Title: End Game
Series: New York Stars #1
Author: Serena Akeroyd writing as
G.A. Mazurke
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Brother's Best Friend/Hockey Romance
Cover Design (Illustrated & Discreet): Chelsea Chira
Cover Design (Hardcover): RBA Designs
Photographer: Rafa G Catala
Model: Aitor Ferrón
Release Date: September 7, 2023
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She’s my lifeline, my rock…
When I was billeted with the Bukowskis, I made a mistake.
I didn’t lock Gracie Agnieska Bukowski down.
Instead, like a 16-year-old idiot, I became best friends with her brother, Kow, and now, the family considers me one of their own.
Until her, hockey was my only refuge. So, when I’m traded to the New York Stars, my first move is to change my number to 35. See, we made a vow, one that she might have forgotten, but I haven’t.
Gracie’s about to be swept off her feet.
I’m going to prove to her that not only is she not my sister…
She’s my end game.
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G.A. Mazurke is the crazy lady behind Serena Akeroyd, crafter of smexy heroes you just wanna lick. While Serena has us expecting dark romance with lots of twists and turns … G.A. is her more mainstream/contemporary personality.
She explores her sweeter side while keeping the sexy we love, where the women fall hard but the men fall harder.
Some of G.A.’s books will cross over into Serena’s universes… so expect a cameo or two from beloved characters, while discovering new bands of brothers, with the banter, the laughs and the tears you are used to.
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Title: Red Flags
Trilogy: Cirque de Miroirs #1
Author: Skye Warren
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Age Gap/Forced Proximity/One Bed
Release Date: August 15, 2023
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"You’re part of the circus now, which means you belong to me. You’re mine."
Logan Whitmere, the handsome owner of Cirque des Miroirs, is full of red flags. Secretive. Commanding. Dangerous.
I know better than to trust him, but I'm desperate for a way out of my small town.
He offers me a job as the fortune teller.
What does Logan know that he isn't telling me? He seems to want to protect me...from the performers. From himself. I fall for his possession. I'm afraid of his obsession.
There are secrets even the crystal ball won't reveal.
When the truth is unveiled, I'm forced to confront my dark past.
“Red Flags is completely captivating. There’s nothing I love more than a possessive hero and Logan Whitmere delivers. He has so many red flags I can’t even count them all and I'm obsessed.” - Ivy Smoak, Amazon bestselling author
“This story has everything—intrigue, allure, lust—and in the most perfect setting, the circus. Logan and Sienna’s chemistry sizzles from the moment they meet, and I want more, please!” - Willow Aster, USA Today Bestselling Author
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“Bullshit.”
He stops walking and faces me. His voice goes soft. “Excuse me?”
“You say a lot of words that mean nothing. Bullies are everywhere. Everyone needs safety. Your job is to put out fires. You speak in generalities because they make you feel… What? Wise? Better than everyone? Like some kind of sideshow prophet?”
“Is that what you want me to do? Tell you your future?”
Now he’s pissing me off. He has as many red flags as the tents in this circus, with his vague words and his evasive answers and his frustrating, beautiful, charming smile. “No, I want you to tell me something real. Something specific.”
“Fine.” He runs a hand through dark hair, making it spill over his forehead. I didn’t realize it was held in check by so little, by the tilt of his head, by the lack of his frustration. “You want something real? Something specific? Well, specifically, it pisses me off that the circus can’t have animals when they got sirloin steaks for walking in a few circles and better health care than most people get. Now we have people working through injuries to feed their kids, and that’s supposed to be more fucking humane? Is that what you want to hear?”
“Yes,” I breathe, because it’s horrifying, all of it, but it’s real. And I crave something real.
He steps close–close enough that I can see a starburst scar on his left cheek and the gold striations in his green eyes.
Before he’d been like a marble statue of handsomeness, Photoshopped by the sun into the abstract. Now he’s close enough that I can see dark stubble, close enough that I can smell a faint masculine musk.
“Specifically,” he says, his voice lower now, “the dark peach of your lips makes me want to kiss you. Even though that should be the last thing on my mind after seeing those fuckers hurt you.”
Shock holds my feet to the earth. If some guy at the coffee shop threatened to kiss me I’d probably slap him. But I have no idea how to react when this man speaks to me this way. My mouth suddenly feels awake, as if it wants his lips.
I asked for something real. Something specific. He’s giving it to me.
“Specifically,” he says, touching a hand to my sternum–above my breasts, below my neck, a place both innocuous and impossibly intimate. “The bruises on your neck make me want to track down those assholes, beat them to shit, and drown them in a fucking swamp. I’m sure you have swamps around here somewhere, right? Most small towns do.”
Now my hand goes to my throat, not to feel the pain or the filth, but to shield myself. How the hell am I going to hide this at the coffee shop? I’m fucked.
“I don’t get involved with townies, so why the fuck am I even talking to you?”
He sounds pissed off, which ironically I like best of all. It’s the realest of real, because I don’t want to be talking to him either. He’s going to be gone… When? Tomorrow? In a few days? Next week? Maisie didn’t tell me how long the circus would stay, but it won’t be forever.
And then I’ll know what it felt like, to talk to someone interesting. I wouldn’t be able to do it again. Not ever. Not fucking ever.
“I don’t get involved with anyone,” I say. “So why the fuck am I talking to you?”
He leans down and kisses me. It’s a soft kiss, questioning, exploring. I answer without meaning to, stretching onto my toes to meet him. He groans, a soft rumble that makes electric arousal arc through me. The swipe of his tongue across my lips makes me gasp.
Someone rounds the corner.
Logan pulls back, letting hot air rush between us.
A man stands in sharp clothes that contrast with the dust surrounding us. His shirt is crisp white, his slacks black and tailored with a red velvet stripe down the sides. It’s a costume of some sort, but on him it looks more like a bespoke tuxedo.
Handsome features are dark with consternation. Black hair falls over his forehead in perfect disarray. Faint scruff on his jaw lends the slightest air of disrepute to his formality. Dark eyes take us in with a flare of interest. Just as quickly, I’m dismissed.
“It’s Alessandra,” he says.
I don’t know who Alessandra is, but her name charges the energy in the air.
Logan frowns. “Where?”
“Her tent.”
He looks at me, but I’m already backing away. “Time to lose money on the ring toss,” I say. “Or who knows, maybe I’ll be getting a brand new phone tonight.”
This is goodbye, come in a matter of seconds. Though he lingers, unwilling. Unable?
“Logan,” the man says with a sharp tone. He doesn’t like him lingering for me, though he can’t even know the gossip about me. He doesn’t know my heritage. It’s just the existence of me that this stranger finds offensive.
Logan gives him a sharp look of reprimand. Then a resigned nod.
“Sienna.” My name pulses with regret, longing, and finality.
Then he’s gone.
I should have listened to those red flags. Then I wouldn’t know what it feels like to have him kiss me. I wouldn’t be haunted by the memory, destined never to find it again.
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Skye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author of contemporary romance such as the Chicago Underground series. Her books have been featured in Jezebel, Buzzfeed, USA Today Happily Ever After, Glamour, and Elle Magazine. She makes her home in Texas with her loving family, two sweet dogs, and one evil cat.
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Title: Illicit Heir
Series: Mafia Wars Ireland #3
Author: Maggie Cole
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Tropes: Secret Baby/Enemies to Lovers
Release Date: August 15, 2023
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He won an hour with me from a stupid bet.
We were several shots of whiskey and two pints of Guinness in when Devin suggested we play his game.
That hour turned into the next morning.
Then all hell broke loose.
I ransacked his wallet to find his identification card.
Our bliss disappeared into anger, hate, and accusations.
When he rejected me in that room, he didn't just leave me with a pounding headache and remorse.
He left me with a forever reminder of that night—the mix of two enemy bloods.
And now no one can ever know…including him.
Illicit Heir is book three of Mafia Wars Ireland. It’s a one-night-stand accidental pregnancy, secret baby, forbidden love, enemies to lovers, dark mafia romance.
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Maggie Cole is committed to bringing her readers alphalicious book boyfriends. She's been called the "literary master of steamy romance." Her books are full of raw emotion, suspense, and will always keep you wanting more. She is a masterful storyteller of contemporary romance and loves writing about broken people who rise above the ashes.
Maggie lives in Florida with her son. She loves sunshine, anything to do with water, and everything naughty.
Her current series were written in the order below:
All In (Stand alones with entwined characters)
It's Complicated (Stand alones with entwined characters)
Brooks Family Saga (Read in order)
Behind Closed Doors (Read in order)
Mafia Wars (Stand alones with interconnecting plot and entwined characters)
Mafia Wars New York (Stand alones with interconnecting plot and entwined characters)
Club Indulgence Duet
Mafia Wars Ireland
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Title: Song of Scent and Magic
Series: Court of Blood and Binding #1
Author: Maggie Alabaster
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Tropes: Reverse Harem/Omegaverse/Enemies to Lovers
Release Date: August 17, 2023
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I was a Silent Maiden, hidden away in a gilded cage. Rebellious, but kept on a tight leash by those in power.
When three handsome Fae warriors, and a man who wants to be more than friends, save me from violent attackers, I have no choice but to go with them.
The world I find myself in is beautiful and dangerous, but I soon come to learn the greatest danger to me is myself. I'm not the person I always believed I was.
I'm so much more.
And that is f**king terrifying.
**This is a reverse harem, omegaverse, epic fantasy romance, with adult content and abs for days.**
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Releasing September 7
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Maggie Alabaster lives in NSW Australia with her husband, two daughters, a beloved dog, countless birds and a growing collection of books and dragons. She writes reverse harem, both paranormal and contemporary.
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Title: Fear Me, Love Me
Author: Lilith Vincent
Genre: Contemporary Mafia Romance
Tropes: Age Gap/Possessive Alphahole
Cover Design (Model): Untold Designs
Photographer: Ashleigh Craggs
Model: Jord Liddell
Cover Design (Object): Soren Creation
Release Date: September 13, 2023
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Tyrant Mercer doesn’t grant wishes. He collects debts, and he’s here to claim me.
All I wanted was my baby brother back from the man who stole him away. My family is in Tyrant’s debt, a man they hate, and they disown me when the devil’s eyes stray to me. Now there’s nothing and no one to protect me from the cruel man who runs this city from the shadows.
But Tyrant’s not going to drag me away by my hair just yet. He’s going to torment me first.
Tyrant demands that I play his twisted games. He thinks I’ll crumble for his amusement, but I’m carrying a secret that’s bigger than both of us. A secret that’s now in the hands of the worst man possible.
All he craves is me. All he demands is everything. Tyrant will give me everything I’ve ever wanted—all I have to say is I wish…
But a wish is a curse when it’s granted by the devil himself.
Author’s note: Fear Me, Love Me is a standalone MF romance with dark themes, forced breeding, somnophilia, an age gap, a jealous and possessive alphahole, and a sweet but strong virgin heroine. The story is dirty and delicious, so please read at your discretion. Please be aware that this book contains depictions of cutting and self-harm.
Lilith Vincent is a steamy mafia reverse harem writer who believes in living on the wild side! Why choose one when you could choose them all.
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Title: Wings of Deception
Series: Silver City University #1
Author: Victoria Pauley
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Tropes: Reverse Harem/Why Choose/Academy
Release Date: August 17, 2023
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Freak
Weirdo
Loser
Getting accepted into Silver City University was supposed to change it all for me. I could get away from everyone I knew and be anyone I wanted. And after meeting a hot Fallen angel and partying the night away, things were really starting to look up.
Turns out the universe had other plans.
Before I even get a chance to be someone different, I’m forced to drop the Façade and show everyone who I really am. There’s no fitting in when you’re an abomination.
While doing my best to avoid the berating of my classmates and angry glare of the Fallen house leader, I find unexpected support from two Pure angels.
When demon attacks rise throughout the city, I know I’m not safe. Everyone thinks they’re coming for me–the one who’s never fit in. They swear I’m spawned from demons, and now they want me back.
With some help from my new friends, I search for any proof I can find to unravel the truth of what I am and put their accusations to rest.
But I know so little about myself, and I can’t stop wondering …
What if they’re right?
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Please Note: Wings of Deception is book one in the Silver City University series and ends on a cliffhanger. The full group of love interests will build as the series progresses.
Recommended for readers 18+
This Paranormal Romance series includes:
✓ An outcast FMC
✓ Multiple POV
✓ Angels and demons
✓ Academy setting in a different realm
✓ Slow-build group
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Victoria is a Canadian girl with a love for travel, music, books, games, and mayonnaise. She spends her mornings writing before work, and hopes to one day write full time. Friends say she gives the best hugs and you can usually find her laughing at her own lame jokes.
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Title: Wicked Demands
Series: Kingdom of Sin #3
Author: Jordan Marie
Genre: Contemporary Mafia Romance
Tropes: Age Gap/Forced Marriage/Enemies to Lovers
Release Date: September 7, 2023
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He rescued me when I had nowhere else to turn.
Now, this filthy talking man is demanding payment, but he doesn’t want money.
He wants me in his bed, obeying his every command.
All my life, I wanted to be loved. Instead, I was ignored.
My father gave me what I wanted so he could go back to ignoring me.
Once I understood that, life became easier.
When he arranged to marry me off to the son of his biggest ally, I didn’t mind.
Marco was the older brother of my best friend and honestly, he made me burn.
I wanted to belong to him.
I wanted in his life, his bed and definitely in his heart.
It didn’t quite work out that way.
Marco treated me just like my father did—maybe worse.
Being tolerated by the man you love is a level of pain that I couldn’t endure.
So, I left.
The fact Marco didn’t fight to keep me was horrifically painful.
When one really bad decision lands me in hot water.
I reach out to the only person who has ever cared about me, my best friend Lina.
Too bad, she’s also Marco’s little sister. Marco rescues me, but he’s no white knight.
He’s a monster.
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I'm just a simple small town country girl, haunted by Alpha Men who talk in my head 24 hours a day. I'm quirky, a little crazy and try to find something every day to make me laugh. I write stories that will ultimately give you a happy ever after--sometimes the couples just have to work for it. I love hearing from readers!
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Title: Puck One Night Stands
Series: Chicago Racketeers #1
Author: Emma Foxx
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Why Choose/Best Friend's Brother/Hockey
Cover Design: Najla Qamber, Qamber Designs
Release Date: September 15, 2023
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One dating disaster, one Kiss Cam catastrophe, and a trio of Chicago Racketeers hockey team hotties who are used to scoring big…
I don’t do casual hookups, so I have no idea what to expect when I meet not one, but three hot guys who are into me.
I’m an introverted, failing-book-shop-owning, romance-writer wanna be.
But after my dating disaster at a hockey game—all caught on the jumbotron—I somehow have the attention of three men.
Nathan Armstrong is the hot, older, sophisticated billionaire owner of the team.
Why does this man want a night with me? I’m baffled…but I’m not saying no.
I should also say no to the romantic, suave, brilliant team doctor, Michael Hughes.
And the team’s new hot-shot all-star player Crew McNeill.
But I don’t.
And I’m loving every minute. Especially the minutes they decide we should all spend together. Golden Retriever Crew is all in, bossy, broody Nathan is reluctant (to say the least), and sexy, confident Michael knows what we all need. They’re all here, promising to make every one of my fantasies come true.
And they do. Night after headboard-banging night.
But it can’t last.
Good thing I was okay with a short-term fling because as soon as the fans find out what we’re doing, our lives–and my heart–are going to be all pucked up.
Puck One Night Stands is a steamy, fun why-choose rom com! No cheating, a guaranteed HEA, and the guys are all about her. If you like Lily Gold, Emily Rath, and Lauren Blakely, welcome to the world of Emma Foxx!
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Emma Foxx is the super fun and sexy pen name for two long-time, bestselling romance authors who decided why have just one hero when you can have three at the same time? (they’re not sure what took them so long to figure this out)! Emma writes contemporary romances that will make you laugh (yes, maybe out loud in public) and want more…books (sure, that’s what we mean □). Find Emma on Instagram, Tik Tok, and Goodreads.
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Title: I Could Never
Author: Penelope Ward
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Forbidden Romance/Enemies to Lovers
Release Date: August 21, 2023
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From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new forbidden, enemies-to-lovers storyâ¦
It all started with an unexpected phone call.
Two years after my fiancé passed away in an accident, his father died suddenly, leaving Bradâs adult, special-needs brother with no one to care for him.
The next thing I knew, I was on a cross-country drive to New Hampshire where Iâd be moving in to look after Scottie until I could get him into a group home.
The last thing I ever expected?
I wouldnât be taking care of him alone.
Josh Mathers, my fianceâs best friendâwho also happened to be my sworn enemyâinsisted he was the better person for the job. He told me to go back to California, and I told him where he could stick that demand.
Our disdain for each other wasnât anything new. It dated back to a text Iâd accidentally read years ago.
We hated each other. But we both loved Scottie, so neither of us budged.
Now we were living together in a tiny houseâwith one available bedroom. Thank goodness it was only temporary.
Over time, I realized the broody jerk I thought I knew was different than Iâd imagined.
I found myself slowly growing attached to someone I once considered the enemyâ¦and growing attracted to him.
Sure, both of us were guilt-ridden over Brad. We were also two grown people with pent-up frustration toward one anotherâstuck in a cabin in the woods.
But this was Josh.
I could never.
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Copyright © 2023 by Penelope Ward
Josh sat at the table, casually having coffee as I walked into the house after my drive home from the salon. The smell of cigarettes emanated from him. He hadnât smelled like that since the first day he arrived.
âWhereâs Scottie?â I asked.
âIn his room,â he answered without making eye contact.
I stated the obvious. âYou smell like smoke.â
âMust be the firewood.â He brought his mug to his mouth.
âBullsh*t. The pellet stove doesnât emit any fumes.â
âYeah. I caved and had one. Big deal.â He pointed toward the door. âI did it outside, though, while keeping an eye on Scottie through the window.â
âYouâd been doing so well. What happened?â
He still wasnât looking at me, and instead stared straight ahead. âJust human, I guess.â
Then something in front of him on the table caught my attention: pieces of ripped pages piled atopâ¦my journal.
A rush of adrenaline shot through me. âWhy do you have that?â
âItâs apparently your diary.â
âIâm quite aware of that.â My heart began to pound. âYou were snooping in my room?â
He shot daggers at me. âThink, Carly. Of the two guys in this house, who is the one more likely to have been ransacking your room?â
âYou were supposed to be watching him while I was at the salon,â I yelled.
âGod forbid I take a piss in peace. Is it not bad enough that Iâm showering with him now? Getting my balls tugged?â
I wanted to laugh, but this moment was far from funny.
âScottie ripped those pages out?â
âThe notebook is bright orange, like his iPad cover. Probably caught his attention. The drawer next to your bed was open, so he must have gone in there. I assume thatâs where you kept it. Admittedly, Iâd been letting him hang out in your room, but you sometimes do, too. I went to check on him, make sure he wasnât doing anything bad, and found those pages strewn about.â A vein popped in his neck.
Josh was angry. Why? I shouldâve been the angry one.
âDid you read it?â
âI only happened to see what was on the pages he ripped. I didnât read anything else once I figured out what the hell it was.â
This is bad. Starting to sweat, I asked, âBut how much did you see?â
He stood up from his seat and slowly approached me. With each step he took toward me, I took one back. When we could go no farther, he placed his arms on either side of me, leaning his hands against the wall. And I forgot how to breathe.
Fear. Arousal. Embarrassment. You name it, I was feeling it right now. Every emotion hit me at once.
His breath grazed my face. âHow much did I actually see?â He paused. âEnough to know you think Iâm an evil pig.â
Ugh. No. Now his anger made sense.
When he backed away, I walked over to the ripped pages on the table and sifted through them.
âItâs the last one, for reference,â he noted.
I read what Iâd written the other night.
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Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.
She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.
With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.
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Title: Of Lost Things
Author: Ariana Rose
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Reverse Age Gap/Single Mom
Cover Design: Emma Nichole
Release Date: September 27, 2023
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It was a fairytale, my fairytale.
I met and married my prince. We created something so special, or at least I thought it was.
All the love I showered on him, sacrifices I made for his career, the time alone raising our daughter wasn't enough to keep him.
He traded in our love story for a cheerleader and divorce papers.
I find myself in a new house, a single mother, with no idea what comes next.
I'm trying so hard to shield our daughter from anything that could hurt her, which includes the thoughts and schemes of a thirteen year old mind.
When trouble finds her, we're met with the kindness of a disarmingly attractive, attentive and much younger police officer, Tyler Mason. Now I'm left wondering who's in trouble, Mia.... or me?
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Author and hopeful romantic, Ariana Rose, dabbles in all forms of contemporary romance. All of her novels do have one thing in common. Her heroes and heroines are as passionate about life and love as they are about each other.
Born and raised in the Minneapolis area, she is a proud mother of two. Ariana has always been a storyteller with a flair for the dramatic. When she's not writing, she can be found at the rink in a figure skating lesson, binge watching her favorite shows, screening an 80s movie she's seen hundreds of times, and exploring history or traveling to any of her current or new favorite places.
Ariana first published in August of 2018. You can find her exclusively in Kindle Unlimited. Also, sign up for her newsletter, watch her website or find her on all her socials to catch all the latest and greatest on upcoming projects.
Always remember that passion is never a bad thing, it's where dreams and reality collide.
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