going to require some conniving and some rope…miles and miles of rope. Luckily, Twilight Teahouse has everything she needs to get this particular rigger back in the saddle.
JENNA’S PUNISHMENT by Ruby Foxx
Some secrets are worth pursuing, especially when discovering them means you might be punished!
XO, BLAKE by Avery Aster
For fans of the dark comedy BDSM film Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down comes an erotic exploration in domination and submission where Ivy League students let their kinkiest desires run wild, and Blake shows you just how good it feels to be on top.
Buy Now
Kindle – US http://amzn.to/1EyxSHj
Kindle – UK http://amzn.to/1MUxaIM
Kindle – CA http://amzn.to/1xogUML
iBooks http://apple.co/1MBPfLG
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Sinful Rewards 11 – First Excerpt
This post has adult content. If you are under the age of eighteen years old and/or sensitive to adult language/situations, please do not read this post.
Here’s a first spicy excerpt from Sinful Rewards 11, releasing May 12th!
I sense Hawke before I see him, the air shifting around him, the crackling electricity of awareness tickling the fine hair on my neck and causing my pussy to hum with happiness.
I widen my stance. If Hawke and our audience look closely, they’ll see my pink pussy, brown curls, empty entrance, the wetness glistening on my pale thighs. They’ll realize I’m ready for him, eager to be fucked.
A floorboard creaks as Hawke approaches the bed, and my anticipation spirals upward. I breathe deeply, inhaling the scent of leather, engine grease, and man, my man. He hasn’t disguised his unique aroma today. He’s aware that he’s my fantasy, that I don’t want to have sex with anyone else.
Knowing my protective former marine, every member of our audience today can be trusted with my reputation, with my good-girl image, my life. This frees my inner pervert. I wave my ass in the air, enticing Hawke closer, wanting him to touch and taste my bare skin.
“Behave,” he rumbles, his voice dark and dominant.
“Make me.” I defiantly wiggle, taunting him. A gentle encounter won’t dissipate the tension inside me. I need the forceful handling only he can give me.
A coarse, calloused palm lands hard on my ass and I yelp, shocked, surprised, turned on. My pussy clenches around nothing. Heat radiates from the point of contact, warming me all over.
I look over my left shoulder. He’s naked. Tanned skin pulls over rippling muscle, the surface decorated by black ink and silver scars. He’s erect. His cock juts proudly from a base of thick brown hair. And he’s smiling, the damn man’s lips hitched into that lopsided grin I can’t resist.
“You’re a good girl,” Hawke says loudly, playing to our audience. “But even good girls act out.” He rubs the red mark he left on my skin, spreading the delightful pain over my body, and I moan, melting under his fingertips. He chuckles. “You like it rough.”
I push my curves into his big hands, unable to deny his claim because I do like it rough . . . within limits. Whips and chains don’t turn me on. I prefer skin on skin, a sensual bruising, the occasional love bite, the ache of a body well used by a lover.
By Hawke.
He cups, squeezes, explores, peeling my ass cheeks apart, giving our spectators a clear view of my puckered hole. “If I wanted to take you here, you’d allow me.” His voice holds no doubt.
He’s an arrogant man. I narrow my eyes. “You wouldn’t take me there.” He knows how I feel about anal sex.
“I wouldn’t,” Hawke confirms, releasing my curves, once more concealing that forbidden part of me. “But if I asked to fuck your ass, you’d say yes.”
“I’d say ‘Hell no,’ ” I lie. He’s right. Unable to deny him anything, I’d say yes.
Hawke laughs, his abs undulating, his cock bobbing. “You’re a terrible liar, sweetheart.” He palms my mons and I inhale sharply. “You’d agree because you trust me.” He increases the pressure on my clit and I see stars, the pleasure exquisite. “And because you love me.”
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Bee Carter has been invited to one of Chicago’s most glamorous charity balls. Attending this high-society event will be a dream come true, giving her the sense of belonging she’s always craved and memories she could never duplicate.
But it will also test her relationship. Because her date won’t be the man she believes she loves. Instead, she’ll be arriving on the tuxedo-clad arm of his rival, a man who has never stopped wanting her, desiring her touch, her kisses, and her passion.
How much will Bee risk to make a dream come true? Will her newfound love withstand the temptation of another, a man willing to do anything to claim her?
Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sinful-Rewards-11-Billionaires-Novella-ebook/dp/B00MTSKH18
Barnes And Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sinful-rewards-11-cynthia-sax/1120159637
Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Cynthia_Sax_Sinful_Rewards_11?id=kXGdBAAAQBAJ
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