Contemporary Romance

Contemporary Romance

When you’re looking to download free and discounted contemporary romance ebooks, this is the place to go. Satisfy your inner passion for bestselling romance in this category, and never pay more than what you should. We routinely feature the best authors of contemporary romance ebooks, and they always promote their ebooks to you--for free or for a discount.

 

Definition of "Contemporary Romance": While technically a subgenre of the Romance category, that category is much too large to not be broken down. Contemporary Romance, by definition, is set in the time in which it was written.  The ebooks in this category are largely focused on the relationship and romantic love shared by two people.  Typically, ebooks in this category reward characters that are good people, punish those that are bad, and end with an upbeat, positive conclusion.  But, that "formula" is always being altered by excellent authors--which is why we read their ebooks, right?

 

Some examples of the best Contemporary Romance ebooks past and present include Nicholas Sparks (The Longest Ride), Tracy Brogan (Crazy Little Thing), Jojo Moyes (Me Before You), Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook), Lisa Kleypas (Blue-Eyed Devil).

Remembering Joy (The Joy Series Book 1)

by Jenni Moen

One mistake can shatter dreams and shape the future. Alexis knows this first hand. Even though her memory of that day is hazy, she has spent ten years trying to put it behind her.

Armed with the knowledge that her career will be her only legacy, Alexis works night and day to prove that she is more than just her last name. It’s not that she doesn’t have time for love. She doesn’t have the heart for it. After all, there’s no point in starting something you can’t finish.

When she meets Adam, she’s drawn to him in a way even she can’t deny. The film student is dark and brooding and strangely charming. He’s the perfect distraction from her mundane life, and as if fate is pushing them together, he seems to be around every corner. It’s enough to almost make her orget about her past and take a chance.

But Adam can recall every detail that she's forgotten. What she doesn’t remember, he can’t forget.

*Mature New Adult/Adult novel – contains adult situations and sexuality and is suited for ages 18 and up*

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Broken Trails (The Montana Trails series, Clearwater County Collection Book 1)

by Bonnie R. Paulson

A lonely cowboy … a woman searching for hope. Can love bring enough healing to carry them through?

Nathan Rourke lost almost everything he holds dear. What he still has, he’ll do anything to keep. His Montana ranch is not just a place, it’s his home and what’s left of his family. He’s holding his own, making it work.
But then high-school sweetheart Emma reappears … and suddenly this cowboy’s life is as rough as a ride on an untamed bronc.
Emma Benson left high school without a word to Nate, rather than admit she was too ill to go on. Now she’s desperate to prove that she’s more than the disease that keeps her dependent on her family and friends. And she craves just one more chance at love.
Nate embodies the promise of a life free from the confines of her small world. But will loving her mean he must give up his own freedom?

No matter which path they choose, this young couple will be battling the odds

Saddle up for a ride along Montana trails you’ll never forget—lasso your copy of Broken Trails today!


clean, western romance, cowboy romance, wholesome, Montana, Trails, sweet romance

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Electric (The Bay Boys Book 1)

by Emilia Winters

He made her feel electric. Like volts of energy fizzled through her veins, racing, constantly stimulating. It was intoxicating and thrilling. And for the first time in her life, she felt truly alive.

Luke Branford.

Notorious womanizer.

Shameless flirt.

Heir to his family’s multi-million dollar business.

His motto? No love, no relationships. Just pure, carnal sex…no strings-attached.

When prim and efficient Kate Kennedy is hired on as Luke's temporary assistant, her no-nonsense attitude and blatant dismissal of his advances sparks a challenge he simply can’t resist. But Luke has demons of his own and a tragedy that happened years ago continues to haunt him. Once lines are crossed and rules are broken, will past secrets keep them apart…or bind them closer together?

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Boyfriend For Hire

by Nina Strych

After Amy makes a small splash in the fast-moving world of business by selling her pharmaceutical start-up, she takes some time to work on herself. Adrift after years of constant work, she opens up to a therapist, who suggests that her inability to form real relationships (the kind that include sex) stems from her inability to simply let go. To relax. After turning down the offer of a sex surrogate, she’s given a card and a wink.

Booking a relaxing getaway to St. John means flights, luggage, and now her hunky male escort Mike. A week of no judgement sex might be just the ticket. She also hopes it will finally allow her the space to relax and let her body overtake her mind...for once. She just didn’t expect Mike to be so much more than a simple diversion. Smoldering hot he may be, but it’s more than his strong arms that attract Amy. Their chemistry is off the charts, but it’s her heart that’s taking control of her now.

 

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To Protect and Love: A Boxed Set of 8 Sexy Romances

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When the oath to protect and serve tangles with love, expect sparks and lots of heat!

Hot firemen, alpha cops, sexy detectives, and dashing federal agents...this anthology from 8 best-selling and award-winning authors will have you rooting for your favorite heroes and heroines as they step up to the greatest challenge of their lives--to protect and love.

This set includes six full-length novels and two novellas. A great deal to fall in love with a hero.

Mimi Barbour - Special Agent Finnegan
If love for his father makes a man weak - what’ll happen when he gives his heart to a woman? Special Agent Finnegan struggles against wicked odds not to find out. He loses...

Jude Ouvrard - Not Afraid To Love You
Escaping a life that nearly destroyed her soul, Lilly struggles to cope with the aftermath of an abusive relationship. Can her high school crush, Lennox, release her heart from its cage?

Jacquie Biggar - The Sheriff Meets His Match
When a jaded sheriff is drawn to an exasperating woman in trouble, anything can happen.

Melissa Keir - Protecting His Wolfe
Passion has a way of igniting when people are under stressful situations, but is Betsie and Jonah's relationship a matter of desire, or is it something more?

Lyssa Layne - Love is a Fire
Dr. Katy Malone has sworn off love while firefighter Nick Garrity is on a search for the future Mrs. Garrity. One look at Dr. Malone and Nick knows he's found his future wife but can he convince her to love again?

Stacy Eaton - Distorted Loyalty
Emergency room Doctor Rachel Wilde and Detective Grant Murphy meet by chance and it takes only one glance and a simple touch to ignite their senses. When Grant’s wife is in a tragic accident, Rachel goes above and beyond to save her life.

Chantel Rhondeau - Crime & Passion
A decorated police officer, more intent on justice than following the letter of the law, lands in trouble when a gorgeous schoolteacher finds a dead body on the beach.

Bonnie Edwards - Love in a Pawn Shop
For Dix Dixon life is about joy-killing obstacles and family obligations. Why did Dane Caldwell walk in when all she wants is out? Dane must prove love is more than another complication.

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Audible: A Secret Baby Sports Romance (Steamy Sports Book 2)

by Aimee Alesi

I'm married to the job and I like it that way... Until I meet him
I really don't have time to date with how attached I am to my career. I especially have to stay away from Brian, no matter what. Yes, he may be the sexiest man I've ever met but being with him will literally ruin my career. I'm not allowed to date football players as a sports journalist.

Which begs the question: if I can't date him, what the hell am I going to do about the fact that I'm carrying his unborn baby?

I have the money, the fame, and I'm a killer fucking Quarterback. So what's missing?
Ever since becoming famous, every damn girl I meet somehow seems fake as fuck. I admit, I've done my fair share of sleeping around but I've never found a connection with any of them.

Then I meet her. Here in LA, all you see is the same plastic faces and phony personalities. But this one seems different. Everything about her screams unique and for the first time, I'm really falling. She may be wary of me at first but if it's the last thing I do, I will win her over.

This standalone novel with HEA ending is temporarily on sales for .99 and comes with free bonus book!

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Find You in Paris (Bistro La Bohème Series)

by Alix Nichols

If there’s one man fledgling art photographer Diane Petit really, really, actively hates, it’s fragrance mogul Sebastian Darcy who stole her father’s company—and wrecked the man’s health in the process.

But the arrogant SOB had better brace himself because Diane has vowed revenge.

And revenge she will have.

 

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Hotshot Heroes: Strong Enough to Love

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Crave your men hot, alpha, and strong? Then fall in love with Hotshot Heroes: Strong Enough to Love - 6 full-length action-suspense romances plus one bonus novella from NY Times, USA Today, and International bestselling authors. Fall in love with sexy agents, cowboy sheriffs, firemen, bikers, and more. Danger, excitement, and heart-pounding romance await the women who love these brash and protective men. Get yours today before it goes away. LIMITED TIME ONLY.

Book #1: Special Agent Maximilian by Mimi Barbour
Nik Baudin meets his identical twin – one he never knew existed. Taking over his identity, he becomes Special Agent Maximilian and gets embroiled in dangerous conflicts along with Max’s beautiful partner, Maya.

Book #2: Murphy’s Law by Jennifer Lowery
A storm strands widow Sara Sheldon and her young daughter at ex-Army Ranger Jon Murphy’s remote cabin. She’s running from her husband’s powerful family, and he’s running from guilt for what he did while held prisoner in Azbakastan. Attraction sparks, but survival is at stake. Besides, he's not nearly as honorable as she thinks…

Book #3: Blazing Hotter (Love Under Fire – 2) by Chantel Rhondeau
Former bad boy Frankie Hernandez struggles to recover from debilitating injuries sustained fighting his last fire. Now this firefighter is falling for his physical therapist, Cassie Flick. When a serial killer strikes town and threatens Cassie, Frankie will do whatever it takes to protect the woman he loves.

Book #4: My Calling by Lyssa Layne
It's taken Saylor Warner six years to recover from the death of her uncle. Jonathan “Beck” Beckerdyte has spent the last six years trying to stay out of the public eye. Following his calling leads him into the field of civil service. Beck's made it his life's mission to protect Saylor... except she has no idea.

Book #5: Longshot by D’Ann Lindun
A sheriff with something to prove. A burned out FBI agent. A human trafficker determined to stop them both will test the limits of their endurance … but he can’t stop them from falling in love.

Book #6: Playing Without Rules by Rachelle Ayala
Marcia Powers hid a big secret from her ex-boyfriend, baseball player Brock Carter. She had good reason, or so she thought. Now Brock is back in town and wants Marcia back. Will he lose every dream, including baseball, when he discovers the real reason Marcia sent him away?

Bonus Book #7: Bad Boys for Hire: Ryker, Bad Boys for Hire Series Book #1 by Rachelle Ayala
Terri Martin gets caught in the middle of a motorcycle club vendetta when she tries to hire sexy biker Ryker Slade for her birthday date.

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SECRETS: A New Adult Billionaire Book: The Complete Series (Volumes 1-5)

by H.M. Ward

By New York Times Bestselling Author H.M. Ward

Sex is supposed to be sexy, tantalizing, and completely erotic, but Anna never seems to find the right guy. This one seems to be a germ-a-phobe, and the previous boyfriend wasn't much better. Anna just wants to be wanted. Is that too much to ask?

As Anna tries to wiggle out of one relationship, a new one surfaces, but it's forbidden. Cole Stevens is twice her age, arrogant, rich, and sexy as hell. To make matters worse, he's her boss and her teacher.

When Anna's internship plans derail, she ends up working at Cole's elite New York City studio. Close proximity leads Anna to discover that the billionaire bachelor is emotionally scarred. Everyone has secrets, but Cole's run deeper, cutting him to his core. Cole is trouble in a sexy shell. He's nothing Anna needs and everything she wants.

Genre: New Adult
Type: Omnibus Edition/ Complete Collection
Paper Edition is 700 pages

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Baked Boxed Set: Red Velvet Rapture, Vanilla Vixen, Dark Decadence: Coming Of Age Romance

by Colleen Charles

FREE BONUS BOOK INCLUDED - #1 BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE!

Want a bite?

One sensual bakery
Two misguided hearts.
One taste of passion.

Ally

He's perfection--chiseled and sculpted.
A creation of beauty--that I'd like to taste.
A small morsel of sensual desire.
But a man like Gabe Moreno
Can have any woman he wants,
Not a woman like me.

At least that's what I thought--
What I believed.
But I was wrong.
I had no idea what he was really after
What he really wanted.

Gabe

She's perfection--soft, curvy, and delectable.
A creation of beauty--that I'd like to explore.
One taste and I can't get enough.
But a woman like Allegra Wilson
Deserves so much more than
A man like me.

At least that's what I thought--
What I believed.
But I was wrong.
I had no idea how she could change me.
How she could make me into so much more.

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Melissa Hill - Three Book Box set: Before I Forget - Wishful Thinking - All Because of You

by Melissa Hill

THREE bestselling Melissa Hill novels in one great value box set collection.

BEFORE I FORGET

Abby's memories are her most precious thing. Even though they're sometimes painful, she can't stop herself looking back, reliving the love of her life. Until a freak accident means that she could lose it all: every memory and experience she has ever had. Abby can't believe it's true. She feels fine. She is fine. How could she possibly forget all those moments that make her who she is? She's determined to fight it. With the help of her friends and family, Abby makes a list of things she's always wanted to do. She's going to save her memory by having the most unforgettable year of her life ...

WISHFUL THINKING

A Lakeview Novel
Louise wishes she could be slim, pretty, and popular. So she can’t believe it when it seems her wish is coming true. If only it didn't all cost so much . . . Dara wishes she could go back in time, and change everything. But she's married now, and nothing can change that. Can it? Rosie wishes she knew how to make her children happy. Even though they're both grown up with their own lives, they seem to need her more than ever. Three very different women, about to make a journey that will change their lives forever. You should be careful what you wish for . . .

 

 

ALL BECAUSE OF YOU

A Lakeview Novel
Tara Harrington's life seems perfect - a successful career as a life coach, the flashy sports car to match, and a happy home with Glenn. But when her difficult younger sister Emma announces she's pregnant, and refuses to divulge who the father is, suspicions are aroused all round. Tara's best friend Liz's fairytale husband, Eric, suddenly doesn't seem so Prince Charming any more, and their dream move from the city to the country isn't working out as planned. But can Tara help her friend through it?
Glamorous London PR girl Natalie has everything she ever wanted - except a husband. And when Tara agrees to coach her in landing the latest 'man of her dreams', the two women soon find they have more in common than either had imagined.
Can Tara make it on her own? Will Liz secure her family idyll in the country? And will Natalie finally find love with a man who deserves her?

 

 

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My Own Mr. Darcy

by Karey White

After being dragged to the 2005 movie Pride and Prejudice by her mother, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth’s life changes when Matthew Macfadyen’s Mr. Darcy appears on the screen. Lizzie falls hard and makes a promise to herself that she will settle for nothing less than her own Mr. Darcy. This ill-advised pledge threatens to ruin any chance of finding true love. During the six intervening years, she has refused to give any interested suitors a chance. They weren’t Mr. Darcy enough.

Coerced by her roommate, Elizabeth agrees to give the next interested guy ten dates before she dumps him. That guy is Chad, a kind and thoughtful science teacher and swim coach. While she’s dating Chad, her dream comes true in the form of a wealthy bookstore owner named Matt Dawson, who looks and acts like her Mr. Darcy. Of course she has to follow her dream. But as Elizabeth simultaneously dates a regular guy and the dazzling Mr. Dawson, she’s forced to re-evaluate what it was she loved about Mr. Darcy in the first place.

"Perfect read for 21st century Jane Austen lovers like me. This one goes on my keeper shelf." -Kathy, I'm a Reader

"A MUST read for anyone who loves Pride and Prejudice.....But even those who don't share the P and P passion will enjoy this book." - Lori, Goodreads

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Loving Therèse (LaCasse Series Book 2)

by Ju Ephraime

Foxx LaCasse is a player, on and off the field, until he met Therèse. He’s athletic, handsome and hot-blooded, with vengeance on his mind.
Therèse is an intensely passionate English woman, who refuses to follow convention and chose instead to select her man from the natives of the French Caribbean island of Martinique, Foxx LaCasse. When she began to receive threatening notes, asking her to stay away from Foxx, she fled back to her home in England, without giving Foxx any explanation. Now two years later, she is back on the island, trying to pick up from where they’d left off, but Foxx was having none of it. He had one goal in mind; to have his way with her, and discard her, as she had him, two years ago. But when he finally reunites with his beautiful, passionate, elusive target, he finds himself offering his protection and his heart.
Filled with Ju Ephraime’s trademark sensuality, characters you love to hate and men you wish to love, Loving Therèse will have you enthralled with its unexpected plots and refreshing style, as these two destined lovers, recaptured and embraced their love.

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Seeing the Love

by Sofia Grey

Lucas Wade is losing his sight. As the darkness threatens to swamp him, the one bright spot in his day comes in the form of Natalie Fontaine. She works in the sales office, hundreds of miles away, and she alone treats him like a regular guy. She has no idea about his disability, and he doesn’t plan on telling her about it.

But if Lucas can't be honest with her, Natalie may never see the love he has to offer.

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Black Hills Baby

by Debra Salonen

When Hollywood heart-throb Cooper Lindstrom needs money to get his late mother's homicidal bookie off his back, he jumps at the lifeline Black Hills postmaster Libby McGannon tosses his way. In Cooper's mind, their arrangement is simple: his sperm in trade for a share in her family's gold mine. But the real pay off is her story--the one he plans to turn into a hit sitcom that will push him back on top.
The hit show Coop saw coming.
Love? Completely blindsided him.
And the baby? Who could have guessed Cooper wanted to be a father? Too bad Libby--the woman he's fallen hard for--might never forgive him for turning her life into a joke for worldwide consumption. Not to mention the changes he's brought to the small Black Hills community of Sentinel Pass, where happily-ever-after isn't left to chance.

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Wrecked (Blind Man's Alibi Book 1)

by Sarah Grimm

She was destined to show him the joy and pain of living.

Joe Campbell has it all: money, success, and fame. As lead singer of British alternative rock band Blind Man’s Alibi, he holds the vague conviction that life on the road, and nights filled with meaningless sexual encounters, is enough. Until her – Emma Travers. She is a breath of fresh air. Sunshine to his darkness. The one who changes him, pushes him, and teaches him to truly live. He never imagines she is hiding a devastating secret. Or that the same emotion that could steal his heart, would ultimately break it.

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CHERISH

by Dani Wyatt

Retiring from the military was the right decision for Beckett Fitzgerald. He’s landed the girl of his dreams, the ring is on her finger and the only other mission he’s interested in is putting a baby in Promise’s belly by the time they get back from the honeymoon. Simple, right?

Swept off her feet by Beckett, with his scarred face and Monet blue eyes, Promise is finally learning that true love isn't just for fairy tales. With her brother finally free from the horrors of foster care and her own personal hero hell bent on teaching her all the magical ways her body belongs to him, her once-in-a-lifetime feels so real.

But before their honeymoon suitcases are packed, a knock on the door and a best friend’s betrayal threaten to tear them apart. Beckett will cross oceans and leave a path of destruction behind to protect what is his, but when promises are broken, and the truth is revealed, will their all-consuming love be enough to carry them through?

Author’s Note: ‘Cherish’ is the conclusion to the best-selling, ‘Promise’ which is included here as FREE bonus content so you can read Beckett & Promise’s story from beginning to end. This book will give you a sweet happily ever after, an insatiable head-over-heels in love alpha hero, panty melting yumminess and NO CHEATING.

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Annie's Ghost: A Romance In Five Days

by R Heslop

A Surprise Visit From A Stranger May Save Annie's Marriage

An Older Woman and a Younger Man Are Thrown Together in Unusual Circumstances

Left on her own on Black Mountain, Vermont, in January when the North Eastern states are experiencing one of the heaviest snow storms for years, Annie is slowly recovering from a hysterectomy. Her husband, John Jackson, is attending a conference in New York City. Her two grown-up children live a long way away, her daughter in Montana and her son and his family in Florida.

Annie is exhausted both from the operation and the problems of trying to deal with her husband’s inattentions and the fact she is unable to work at the job she loves: teaching children in an all age school in rural Vermont.

Once John has set off for New York she is both relieved and worried. At last she falls asleep and sleeps for over twenty hours.

When she awakes she hears a voice from the garage asking her for help.

And so begins Annie’s dilemma for once she revives the young man she finds in the garage does she succumb to his attentions?

Will is very young, 18, very clever ”" he is in pre-med before beginning his training as a doctor ”" and Annie’s loneliness vanishes as she is drawn closer and closer to Will. Annie enjoys cooking for Will. He enjoys her company too and seems to be suggesting that they should get to know each other better.

Annie points out that she is far too old for Will and in any case is happily married and would never betray her husband. Will senses that something is not quite right with the marriage and wonders what she would do if she knew, absolutely knew, that her husband could never ever possibly find out if she had an affair.

An evening spent discussing some of the most erotic poetry ever written in English ”" the Songs and Sonnets of John Donne, the great metaphysical poet ”" draws Annie and Will dangerously close to Annie doing something she may regret for ever.

An absolutely glorious afternoon spent playing in the snow in the magical fairy-like forest brings Annie alive again and makes her determined to make her marriage glow once again.

Unfortunately a silly race back to the house results in Annie falling. Will tries to lift Annie up but his face is so close to hers she is helpless and pulls Will down on top of her and kisses him passionately.

Annie is shaken by her own actions and becomes more and more determined to keep Will at arm’s length.

As the week draws to a close a number of questions arise. Is Will really who he says he is? Where has he come from? Why is he so keen to stay as long as he can and then suddenly eager to leave once Friday dawns?

For Will time is running out. He appears to be desperate to get to know Annie intimately. In spite of her fierce determination to remain faithful to her husband Annie feels irresistibly drawn towards Will until she feels compelled to do something utterly against her natural instincts.

Annie’s Ghost is a deeply romantic love story with a shocking twist at the end that will break your heart.

 

 

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Shimmy for Me: A Novella (California Belly Dance Book 1)

by DeAnna Cameron

One passionate night. Two lost souls. A whole world of trouble.

Juggling two jobs to keep her belly dance studio afloat keeps Abby Anderson’s mind off her shattered love life—until a reawakened pain sends her into the arms of an anonymous stranger she plucks from the audience of her tribal belly dance show. No names, no strings, no romance. She tells herself it’s a harmless hookup.

Until he turns up at her day job . . .

Derek Collier, the sexy heir to the Collier media dynasty, just landed everything he’s always wanted: the publisher’s seat at the Orange County Herald. Except his first order of business is to sell the newspaper. Reeling from his family’s betrayal, his only comfort is the memory of that mysterious belly dancer and the perfect night they spent together.

He won’t rest until he finds her again.

She’ll lose everything if he does.
 

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Take Me Far Away

by Kemdi Ik

All I want to do is forget, pretend it never happened, scream at the top of my lungs, cry.

Seventeen-year-old Jeanne Rowe used to love Life . . . until Life took a sharp turn and never straightened out. Haunted by memories she would rather forget, she tries to push forward, leaving those despised memories tightly locked in a dark place.

Four months after the life-altering incident, all seems well, until an unforeseen figure reenters her life. Then she discovers that those memories weren't ever locked up. They had only been waiting for the right moment to take her down--beneath rock bottom.

She's fine. She'll be fine. Or so she keeps telling herself . . .

*deals with a heavy subject matter

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