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Cry for Daddy
Maisie Jane Beck is a thief. Stealing is her way of righting the wrongs done to her by a society and system that has always let her down. Stealing is the only way she can feel powerful in a world that has left her so victimized that she’s lost the ability to cry.
But as Maisie commits her petty thefts, someone is watching, someone who knows the sad, sordid story of her life and is convinced he alone can save her, whether she wants it or not. Someone who is about to turn the tables by stealing her.
This stranger has history of his own, but he will guard it as carefully as he guards Maisie in the cell he’s built just for her.
Here she will learn only what the stranger wants her to know.
Here she will learn how he plans to rehabilitate her.
Here Maisie will learn that he intends to make her feel again. What she won’t immediately learn is the secret that binds them together – the secret that may eventually destroy them both.
But as Maisie commits her petty thefts, someone is watching, someone who knows the sad, sordid story of her life and is convinced he alone can save her, whether she wants it or not. Someone who is about to turn the tables by stealing her.
This stranger has history of his own, but he will guard it as carefully as he guards Maisie in the cell he’s built just for her.
Here she will learn only what the stranger wants her to know.
Here she will learn how he plans to rehabilitate her.
Here Maisie will learn that he intends to make her feel again. What she won’t immediately learn is the secret that binds them together – the secret that may eventually destroy them both.
- GenresDark
147 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 23, 2019
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Ava Sinclair
201 books505 followersAva Sinclair is a best-selling Amazon romance author who caters to readers who appreciate a plot driven book where the steamy sex complements the story, rather than overshadowing it.
A hopeless bibliophile, Ava avidly reads across multiple genres, and this is reflected in her varied body of work that spans contemporary, medieval fantasy, western, historical, time travel and sci-fi. She especially enjoys world-building and crafting interesting and relatable characters.
Because her books feature graphic sex and elements of power exchange, she gently cautions her readers to take her work for what it is – delightful, sexy escapism.
Ava lives in southern Virginia in a farmhouse tucked away on a wooded hilltop. The first thing she did after moving in was to rip out the dining room and turn it into a library/office. This is where she spends most of her days, writing and being ignored by her cats. When she’s not working, she enjoys roaming the woods around her house, or seeking the advice of Lucius, her Eagle Owl.
A hopeless bibliophile, Ava avidly reads across multiple genres, and this is reflected in her varied body of work that spans contemporary, medieval fantasy, western, historical, time travel and sci-fi. She especially enjoys world-building and crafting interesting and relatable characters.
Because her books feature graphic sex and elements of power exchange, she gently cautions her readers to take her work for what it is – delightful, sexy escapism.
Ava lives in southern Virginia in a farmhouse tucked away on a wooded hilltop. The first thing she did after moving in was to rip out the dining room and turn it into a library/office. This is where she spends most of her days, writing and being ignored by her cats. When she’s not working, she enjoys roaming the woods around her house, or seeking the advice of Lucius, her Eagle Owl.
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November 25, 2021
Update/Warning: A/O 11/22 this awful book is now up on Amazon with no disclaimer that it's a re-release.
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This is one of the most loathsome books I've ever read in a genre that's full of them; even the ending can't redeem it.
An unknown (initially) but very wealthy man kidnaps a young woman who has spent her entire life in an abusive foster care system. Maisie works a dead-end job that barely pays for a dingy apartment and unhealthy food, has a roommate uninterested in befriending her, and sees no path to a better life even though she is very smart. To mitigate the powerlessness she feels in a world that's deemed her worthless, she uses three coping mechanisms: cutting, petty theft, and stoicism. The last is what her kidnapper deems her worst "problem:" she never cries, even though she's experienced her parents' deaths from drug abuse, physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her foster parents, poverty, and hunger. What she needs is an apartment, free tuition, money for food and other necessities, therapy for her cutting and what is really kleptomania, and friendship.
This is what she gets. A man who:
1) Kidnaps her (injuring her in the process) and imprisons her in a windowless room;
2) Turns down the temperature in said room to the point of freezing and threatens to deny her food if she refuses to do as he says, even though he has just kidnapped her, injured her, and imprisoned her in a windowless room. ("How dare you be rude to me even though I've just kidnapped you, terrified you, and done nothing to earn your trust" is pretty much how this goes, and is a very tired and very frustrating trope used by countless authors in this genre.);
3) Feels her up -- without her consent -- thereby making him no better than her foster fathers;
4) Spanks her for very reasonably trying to escape a man who kidnaps her, injures her, and imprisons her in a windowless room ("How dare you try to escape me when I've committed a felony by kidnapping you" is pretty much how this goes, and is another very tired and very frustrating trope used by countless authors in this genre);
5) Takes her to his mansion where he first showers her with gifts, his attention, and nice food, and then takes it all away and makes her work to pay restitution to the "victims" of her dimestore thefts (thereby equating her "crimes" with those who caused the 2008 Recession -- oh, wait, no one paid any restitution for that). Only when the drudgery wears her down and she stops eating does he magically reappear to tell her he's done all this to break her down and make her "feel" -- to get her to cry and let out all her pain. .
Well, there's not enough disbelief in the world to make this palatable. Even the ending, which has Ms. Sinclair's signature plot twist in which can't salvage this classist piece of garbage that features an H with money who lectures a young woman with none on the "true" meaning of morality -- even though he's just committed felony kidnapping and even though he's never walked a mile in her shoes -- mentally, emotionally, and physically abusing her in the process.
When I read these books, there are times that I wonder how much of the content is the author just writing whatever she thinks will sell and how much of it is ideology. Certainly, I understand -- as some writers indicate on their blogs -- that these works are fiction and fantasy, conflict is the essence of art, and tensions/obstacles/resolutions can't occur if the relationships are healthy and the characters flawless. We wouldn't have such masterpieces as Othello and Wuthering Heights, to name only a few, if authors only wrote positive role models and it would certainly be pretty dull to read.
But, depicting characters with vulnerabilities, weaknesses, flaws, even villainies, is not the same thing as depicting ideology. All art, even the frothiest escapist fantasy or hardest-core erotica, represents some kind of ideology and, at times, it's difficult to separate the novel's/characters' beliefs/actions/words from what may very well be the author's. This is particularly true if the author represents certain ideologies in a number of books. Ms. Sinclair has written other books in which a rich man judges and "reforms" a desperate, penniless woman (The Daddy Treatment, Daddy's World, and The Officer's Little Rebel), therefore, it's impossible not to believe that (like seemingly the rest of the world today) she blames the victim by treating the socially marginalized as the "villains" who must be rehabilitated as though they were the real problem and not the society -- in these books represented by the rich, powerful, white men who decide to teach these women "a lesson" -- that produced them. Given that these women's desperate circumstances force them to take the "illegal" actions they take, I don't understand exactly what lesson these privileged men think they're teaching them. Again, classist garbage. Ms. Sinclair, who seems to self-identify as liberal on her social media accounts, should take a good, hard look at the deeply reactionary message she's sending in these books.
One star. Non-consent, sexual assault, and physical and mental abuse are often par for the course in these books, but there are times when the abhorrent ideology behind them is so strong it's impossible to ignore it and enjoy the kink. YMMV.
ETA: Because other reviewers have mentioned that leaving "an unfavorable review" is unfair and not to ignore "CW/trigger warnings," unless I misread the blurb, there is no mention of "dark," "dubcom," or "non-con" or "torture" (if denying someone food and warmth or beating them or sexually assaulting them isn't torture I don't know what is) or "sexual assault" anywhere in the book description. I guess, then, I was just supposed to magically infer the content?
I'm going to say this yet again: if you like the book, that is fine and absolutely your right and you explained why. I didn't, and that's fine and absolutely my right and I explained why. You are not here to be gatekeepers for this site. Unless someone uses offensive language against an author/reviewer or threatens an author/reviewer, no review is any of your business unless you want to engage someone in an actual discussion about their review instead of shaming them for how they feel. Educate yourself on free speech, stay in your lane, and I'll stay in mine.
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This is one of the most loathsome books I've ever read in a genre that's full of them; even the ending can't redeem it.
An unknown (initially) but very wealthy man kidnaps a young woman who has spent her entire life in an abusive foster care system. Maisie works a dead-end job that barely pays for a dingy apartment and unhealthy food, has a roommate uninterested in befriending her, and sees no path to a better life even though she is very smart. To mitigate the powerlessness she feels in a world that's deemed her worthless, she uses three coping mechanisms: cutting, petty theft, and stoicism. The last is what her kidnapper deems her worst "problem:" she never cries, even though she's experienced her parents' deaths from drug abuse, physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her foster parents, poverty, and hunger. What she needs is an apartment, free tuition, money for food and other necessities, therapy for her cutting and what is really kleptomania, and friendship.
This is what she gets. A man who:
1) Kidnaps her (injuring her in the process) and imprisons her in a windowless room;
2) Turns down the temperature in said room to the point of freezing and threatens to deny her food if she refuses to do as he says, even though he has just kidnapped her, injured her, and imprisoned her in a windowless room. ("How dare you be rude to me even though I've just kidnapped you, terrified you, and done nothing to earn your trust" is pretty much how this goes, and is a very tired and very frustrating trope used by countless authors in this genre.);
3) Feels her up -- without her consent -- thereby making him no better than her foster fathers;
4) Spanks her for very reasonably trying to escape a man who kidnaps her, injures her, and imprisons her in a windowless room ("How dare you try to escape me when I've committed a felony by kidnapping you" is pretty much how this goes, and is another very tired and very frustrating trope used by countless authors in this genre);
5) Takes her to his mansion where he first showers her with gifts, his attention, and nice food, and then takes it all away and makes her work to pay restitution to the "victims" of her dimestore thefts (thereby equating her "crimes" with those who caused the 2008 Recession -- oh, wait, no one paid any restitution for that). Only when the drudgery wears her down and she stops eating does he magically reappear to tell her he's done all this to break her down and make her "feel" -- to get her to cry and let out all her pain. .
Well, there's not enough disbelief in the world to make this palatable. Even the ending, which has Ms. Sinclair's signature plot twist in which can't salvage this classist piece of garbage that features an H with money who lectures a young woman with none on the "true" meaning of morality -- even though he's just committed felony kidnapping and even though he's never walked a mile in her shoes -- mentally, emotionally, and physically abusing her in the process.
When I read these books, there are times that I wonder how much of the content is the author just writing whatever she thinks will sell and how much of it is ideology. Certainly, I understand -- as some writers indicate on their blogs -- that these works are fiction and fantasy, conflict is the essence of art, and tensions/obstacles/resolutions can't occur if the relationships are healthy and the characters flawless. We wouldn't have such masterpieces as Othello and Wuthering Heights, to name only a few, if authors only wrote positive role models and it would certainly be pretty dull to read.
But, depicting characters with vulnerabilities, weaknesses, flaws, even villainies, is not the same thing as depicting ideology. All art, even the frothiest escapist fantasy or hardest-core erotica, represents some kind of ideology and, at times, it's difficult to separate the novel's/characters' beliefs/actions/words from what may very well be the author's. This is particularly true if the author represents certain ideologies in a number of books. Ms. Sinclair has written other books in which a rich man judges and "reforms" a desperate, penniless woman (The Daddy Treatment, Daddy's World, and The Officer's Little Rebel), therefore, it's impossible not to believe that (like seemingly the rest of the world today) she blames the victim by treating the socially marginalized as the "villains" who must be rehabilitated as though they were the real problem and not the society -- in these books represented by the rich, powerful, white men who decide to teach these women "a lesson" -- that produced them. Given that these women's desperate circumstances force them to take the "illegal" actions they take, I don't understand exactly what lesson these privileged men think they're teaching them. Again, classist garbage. Ms. Sinclair, who seems to self-identify as liberal on her social media accounts, should take a good, hard look at the deeply reactionary message she's sending in these books.
One star. Non-consent, sexual assault, and physical and mental abuse are often par for the course in these books, but there are times when the abhorrent ideology behind them is so strong it's impossible to ignore it and enjoy the kink. YMMV.
ETA: Because other reviewers have mentioned that leaving "an unfavorable review" is unfair and not to ignore "CW/trigger warnings," unless I misread the blurb, there is no mention of "dark," "dubcom," or "non-con" or "torture" (if denying someone food and warmth or beating them or sexually assaulting them isn't torture I don't know what is) or "sexual assault" anywhere in the book description. I guess, then, I was just supposed to magically infer the content?
I'm going to say this yet again: if you like the book, that is fine and absolutely your right and you explained why. I didn't, and that's fine and absolutely my right and I explained why. You are not here to be gatekeepers for this site. Unless someone uses offensive language against an author/reviewer or threatens an author/reviewer, no review is any of your business unless you want to engage someone in an actual discussion about their review instead of shaming them for how they feel. Educate yourself on free speech, stay in your lane, and I'll stay in mine.
September 26, 2019
Maisie lives her life as a petty thief, she feels she is getting back at the system that has made her a victim. As she goes along in her life aimlessly, she is being watched, until the watcher takes over her life and makes her feel again. Maisie is held prisoner by the watchful stranger and everything he does to her and for her has an ultimate goal in mind, to make her cry. Both Daisie and the stranger she must now call Daddy have a lot to learn about each other and themselves. I enjoyed the mystery and the actions that Daddy takes to open up Maisie to feelings and life, the connection they have is wonderful to see as Maisie learns to live again through the methods Daddy uses to get through to the unfeeling, lost soul that is Maisie. The sex is hot, Maisie seems to enjoy the affection and caring that her Daddy gives her, she even finds she enjoys the punishments she earns during her learning process. The story was rewarding in the end after both Maisie and her Daddy get through some very mixed emotions together.
December 24, 2019
There were some rather large plot holes in this book and altogether the story was pretty unbelievable and unconvincing.
November 3, 2019
Started off interesting. Captive maybe Stockholm syndrome kink with a mystery? Yes! But it got a little weird for me. The adoption papers?! Wtfff.
Overall a quick read that deals with big emotions and a little kink
Overall a quick read that deals with big emotions and a little kink
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 9, 2021
Stockholm syndrome, not in a good way
September 26, 2019
Loved this dark twisted tale.
Maisie lives a mundane life and gets a little thrill from stealing things here and there. Little does she know Daddy watches and waits for the perfect opportunity to capture his Little Thief, he plans to show her the error of her ways and everything else she missed while growing up feeling alone and unloved. This is a very good read and I highly recommend it!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Maisie lives a mundane life and gets a little thrill from stealing things here and there. Little does she know Daddy watches and waits for the perfect opportunity to capture his Little Thief, he plans to show her the error of her ways and everything else she missed while growing up feeling alone and unloved. This is a very good read and I highly recommend it!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
September 26, 2019
Loved it!
I love this genre and this newest release is my favorite of the series. The story kept me intrigued from the start and you could feel the characters emotions as they go on this journey of self discovery. Enjoyed the steamy loving with some delicious kinkiness that will leave you wanting more. Easy flow, entertaining storyline and sizzle heat level makes this a must read.
I love this genre and this newest release is my favorite of the series. The story kept me intrigued from the start and you could feel the characters emotions as they go on this journey of self discovery. Enjoyed the steamy loving with some delicious kinkiness that will leave you wanting more. Easy flow, entertaining storyline and sizzle heat level makes this a must read.
September 26, 2019
Another strong Daddy book from this author.
I really liked the way the story played with the Stockholm syndrome/captive trope. Both the heroine and hero grow and change in the course of the story, and earn their HEA.
The plot was really predictable, and there was much less steam in this story than others I've read by this author, but those are quibbles in what's otherwise a really enjoyable story.
I really liked the way the story played with the Stockholm syndrome/captive trope. Both the heroine and hero grow and change in the course of the story, and earn their HEA.
The plot was really predictable, and there was much less steam in this story than others I've read by this author, but those are quibbles in what's otherwise a really enjoyable story.
November 25, 2019
Too short for plot
This was too short to successfully do everything the author needed to do in the plot. This is absolutely a noncon and because the author didn’t spend enough time in this story, it stays noncon and Stockholm syndrome. Only read if that interests you. Also, the sexy times were undescriptive, short, and few and far between. Not for me, but I finished it so it gets 3 stars.
This was too short to successfully do everything the author needed to do in the plot. This is absolutely a noncon and because the author didn’t spend enough time in this story, it stays noncon and Stockholm syndrome. Only read if that interests you. Also, the sexy times were undescriptive, short, and few and far between. Not for me, but I finished it so it gets 3 stars.
October 14, 2019
Dark age play
This book was somewhat dark for me but a good story. Good characters and a well developed plot made the story.
This book was somewhat dark for me but a good story. Good characters and a well developed plot made the story.
October 19, 2019
Wow. I couldn't get enough of Maisie's story. It was darker & addictive for me. Loved it. I received a free copy of the book & am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
December 31, 2019
This is very moving story. I could not not this book down. I was curious to find out why Benjamin considered himself being good and bad.i must say that throughout this story I found that both Daddy and his little are both alike in numerous ways. Their life was filled with grief, sadness and unrequited love. Although, their meeting was very calculated it was for the best. I love Maisie’s curiosity which lead her to her truth, strength and an even stronger bond with Daddy. Above all what I love most is that Daddy underwent the same rebuilding as His little to become a stronger and better for his little now his equal.
October 22, 2022
This really fell flat for me. It was too outlandish. Outlandish can be okay sometimes as long as it flows well and comes across as believable. The characters just seemed off. I couldn't really feel the connection between them at all.
September 30, 2020
I didn’t really get this? It felt confused and was a little too strange for my liking.
2/5
2/5
November 27, 2021
AS
Another great read from Ava Sinclair. This Daddy story was very interesting and completely different from the other.What a great story
Another great read from Ava Sinclair. This Daddy story was very interesting and completely different from the other.What a great story
November 15, 2019
Not my cup of tea
It was okay but it just wasn't for me I don't know what it is about the whole daddy thing some stories I've read were really good I was able to get into it but this one I just couldn't finish it.
It was okay but it just wasn't for me I don't know what it is about the whole daddy thing some stories I've read were really good I was able to get into it but this one I just couldn't finish it.
September 27, 2019
Maisie Jane has had a bad roll of the dice. Just scrapping by with her job but her getting caught with something small isn’t what she thinks. He’s been watching her and waiting. Now he has her and she will call him Daddy.
Be prepared. This is going DARK. You feel for MJ from the very beginning with her life and how she survived. You are never too certain if Daddy is a good guy or bad. It feels eerie at first. But then we get to the root of everything. It is so sad. These two are so broken. The connection and why are shocking up at the same time you can understand. My heart broke for them. These two are in need of one another to survive. Don’t judge the story in the beginning. You really need to dig deep and understand it all. It is heartbreaking and rewarding.
Be prepared. This is going DARK. You feel for MJ from the very beginning with her life and how she survived. You are never too certain if Daddy is a good guy or bad. It feels eerie at first. But then we get to the root of everything. It is so sad. These two are so broken. The connection and why are shocking up at the same time you can understand. My heart broke for them. These two are in need of one another to survive. Don’t judge the story in the beginning. You really need to dig deep and understand it all. It is heartbreaking and rewarding.
September 28, 2019
Maisie has had a hard life growing up. She was put in foster care as a baby and it only got worse. She is now an adult and stealing to make herself feel better about her life. Ben has been watching her and tempts her to steal from him. She does and he takes her and brings her to his world. He wants to purge her of her old life and to help her in a new one. There is a lot to overcome and then Ben needs to do some growing as well. I really enjoyed this story and I would like to know more about Birchwood.
September 28, 2019
I fell in love with this author after reading Big Beautiful Little, but I don't believe any other of her books have lived up to it (awesome hero and heroine, beautiful story), though I do still enjoy her books though they are getting darker.
Even though this story starts dark with a kidnapping and a touch of torture, it is both characters journey to change their lives for the better despite their pasts, that made me give it 4 stars. Though Ben thought he was doing something good, looking at it from Maisie's viewpoint really made him realize what he had done.
Even though this story starts dark with a kidnapping and a touch of torture, it is both characters journey to change their lives for the better despite their pasts, that made me give it 4 stars. Though Ben thought he was doing something good, looking at it from Maisie's viewpoint really made him realize what he had done.
September 28, 2019
This one hit me in all the feels. It is dub-con/non-con so if that's a hard line for you please just pass this one by instead of ignoring CW/trigger warnings and giving unfavorable reviews.
Yes, parts of this story I found emotionally unsettling...because the author is a powerful writer with the ability to make you experience what the heroine is experiencing. The big reveal had me like... （＊〇□〇）……！
I don't want to spoil it for you though. Just another outstanding read for Daddy dom girls and Ms. Ava Sinclair. 乂❤‿❤乂
Yes, parts of this story I found emotionally unsettling...because the author is a powerful writer with the ability to make you experience what the heroine is experiencing. The big reveal had me like... （＊〇□〇）……！
I don't want to spoil it for you though. Just another outstanding read for Daddy dom girls and Ms. Ava Sinclair. 乂❤‿❤乂
October 5, 2019
Getting it right
Maisie likes things. Most times, things that are not hers. Ben likes everything neat and orderly. One day, Maisie disrupts Bens life and then he disrupts hers.
After they develop a truth, they work together and things are going according to Bens plans, Maisie becomes disheartened and they separate, each working on their issues.
OMG, this book sucked me right in and I was hooked. It’s a quick easy read with some angst, and some hot lovin.
I would definitely recommend
Maisie likes things. Most times, things that are not hers. Ben likes everything neat and orderly. One day, Maisie disrupts Bens life and then he disrupts hers.
After they develop a truth, they work together and things are going according to Bens plans, Maisie becomes disheartened and they separate, each working on their issues.
OMG, this book sucked me right in and I was hooked. It’s a quick easy read with some angst, and some hot lovin.
I would definitely recommend
September 28, 2019
Wow what a different but well done book from this author. She has gone dark. This is a dark story that is so much more than it appears on the surface. I loved how the story developed and twisted until the shocking full tale was exposed. I wasn’t sure I like Ben at first but he grew on me as the plot unfolded. Great story telling.
October 30, 2019
Redemption!
Very Dominent male who kidnaps a woman because he wants to save her plus keep her as his Little. A very powerful story. Others have done it. Only she is much stronger than he thinks.
Very Dominent male who kidnaps a woman because he wants to save her plus keep her as his Little. A very powerful story. Others have done it. Only she is much stronger than he thinks.
September 29, 2019
Journey
An emotional journey taken by two people who each deal with their past in a different way. Brought together in this DD/lg story they navigate through kidnapping lies, manipulations, secrets, revelations, redemption, lust and love.
An emotional journey taken by two people who each deal with their past in a different way. Brought together in this DD/lg story they navigate through kidnapping lies, manipulations, secrets, revelations, redemption, lust and love.
October 9, 2019
Soooo Good
I loved every tortured minute of this book. So original and sad and sexy, but with a great ending. I love DD/lg books that are more than than just the play time. A true romance.
I loved every tortured minute of this book. So original and sad and sexy, but with a great ending. I love DD/lg books that are more than than just the play time. A true romance.
October 12, 2019
An excellent story
Ms Sinclair creates a wonderful book, much different than I was expecting but more enjoyable because of it. Two damaged people find each other and create a loving Daddy Dom and Little relationship.
Ms Sinclair creates a wonderful book, much different than I was expecting but more enjoyable because of it. Two damaged people find each other and create a loving Daddy Dom and Little relationship.
October 20, 2019
There are possible triggers in this story, and it is towards the dark side with Ben kidnapping Maisie. It’s a well written interesting D/l story with great chemistry between the two main characters.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
September 27, 2019
Sweet read
Great warning tale of two people coming from totally different financial background but managing to find something in common!
Unconventional love story
Great warning tale of two people coming from totally different financial background but managing to find something in common!
Unconventional love story
September 28, 2019
Loved this story!
October 10, 2019
Great
A really good Daddy/Little girl story. The girl was a tad bratty, but the Daddy was perfect. Not a creepy feeling at all. Loved it.
A really good Daddy/Little girl story. The girl was a tad bratty, but the Daddy was perfect. Not a creepy feeling at all. Loved it.
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