Spotlight & Giveaway: The Valentine Wager by Nan Reinhardt

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Nan Reinhardt to HJ!

Hi Nan and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, The Valentine Wager!

To start off, can you please tell us a little bit about this book?:

When Kitt Boynton comes to River’s Edge from Ireland to help out at her cousins’ winery, she meets up with hot cop, Ryker Lange, who pulls her over for driving on the wrong side of the road. Their attraction is immediate, but she’s just off a bad breakup with a guy who lied to her about everything and she’s wary. Rye always gets what he wants in the dating world and is a little cocky. He wants to get to know Kitt better, so she challenges him to three weeks of no flirting. Just friends. They make a bet at the local tavern, neither of them believing the other can stick to the no-flirting challenge. When the whole town gets in on the bet, there’s lots of fun, particularly since they’re both falling hard and having a very difficult time sticking to their agreement.
 

Please share your favorite lines or quote(s) from this book:

Here are four that I really loved, all from different scenes in the book:

Kitt: “Officer, I prefer to think of it as this whole country drives on the wrong side of the road—I’m drivin’ on the right side of the road.”

Kitt: “Oh, God, and ye can kiss, too.” She gasped when she realized she’d said the words out loud and, fingers splayed against his parka, she pushed away from him. “Why are you deliberately making yourself more attractive to me? How is that fair?”

Ryker: “I never want to hurt anyone like he hurt you. I promised myself that from the first date I had back in eighth grade. I’ll never be like Don Lange. Yet, here I am, apparently River’s Edge’s answer to…I dunno…Don Lange, I guess, and that’s not who I want to be. My whole life, I’ve been terrified of turning into him.”

Ryker: “Could you please, just once, try to stop seeing that Irish bastard every time you look at me? I don’t know what he did to you, but I’m not him, Kitt.”

What inspired this book?

Since my trip to Ireland several years ago, I’ve been longing to write a character from Ireland, so after the Four Irish Brothers Winery books, I thought having one of their Irish cousins turn up was a great way to be able to do that. It was fun and challenging to write her brogue without letting it take over who she is. Also, I loved the idea of writing about three brothers who grew up hard, but all became first responders in their hometown.

How did you ‘get to know’ your main characters? Did they ever surprise you?

Kitt is strong and independent and fierce, but Rye turns her into a puddle of melted butter and she really sorta resents that about him at first. Rye is determined never to hurt a woman the way his dad hurt his mom, so he doesn’t commit, but suddenly, along comes a woman who isn’t falling for his usual moves. Rye’s arc surprised me most I think because I wasn’t sure how he was going to come around to being a guy in love instead of a player, but through some significant conversations with his brothers and his mom, he realizes that he had to stop seeing his parents’ failed marriage through the eyes of a kid. Kitt became much bolder as the book progresses, despite Rye making her knees wobble. I think a lot of her lines are things I wish I could say but I wouldn’t be bold enough to say them.

What was your favorite scene to write?

My favorite besides the kisses, which are always fun, is probably when Kitt and Rye go to the bar and discover that there’s a pool where their friends are betting who’ll fold first. Here’s quick snippet:

It was the blackboard on the back wall that interested Rye more, though. Some enterprising soul had made two columns with Kitt as the first header and his own name as the second. Hash marks, names, and dollar amounts indicated that at least forty-odd people had an opinion about who would crack first in this stupid flirtation wager and were willing to put money on it. Not surprisingly, Kitt had way more tally marks and names in her win column than he did in his. As a matter of fact, only about nine people thought he would win the bet.
“What the bloody hell is this, eh?” Kitt pointed to the tallies and then specifically to the circled number below the hash marks. “And this?”
Noah chuckled. “Just a little friendly wagering, Kitt; don’t worry about it. Almost everybody’s got their money on you to win.”
Kitt’s blue eyes sparked in the dim overhead lights. “Don’t worry? Are ye serious, man? You’ve put cash money on me? Like I’m some sort of damn racehorse?” She glanced at the board again. “Ryker, look at this!”
Rye stalked over to the board, his blood already boiling. If the circled figure was actually money, there was exactly $897 in a pot. “Y’all are putting money on whether or not Kitt and I can manage not to flirt until Valentine’s Day? You guys can’t possibly be this bored.”
Chaz grinned. “Sports betting is legal in Indiana now, Rye, so don’t get your panties in a bunch.”
“Yeah,” Andy Shea piped in. “And if you think that watching the two of you dance around each other doesn’t qualify as sport, then you’re both more gaga that any of us realize. In fact, I’m going to put another ten bucks on Kitt, buddy, because she at least has enough class not to stare at your ass when you walk by.”
“Where’s the money?” Rye demanded, not sure what he was going to do with that information. Maybe grab the cash, toss it across the room, and let them crawl around on the floor to sort it out.
“Hugh’s holding it for us in the safe,” Bobby said, picking up his cue and refocusing on the balls arranged on the green felt pool table.
Kitt stomped her foot. “This bet is between Ryker and me, you wankers! It has nothing to do with any of you. It’s one thing to be followed all over town, having people watching every move we make. That’s annoying as hell, but it’s quite another that you’ve started a bloody pool!” Her cheeks had turned rosy and for a moment, her body went rigid with anger. Suddenly, though, she relaxed, and her full lips curved upward slightly. “Okay, fine. That’s a tidy sum you’ve collected there, laddies.” She pointed to the circled figure. “So I tell you what. On February fourteenth, no matter which of us wins this wager, Ryker and I will choose a charity for it.”

What was the most difficult scene to write?

There were a couple of really hard ones, but one of the most difficult was the one between Rye and his mom, where he’s looking for reassurance that he’s not like his dad. My mom instinct was to make her all lovey, but I had to keep it real, so I thought about what my own mom, the psychologist, might have said to him. Here’s a snippet:

“Mom, am I… I’m just like him, aren’t I?”
She added cream to her mug, slowly stirring the liquids together until the coffee turned dark tan. She took a sip, another, and then another.
Rye swallowed hard, astonished that she hadn’t immediately jumped to his defense. Oh, crap. Did that mean he was exactly like Donald Lange? A thoughtless, self-involved jerk who rode roughshod over women?
“Mom?”
Jane took a breath and looked him straight in the eye. “I think that’s your choice. You don’t have to be.”
Rye bristled. “I never lie to any woman, Mom. I don’t promise anything I’m not willing to give.” He twisted the lid on the carton of half-and-half. “Every woman I’ve dated knows the score right up front.”
Her eyes narrowed slightly. “Well, good for you. That certainly keeps your life simple and unencumbered, doesn’t it?”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“It means that when you date a woman, it has significance. It’s not only about a few nights of pleasure for you; at your age, dating often means something more. It is supposed to be about learning to know one another. Seeing if you’re a fit. You need to figure out right up front if she’s looking for a life partner, not merely assume she wants a hookup.”
“I haven’t been looking for a life partner and I’m always honest about that.” Rye hated that he sounded so defensive, but this conversation wasn’t taking the route he was expecting.

Would you say this book showcases your writing style or is it a departure for you?

I think, because I write small-town romance and this story happens in the same small town as the other four I’ve written for Tule, it is more a showcase than a departure. Continuing the setting of River’s Edge has been such a fun experience for me. I hope Tule will allow me to stay there for a long time to come because these characters and this town are like family and home to me.
 

What do you want people to take away from reading this book?

Perhaps don’t give up—just because you’ve been hurt once by love doesn’t mean that you’ll always get hurt in any relationship you try. And maybe, also, be true to yourself.
 

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have planned?

Currently, I’m starting book 2 in the Weaver Sisters trilogy—a new River’s Edge series from Tule. They’re letting me stay there a little bit longer and I love them for that! The other two Lange Brothers books will be out in 2022 as well. Max’s story, Falling for the Doctor, releases June 7 with a surprise disaster that brings the townsfolk together, and Becker’s story, The Fireman’s Christmas Wish, releases on October 18—there’s some holiday fun and a fluffy little kitten. 😉

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Excerpt from The Valentine Wager:

Kitt Boynton scowled as the driver heading right for her veered off to his own lane before laying on his horn and making a terribly rude gesture. The second time it had happened in as many kilometers…er, miles on the road down to the center of town. “Eejit!” she shouted and returned the gesture. Closed up in the car as she was, there was no way he heard it; nonetheless, it felt good to release her frustration. Were the people in this town dense or just truly poor drivers? She really wasn’t fond of driving in Indiana.
Carefully, she maneuvered her cousin Bren’s Jeep around a curve and the little town of River’s Edge nestled on the banks of the Ohio River came into view. Thank the Lord, she was almost there. Who knew traveling the short distance from the Four Irish Brothers Winery on the ridge above town to their in-town tasting room would be so hazardous? Another mile and she’d turn on—she glanced at her phone propped up by the gearbox—Riverview Road. Then a few blocks to the tasting room. Dry frosty leaves blew across the road as she passed a rocky outcropping where a lovely little waterfall spilled into a shallow pool below. She wondered why it wasn’t frozen as cold as it gotten since Christmas.
Southern Indiana reminded her a bit of Ireland, which in turn made her homesick for County Wexford and Ma and Da and her brothers and sisters—all seven of them—and the horses. The time difference was six hours, so it would be nearly six p.m. on the horse farm where Kitt had grown up. Da would be feeding the livery horses—pouring grain and dropping flakes of hay. Her heart ached at the thought of Dewey, her Irish hunter gelding, nestled in his stall, probably wondering why she wasn’t there to ride him across the meadow and down to the sea. She hoped her little sister Nora was riding him as she’d promised.
A siren wailed briefly and when she glanced in the rearview mirror, red and blue lights flashed behind her. A police car needed to get around. Why didn’t he just swing into the opposite lane and go past? There was nothing coming. Whaaaa-wha-wha. The siren whooped again and now the guarda’s car was right on her bumper. Was he pulling her over? She checked her mirror again. He was!
Frustrated, Kitt scouted for a safe place to stop, finally ending up pulling into an empty lot next to the post office. Her speed had been perfectly within the legal limit posted, Bren had checked that all the lights and signals on his Jeep were working fine, and the tires were brand new. What could this guy possibly want? The officer pulled in crossways behind her, blocking her in the parking space, but he didn’t jump right out of his car. Instead, he sat there for a moment, staring at something in his lap.
Finally, he opened his door and got out. In her side-view mirror, she watched him approach the Jeep. He was big. Intimidatingly tall, and under his winter jacket, the buttons on his navy-blue uniform shirt strained a bit across his brawny chest. He wasn’t wearing a hat and his hair was all shades of blond and light brown with glints of gold, styled deliberately messy, more like an Aussie surfer dude than a small-town copper. The only thing missing was a pair of mirrored sunglasses, which she was certain were probably on the passenger seat of his police car. He looked like the type.
When he drew nearer, she could see he was what her sister Maeve would call a fine thing—clean-shaven and ruggedly handsome with full, sensual lips. He eyed her license plate as he tapped on an electronic device with a stylus. She took a deep breath and rolled down the window.
“License, registration, and proof of insurance, please.” His voice was deep and oh, dear God, poured over her like warm melted butter with just those few impersonal words. His gray eyes reminded her of the Irish Sea right before a storm.
Whew. She must be lonelier than she thought. Those were not the kinds of comparisons she ought to be making at this moment.
Digging around in the glove box, she produced the black pouch Brendan had told her was there and found the registration and insurance certificate. Then she reached toward her capacious handbag on the floor in front of the passenger seat.
“Hands on the wheel, please.” The officer’s clipped words stopped her mid-reach.
“D’ye want to see my driving license?” She looked over her shoulder at him bent over and peering into the car. “It’s in my bag”—she pointed—“down there.”
He nodded brusquely. “Bring out your wallet, slowly.”
She swallowed the chuckle that rose in her throat as she pulled her wallet out, opened it, and offered it to the policeman.
“Remove the license from your wallet, please,” he ordered.
She did and handed it to him. “Officer, what’s going on?”
He held up one finger as he examined it. “This is an Irish license.”
Handsome, but a bit thick? “Perhaps because I’m just arrived from Ireland?”
He raised one blond brow. “Well, Miss Boynton, do you know why I stopped you?”
She had no idea why he’d stopped her. She shrugged. “Not a clue, I’m sure.”
“Have you been drinking, ma’am?”
This time she laughed out loud. “Are ye quite mad, man? It’s not even noon.”
He eyed her, his gray eyes going from charcoal to silver in the late-morning light. “I ask because you were driving rather erratically and on the wrong side of the road.”
Kitt scoffed. “I was driving erratically? You should be chasing down the two eejits back there.” She pointed over her shoulder as she peered at his brass badge glinting in the noon sun. No name, just a badge number. “One of them nearly plowed me over.”
He sighed and straightened. “Miss Boynton, please step out of your vehicle.”
She tilted her head, trying to see his face. “Are you crazy? I’m not gettin’ out of this car. That’s how women get abducted or do ye no watch CSI?” Surreptitiously, she shoved the lock on the door with her thumb, fully aware that he could simply unlock it again by sticking his hand into her open window. Ridiculous, but she felt more secure anyway.
He crossed his arms over his chest, the tablet tucked under one elbow. “We got a call about you. Apparently, you’ve been driving on the wrong side of the road for several miles.”
Had she? She thought for minute. Sweet Lord, she had! She closed her eyes, then opened them, deciding to give humor a try.
She beamed up at him. “Officer, I prefer to think of it as this whole country drives on the wrong side of the road—I’m drivin’ on the right side of the road.”
He tapped one finger against the biceps of the opposite arm and sighed deeply again. “I realize this is probably nothing more than you not paying attention to the rules of the road here in Indiana…well, in the whole United States, for that matter. But I won’t be doing my official duty if I don’t verify your sobriety. Particularly since you have a backseat full of wine. That’s the reason I’m going to ask you to blow into a breathalyzer or walk a straight line for me.” He bent down again and peered at her. “Your choice.”
Kitt stared right back at him. “Am I allowed one phone call?”

Lieutenant Ryker Lange couldn’t remember when he’d enjoyed a traffic stop more, particularly since he hadn’t made one in a while. First of all, Kathleen Eleanor Boynton was undoubtedly one of the most strikingly beautiful women he’d ever seen. And he’d seen a lot of very pretty women in his thirty-three years on the planet. A lot. Dark brown hair with reddish glints that glistened in the late-morning sun, creamy white and peach skin, a pert little nose sprinkled with freckles, and the bluest eyes he’d ever stared into. Sapphire blue. Sea blue. Blue like an Indiana October sky. As blue as…he ran out of apt comparisons as he pulled his attention back to her question.
He blinked. “A phone call?”
She nodded. “Aye.”
When she said it, he didn’t smell any alcohol on her breath, so that left out that part of probable cause, but there was still the matter of the cases of wine in the backseat and the recorked bottle nestled next to her purse on the floor. Yes, he had recognized Bren Flaherty’s old Jeep Wrangler before he ever ran the plate or checked the registration. He was fairly certain she hadn’t stolen it; no doubt this was some relative of the Flahertys who had borrowed Bren’s car. However, this was getting fun. Besides, her clear Irish brogue charmed the heck out of him. “The phone call doesn’t happen until after I arrest you.”
She leaned one elbow on the bottom of the steering wheel and cupped the sweet but stubborn curve of her chin in her palm. “Are you planning on arresting me, then?”
“Only if you resist proving sobriety, Miss Boynton.”
She rolled her eyes. “Oh, for the love of all that’s holy. Move your arse.” As she reached down, Rye’s hand went automatically to the gun on his hip and he backed away. Kathleen snorted. “Don’t shoot! I’m just openin’ my door.” She slid out of the car, both hands in the air in a gesture of surrender. “Now watch, ’cause I only intend to do this for ye one time. I’m late for a meeting and it’s bloody cold out here.”
When she rose from the seat, he nearly lost his breath. She was stunning—dressed in a pair of skinny jeans tucked into brown suede low-heeled ankle boots, a fleece-lined denim jacket over a tucked-in Four Irish Brothers Winery T-shirt, and a jaunty royal-blue knitted scarf around her neck. She was tall, five-foot-eight according to her driver’s license, and curvy in all the right places, with legs that went on forever.
She strode over to a yellow line that demarcated a parking spot a few feet away, extended her arms, and placed one booted foot in front of the other. “Ye watchin’, sir?”
He was watching all right. Those snug jeans displayed the cutest butt he’d seen in ages, and it swayed real nice as she balanced on the line like a tightrope walker. Gracefully, she took about fifteen steps, executed a perfect spin, and walked back toward him, her eyes locked with his.
When she got within a half-dozen feet of him, she stopped and crossed her arms over her high, full breasts and quirked one brow. “Satisfied?”
Hardly. He wanted to keep her here as long as possible, learn more about her. He tilted his head toward the Jeep. “Do you know what an open container law is, Miss Boynton?”
Her blue eyes widened. “No.”
Leisurely, he shoved the stylus back into the side of the e-ticket machine, taking his time reattaching it to his wide leather belt, while Miss Kathleen Eleanor Boynton fidgeted with her long ponytail.
“In Indiana, you cannot possess an open bottle of alcohol in the passenger area of a car.”
She frowned. “They’re all in boxes. Besides, this car has no boot. I’m just deliverin’ them to my cousin Sean down at the Four Irish Brothers Winery in town there.” Her eyes narrowed, but not before he thought he read a hint of uneasiness in their blue depths. “Surely ye know the Flahertys.”
He was making her nervous and although he rather enjoyed her discomfiture after her haughty display of temper, he didn’t want her to be afraid of him. He just wanted to her to linger. “What about the bottle on the floor next to your purse?”
Her expression switched back to the self-confident smile she’d worn earlier. “That’s not open. It’s been recorked.”
He leaned against the front fender of the Jeep. “Semantics.”
She took the few steps to the car, pushed the door closed with that gorgeous behind, and leaned against it. The chill breeze blew a few dark tendrils of hair into her face and she raked it back with her fingers. “What’s your name, officer? Do you have some ID?”
He laughed. “Do you mean other than the badge I’m wearing, the uniform, and the River’s Edge Police Department automobile sitting right there?”
She scraped a wisp of hair away from her lips again. “Your name?”
Now they were getting somewhere. “Lieutenant Ryker Lange, miss.” He held out the leather case that contained another badge and his official police department photo ID. He’d just made lieutenant a month ago and a swell of pride rose in his chest as he snapped open the new badge wallet.
Kathleen peered at it, tilting her head in an adorable manner. “And how often do you stop young women on the pretext of a traffic violation when, clearly, what you really want is to flirt with them?”
“I’m just maintaining law and order, miss.”
“Right.” She straightened. “Okay if I get back in?”
“Sure. Just keep your hands where I can see them.”
Releasing a huge, dramatic sigh, she yanked open the door and slipped into the driver’s seat. “I’m really running late. I’m sorry about driving in the wrong lane. ’Twas a mistake. In the future, I’ll make every attempt to remember I’m no longer in Ireland, where we drive on the correct side of the road.” She gave him a sunny smile. “What shall we do about the open container violation, then?” she asked, her tone conversational. “I’m going to reach down here and get it, aye?”
He nodded, too taken with her to wonder what she was up to until she held the dark-green bottle out to him.
“Here, you take it.” She shrugged. “I was going to have a glass with some cheese and biscuits while Sean and I had a meeting, but I don’t want to be breaking the law when I’ve only been two weeks in your charming town.”
“Are you offering me a bribe?”
She scoffed. “Hardly. I’m trying to get the damned thing out of my car.”
Rye found it increasingly difficult to maintain his stern visage as he gazed at the beautiful woman holding the bottle of Four Irish Brothers Winery pinot noir out her car window. For the moment, he ignored her offer. “Just out of curiosity, what brings you to the US, Miss Boynton? A vacation? Visiting the Flahertys?”
The hostility in her eyes cooled slightly. “I’m visiting, helping out at their winery a bit.”
She was thawing. Nice. He pursued his quest for information. “What are you doing for them?”
“I’m helping get some new marketing and events ideas going.” Her expression shuttered just as quickly as it had opened. “They’re no paying me if that’s what worries ye. I’ve not got a work visa…yet. Do ye want to take this so I can be on my way or shall I toss it in that bin over there?” She jerked head toward the dumpster behind the post office.
Somehow, he managed to contain the delighted smile inside him at the word yet. Could that mean she might be staying in River’s Edge? Instead, he walked the few paces from the front of her car, took the bottle from her, and went around to the back of the Jeep to open the window above the tailgate and spare tire. He tucked the wine down between two cases, making sure it was securely stowed and wouldn’t tip over. Pulling the window back down, he latched it and then sauntered back to the driver’s-side door.
Before he could speak, Kathleen chuckled and shook her head. “Well, that was kind of ye, sir. Tossin’ even a drop of that wine would’ve been a crying shame.” Then she looked up at him, her blue eyes sparkling. “Now what? May I be on my way?”
Taking a deep breath, he gave her the full force of the Ryker Lange smile. The one that had won hearts in River’s Edge and surrounding towns since he was fifteen. “Well, Miss Kathleen Boynton—”
“Kitt.”
“I’m sorry?”
“I’m called Kitt. Only my ma calls me Kathleen and then only if she’s unhappy with me.” She gave him a demure smile. “And you’re not unhappy with me anymore, are you, Lieutenant Lange?”
“I-I…” Ryker’s heart pounded as he stared into her eyes and got lost in the ocean-blue depths. With effort, he pulled his gaze away and looked out over the top of her car, swallowing hard to get his runaway thoughts into some semblance of order. She was doing to him exactly what he’d planned to do to her. Yikes!
Okay, Rye, get yourself together.
This was a simple traffic stop. He was a respected lieutenant on the River’s Edge Police Department, not some high school freshman taken with the new girl in school. Although, truth be told, that was exactly how he felt, and it was a very unfamiliar sensation. He didn’t like it one bit.
He cleared his throat. “Miss Boynton. I’m going to let you go with a verbal warning. But in the future, please pay attention and remember that you’re driving in the United States now.” He tapped the edge of the door frame. “You can go.” Then he held up one hand. “Wait, if you plan on staying for a while, you might want to get an Indiana driver’s license.”
“I don’t know what my plans are, but I’ve applied for an H1B visa. If I don’t get the work visa, I shan’t be worrying you for long. Soon enough, I’m back to Ireland and driving on the correct side of the road.”
His joy at the news that her staying in River’s Edge was a possibility disconcerted him so much he simply gave her a brief nod as he stepped away from the car. “Have a nice day.”
She pulled her seat belt across her chest and the smile she gave him sent a zip of heat right through him. “You have a fine day, too, Lieutenant.”
Never let it be said that love at first sight wasn’t a real thing because, in that moment, Ryker Lange fell in love for the very first time in his life.

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Book Info:

He’s a notorious flirt, so she lays down a challenge she’s sure she’ll win.

When playboy police lieutenant Ryker Lange stops Kitt Boynton for driving on the wrong side of the road, his attraction to the feisty Irish lass is immediate. Yet, despite the sizzling chemistry between them, Kitt quickly turns him down.

Kitt has moved to River’s Edge for a fresh start and is ready to focus on her new marketing job at her cousins’ winery. She’s done with players, and vows she won’t let the local sexy cop distract her, but Kitt, a flirt herself, is definitely tempted. To keep her sanity as she prepares for several Valentine-themed winery events, she and Ryker make a bet: for the next three weeks, neither of them can flirt with the other.

The game starts out lighthearted, but when the town takes sides, Ryker and Kitt must choose between winning a wager or finding lasting love.

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Meet the Author:

Nan Reinhardt has been a copy editor and proofreader for over twenty-five years, and currently works mainly on fiction titles for a variety of clients, including Avon Books, St. Martin’s Press, Kensington Books, Tule Publishing, and Entangled Publishing, as well as for many indie authors.

Author Nan writes romantic fiction for women in their prime. Yeah, women still fall in love and have sex, even after they turn forty-five! Imagine! She is also a wife, a mom, a mother-in-law, and a grandmother. She’s been an antiques dealer, a bank teller, a stay-at-home mom, and a secretary.

She loves her career as a freelance editor, but writing is Nan’s first and most enduring passion. She can’t remember a time in her life when she wasn’t writing—she wrote her first romance novel at the age of ten, a love story between the most sophisticated person she knew at the time, her older sister (who was in high school and had a driver’s license!), and a member of Herman’s Hermits. If you remember who they are, you are Nan’s audience! She’s still writing romance, but now from the viewpoint of a wiser, slightly rumpled, post-menopausal woman who believes that love never ages, women only grow more interesting, and everybody needs a little sexy romance.
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