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Foreign Rights Guide
Spring / Summer 2018
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Content Fiction
Thriller Historical Novels
Hohlbein, Wolfgang: KILLER CITY ..………………….………................................ 4 Husemann, Dirk: THE BOOK HUNTERS ...............………………………………... 25
Rode, Tibor: THE MORPHEUS GENE .…………………………………….............. 5 Marcus, Martha Sophie: THE MISTRESS GAME ....………………………………. 26
Saalfeld, Michaela: WHAT WE DARED TO HOPE ................................………… 27
Crime Novels Völler, Eva: TULIP GOLD ..................................................................................... 28
Almstädt, Eva: BALTIC REVENGE ...………………………………………………... 6 Weiß, Sabine: THE MEDICINE OF KINGS ..................……………………………. 29
Cordier, Michelle: THE DEAD OF PARIS ........……………………………………... 7
Fölck, Romy: DEATH LANE ...………………………………………………………... 8 Fantasy
Wagner, Alex: THE NOBLE ART OF MURDER .....………………………………... 9 Heubeck, Max: ELVES AND TROLLS ..........................................……………….. 30
Weiss, Sabine: THE BURNING SPRAY OF THE SEA…………………………….. 10 Jacuba, Tom: THE TEMPEST .............................................................…………... 31
Lambertus, Hendrik: THE BLOOD OF TWINS .................................…………….. 32
Modern Women’s Novel Vogt, Judith: ROMA NOVA ...............................................................…………….. 33
Hülsmann, Petra: IF IT WERE SIMPLE, EVERYBODY WOULD BE DOING IT .. 11
Iosivoni, Bianca: THE LAST FIRST NIGHT .............................................……….. 12
Kasten, Mona: SAVE YOU ..........................................................................…….. 13
Kneidl, Laura: LOSE ME. NOT. ...................................................................…….. 14
Sangue, Vanessa: COLD PRINCESS .….…………………………………………... 15
Women’s Novel
Caspari, Sofia: THE SCENT OF THE DEEP BLUE SEA ....………………………. 16
Grauer, Sandra: THE HAPPINESS OF A SUMMER IN FEHMARN .........………. 17
Haran, Elizabeth: BEYOND THE SOUTHERN STARS ......………………………. 18
Jacobi, Ellen: RETIREES FOR SALE. REASONABLY PRICED .......................... 19
Kabus, Christine: THE SONG OF THE NORTHWIND ...........……………………. 20
Merburg, Marie: ISLAND LIGHTNING ..……....…………………………..………… 21
Peters, Pauline: THE CEDAR HOUSE ................................………………………. 22
Taylor, Kathrin: WHERE MY HEART WILL FIND YOU ...…………………………. 23
Watson, Pippa: LOVE ON GUERNSEY ..…………………………………………… 24
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Content Non Fiction
Guidebook
Andeck, Mara: BEAUTIFUL VIEWS ……………………………….......................... 34
Bode, Sabine / Roth, David: THE BURIAL GOWN HAS MANY COLORS ....…... 35
Nocun, Katharina: THE DATA I CALLED ………………………………………….... 36
Romberg, Johanna: READING FEATHERS ..…………………………………….... 37
THE LITTLE SERIES ..………………………………………………………………... 38
Gruhl, Monika: COMING TO LIVE AGAIN! ..…………………………………… 39
Ritschel, Jutta: BREATHE AGAIN! …………………………………………….. 40
Memoir / True Story
Neugebauer, Nancy: GUSTAV AND NELE ……………………….......................... 41
Humor / Infotainment
Hennig, Bettina: THE MAGICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNICORNS ..…………... 42
Klein, Christian: HOW MUCH DOES AN INSTAGRAM WEIGH? ………………... 43
Kraus, Sonya: A CONSTRUCTION SITE NAMED JERK ..………………….......... 44
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THRILLER
The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair: 27 million visitors and 1 killer
A dark thriller set in Chicago Thornhill, the protagonist, has succumbed to the delusion that he can absorb people’s life forces by
before the turn of the 19th murdering them. He believes it is because he is possessed by a demon he took on at the age of 12
century from an Indian dying on the battlefield of Gettysburg.
Wolfgang Hohlbein gives us a Thirty years later, Thornhill is crossing America on a murder spree using an open razor as his tool.
frightening, unsettling, and After the deed, he often assumes the identity of his victim. The last person he killed was a Boston
riveting look inside the mind businessman named Porter, and Thornhill has traveled to Chicago using the man’s papers and
of a killer hotel reservation. Here, the World’s Fair, known as the World’s Columbian Exposition, is under
way—with attractions such as the “White City,” the first giant Ferris wheel, and electric light
throughout the exhibition hall. Thornhill hopes that the hordes of visitors to Chicago will let him
attract less attention as he plies his gory trade.
Wolfgang Holbein
Unknowingly, however, he checks into the murder hotel of serial killer Herman Webster Mudgett. KILLER CITY
Naturally, Thornhill soon notices that something is not right about the hotel and its owner. He begins
to investigate but soon tangles with other Chicago riffraff as well, such as a street gang run by the KILLER CITY
Chinese mafia and a fortune teller who calls herself Madame Fortuna. And soon the hunter 560 pages
Wolfgang Hohlbein, born in Hardcover
becomes the hunted.
Weimar 1953, lives with his wife April 2018
and his family in the vicinity of
Düsseldorf. Wolfgang Hohlbein is a
storyteller, who is not only driven
by the joy of fabulating but also Also available:
inspired by the free play with
unusual ideas and fantastic THE MURDER
concepts. Wolfgang Hohlbein has HOTEL
received numerous prices and
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awards like, for instance, the
October 2015
„German Fantasy Award“ in 2004
and the „Sondermann Award“ in
2005.
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THRILLER
„This thriller has mystical as A thriller about one of the best-kept secrets of mankind
well as philosophical elements
that make it so special“ David Berger, attorney for a major New York City law firm, is heading for a burnout. One night he
BRIGITTE about THE MONA can’t sleep and the following nights neither. David realizes that he doesn’t have to sleep at all. He is
LISA VIRUS wide-awake, twenty-four-seven. At first, he is happy about it, as this allows him more time to live his
life, even though he wonders what the reason could be. But then his girlfriend and his best friend
„A creepily good and fast- are brutally murdered and David becomes the lead suspect for New York City police detective Greg
paced story“ Millner.
HAMBURGER MORGENPOST
about THE MONA LISA VIRUS David goes into hiding where he has the support of Nina, a mysterious archeologist, who seeks his
company for unknown reasons. He has no idea that his sudden onset of sleeplessness is a
symptom of one of the best-kept secrets of mankind: due to a hereditary genetic defect, some
Rights of THE MONA LISA people do not need to sleep. As they are not handicapped by the need to sleep at night, the
VIRUS sold to: „insomniacs“ hold important positions in business, politics and culture. Furthermore, they are
China members of a secret brotherhood that was founded a long time ago. They have made it their Tibor Rode
Czech Republic business to protect their secret at any cost and soon they consider Berger a risk, for what David THE MORPHEUS GENE
Greece doesn’t know: he is the son of one of their worst enemies. When you sleep you are dead
Italy
Japan And as if this were not enough already, David is also targeted by a secret military division that works DAS MORPHEUS-GEN
Netherlands on the development of an optimized soldier, who won’t require any sleep in combat. Wenn du schläfst, bist du tot
Portugal A chase through Europe begins and it doesn’t take David long to realize that what robbed him of his Approx. 352 pages
Romania Paperback
sleep in the past, can cost him his life now. And all of a sudden, Greg Millner is the only person in
Russia August 2018
this world, who can save him.
Tibor Rode was born in 1974 and Also available:
works as a lawyer and university
THE MONA THE LOTTERY THE WHEEL
lecturer in Hamburg. Alongside his LISA VIRUS TICKET OF ETERNITY
university training and professional
activities, he worked as a journalist 462 pp 640 pp 592 pp
at various media companies for April 2016 March 2014 April 2013
many years. The author lives with his
family and their dog in the German
state of Schleswig Holstein.
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CRIME NOVEL
A new case for major case detective Pia Korittki – the thirteenth volume in the
successful Baltic Sea mystery series by bestselling author Eva Almstädt!
Total print-run of Eva In 2004, Eva Almstädt published her first crime thriller in the series. Ever since, her Pia Korittki
Almstädt’s books: novels have become massive success stories and this without any form of marketing support, just
1.6 million copies by word of mouth. Especially online, in the social networking world, the author has long become a
cult-like sensation.
The thirteenth case in the
successful Baltic Sea Returning to her parents’ home is supposed to be a fresh start for Flora. However, the people living
mystery series in her village have never forgotten that she is said to be partially responsible for the death of a
neighbor’s son that happened years earlier. Soon they contemplate what they can do about the
homecomer. But Flora endures the hostilities in the village and takes care of her sick mother. When
the murdered body of a neighbor is discovered, everybody thinks it was Flora, who killed the
woman. Major case detective Pia Korittki doesn’t believe in easy answers and investigates a murder Eva Almstädt
case, in which nothing turns out the way it seemed. BALTIC REVENGE
OSTSEERACHE
Eva Almstädt, born in Hamburg in 414 pages
1965, is a television producer and Paperback
interior decorator. Since 2001 she April 2018
has been a freelance author. She
lives with her family in Northern
Germany.
Also available:
BALTIC BALTIC BALTIC FIRE
HUNT DEATH
336 pp
398 pp 414 pp March 2015
March 2017 March 2016
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CRIME NOVEL
Paris after the liberation – a city teeming with secrets and corruption
Murder, espionage, art theft, THE DEAD OF PARIS, set in post-war Paris, offers its readers not only a captivating story but also
and the shadows of many fascinating historical details and facts about the French resistance, the population’s
collaboration – a gripping collaboration with the Nazis, the time following the liberation, and the living conditions of the
mixture Parisians. The novel’s personable protagonists are an idealistic police inspector from the
countryside and a young and strong-willed spy for the resistance.
For readers of historical spy
thrillers like JACKDAWS by Paris, 1944. Jean Ricolet moves from the South of France to Paris to work there as an inspector.
Ken Follett The reason is: after the liberation by the Allied forces, many Parisians were accused and convicted
of collaboration with the Nazis, including many members of the Police force. Ricolet gets involved in
Personable protagonists: an the investigation into the alleged murder of a Nazi: Paul Henkmann, head of the ERR – the
idealistic police inspector Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce, a Nazi agency dedicated to the organized theft of cultural
from the countryside and a property. Michelle Cordier
young and strong-willed spy THE DEAD OF PARIS
for the resistance Ricolet’s investigations lead him to a young art student, Pauline Drucat, who used to work as
Henkmann’s personal assistant but is, in fact, a spy for the resistance, as it turns out. By entering DIE TOTEN VON PARIS
into a sexual relationship with Paul Henkmann, Pauline wanted to gain access to information 334 pages
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allowing them to save as many artifacts as possible. There was one painting in particular she
Juni 2018
wanted to keep tabs on for it once belonged to her grandfather: „Portrait of a Young Man“ by
Raphael.
Together, Jean Ricolet and Pauline Drucat try to find out what happened to Henkmann during and
after the liberation – and in doing so, they follow the trail of a very special painting he was carrying
with him – the Raphael painting.
Michelle Cordier is the pen name
of a German author. She lives with
her husband in North Rhine-
Westphalia on the northern edge of
the Sauerland region.
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CRIME NOVEL
A sophisticated thriller in an atmospheric setting
The first book in a new A brutal assault on an autumn night, possibly an attempted homicide, has left police officer Frida
mystery series Paulsen’s father in a coma. Frida returns to her home village and her parents’ fruit farm. Ever since
they sent her to a boarding school she has had barely any contact with them. At the farm, she once
Lead title in our Spring 2018 again meets chief detective Bjarne Haverkorn who is handling the investigation of her father’s case
program and is now nearing retirement.
English sample translation Almost 20 years have passed since their last encounter when Frida’s best friend, Marit, was found
available strangled in the old cattle shed on Totenweg (Death Lane). Although the perpetrator was never
apprehended, even at the time Haverkorn suspected that 13-year-old Frida had not come clean with
For readers of Nele Neuhaus
him about the killing. Now she was back; a police officer and student at the police academy, and still
silent. Haverkorn begins looking into the old case again which has always been at the back of his
mind. Romy Fölck
DEATH LANE
Frida takes a leave of absence from the police academy and assumes responsibility for managing
the fruit farm while her father remains in a coma. Returning to the village is difficult: the autumn TOTENWEG
storms, leading an isolated life in the country surrounded by dikes, marshes, and thatched-roof 381 pages
houses. It seems that her old guilt will suffocate her here, namely, that she knows who killed Marit Hardcover
Romy Fölck was born in Meissen February 2018
but has never told anyone.
in 1974. She studied law at
Dresden University and began a
business career with a major
company in Leipzig where she was
employed for 10 years. Today she
works as an independent author
and lives in the Elbmarsch region
near Hamburg. She has published
numerous short mysteries in
anthologies and magazines.
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CRIME NOVEL
A plot in the best mystery fiction tradition with a charming investigator and a
dash of dry humor
For friends of classic The idea is to have an unforgettable weekend. Clara Annerson, a writer who is undergoing a crisis
mysteries of meaning, surreptitiously obtains an invitation to a gala dinner at a country château outside of
Vienna. She hopes that surrounding herself with so many rich, eccentric art collectors in a
A charming investigator wonderfully baroque ambience will provide inspiration for her first crime novel. And indeed it does,
character with a high although somewhat more tangibly than she had planned. In the library after dinner, Clara discovers
recognition factor the blood-covered body of the woman who owns the château. Lavinia Hohenstein, an heiress to
millions, had been arguing bitterly with her husband, Christian, during the dinner.
Wonderfully visual and
written with real flair When the husband turns up dead shortly thereafter, the police see every indication of suicide out of
remorse. Clara is somewhat unwilling to buy that, however. Particularly since her natural
A classic whodunit à la
investigative instinct makes a few other details seem very odd. Driven by her sense of justice and Alex Wagner
Agatha Christie and Mary
irrepressible curiosity, she begins to search for clues. Soon, she finds herself in the sights of a THE NOBLE ART OF MURDER
Higgins Clark
dangerous killer who quite obviously views murder as a noble art. Clara Annerson Investigates
DIE EDLE KUNST DES
MORDENS
Clara Annerson ermittelt
Approx. 320 pages
Alex Wagner was born in 1972 Paperback
and lives in Vienna. Initially an August 2018
economist by profession, she
experimented her way through the
world of employment - from private
banking, insurance sales, and
coaching, to hypnosis and saving
the world at Greenpeace. She is
currently working on a sequel to
THE NOBLE ART OF MURDER.
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CRIME NOVEL
A perplexing mystery novel set against the magnificent backdrop of the island
of Sylt
For all fans of Jean-Luc Autumn, 2016. Between Indian summer and the first autumn storms, the tourist season on Sylt
Bannalec draws to a close. Life on the island winds down and becomes quieter. But the quiet becomes a thing
of the past when fire breaks out in a mansion. Since a woman reports the blaze at an early stage, it
A dark, gripping story set on can be put out before the villa burns down completely. Still, the firefighters are confronted with a
a vacation island - Liv horrific scene: they find the body of a cruelly injured man lying in a pool of water in the basement.
Lammers’ second case Detectives from the Flensburg police are quickly called in, and Liv Lammers and her eccentric
colleague, Hennes, are ordered to Sylt.
The victim’s identity is soon established, and it doesn’t take long before Liv and Hennes, with the
help of Sylt PD officer Momke, have assembled an entire cast of suspects. But just when they think
they have found the killer, a second corpse washes ashore: a former friend of the long-dead owner
Sabine Weiss
of the house. Is it a suicide or a murder? How are the deaths related?
THE BURNING SPRAY OF
THE SEA
Sabine Weiss was born in 1968 in
BRENNENDE GISCHT
Hamburg. She studied German
383 pages
literature and history and worked
Paperback
as a journalist. Sabine Weiss lives
April 2018
with her husband and son in
Nordheide near Hamburg.
Also available:
BLACK SURF
350 pp
April 2017
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Perfect entertainment to Humor meets heart, and the chaos of love runs up against existential questions
make you smile, shed a tear,
and indulge in a daydream It was something that Annika, Fortune’s darling, had not expected. Out of the clear blue sky, the
popular school teacher is transferred from a dream school in a well-to-do suburb to a nightmare
Total print run: school in a problem neighborhood. Annika resolves to make every effort to be transferred back to
1.000,000+ copies her old school. When her new principal asks her to head the Musical theatre group, she sees her
chance. If her group can win the prestigious Hamburg School Musical Prize for the first time, then
Rights of Petra Hülsmann‘s her old school will promptly demand her return - guaranteed. Unfortunately, though, the students’
novels sold to: acting talents do not raise her hopes for victory, and so Annika turns to Tristan for help. He was her
Bulgaria first great love and has since become a theater director.
Czech Republic As the rehearsals progress, Annika begins to suspect that the project might become the second one
Finland in her life (following Tristan) to end in failure. But since failing is out of the question for her, she
France repeatedly spurs her students on in spite of their frequent self-doubts. The better Annika comes to
Italy know them, the more clearly she realizes that the pupils are struggling with problems she never had
Petra Hülsmann
Korea to deal with even remotely. Meanwhile, Tristan has thoroughly thrown her off balance emotionally.
IF IT WERE SIMPLE, EVERYBODY
Latvia She soon feels just as attracted to him as before and does everything in her power to finally win him WOULD BE DOING IT
Norway over.
Poland But then there is also Sebastian, a buddy who is actually funny and nice but has recently begun WENN‘S EINFACH WÄR,
nagging Annika more and more. When her flatmate sets their apartment on fire, Annika finds a WÜRD‘S JEDER MACHEN
Romania
place to stay with Sebastian. The two of them become much closer than before. And as Annika Approx. 416 pages
Slovakia
sinks into emotional chaos, the premier of the play draws ever closer. Meanwhile, all-out chaos Paperback
Slovenia
rules on the stage as well. But, then, if it were easy, everybody would be doing it. June 2018
Spain (Castilian & Catalan)
The Netherlands
Also available:
Petra Hülsmann was born in a LIVE JUST HAPPINESS WHEN
rural area of Lower Saxony in 1976. DOES WHAT MEANS BUTTERFLIES
She later managed to drop out of a IT WANTS LOVING FLY
degree program in cultural studies ANYWAY LOOPINGS
and German literature at the 511 pp
June 2017 414 pp 414 pp
University of Bremen and trained as
July 2016 Oktober 2016
a foreign language secretary in
Bremerhaven.
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A single night can change your life forever
"Saucy, witty, and sexy: a They should never have ended up in bed together – that much is clear to Tate and Trevor. And they
story to love!“ certainly shouldn’t harbor the wish to do it again. However, sparks have been flying between them
Mona Kasten about THE LAST since their first day in college and it is simply impossible for them to continue ignoring their mutual
FIRST LOOK attraction. The fact is, though, that Trevor cannot allow himself to become weak again and have sex
with the young college girl. Too close is the connection between Tate and Trevor’s darkest secret:
Part three of the FIRSTS
series During his last boxing match in an illegal fight club, another boy his age died. Trevor was already in
college when he found out that the boy was Tate’s brother. Ever since, he has been trying to atone
for his actions by being a good friend to her. Ending up in bed with her had not been part of the plan
– and it can never happen again. But most importantly, Tate can never find out what is really behind
Trevor’s protector complex. So while she is trying to find out why her brother died, he spares no
effort to hide the answer to this question from her – for now and forever. Bianca Iosivoni
THE LAST FIRST NIGHT
DIE LETZTE ERSTE NACHT
Approx. 464 pages
Paperback
June 2018
Ever since her early childhood,
Bianca Iosivoni, born in 1986, has Also available:
been fascinated by stories. These THE LAST THE LAST
stories have accompanied her FIRST KISS FIRST LOOK
throughout her life for almost as
long. With her head full of ideas, 502 pp 436 pp
she began to write as a teenager October 2017 April 2017
and cannot imagine to ever stop
doing so.
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The fairytale-like love story between Ruby and James continues. The second
volume in The Maxton Hall-series - a trilogy that will get you hooked!
Germany’s ultimate star in the Ruby is devastated. She has never felt for anyone as deeply as she feels for James – and no one
New-Adult genre: No. 2 on the has ever hurt her as much as he did. His mother’s death threw him completely off balance. But that
SPIEGEL bestseller list with doesn’t excuse what he did after their first night together - her first time: he cheated on her with
TRUST AGAIN & FEEL AGAIN another girl. Ruby wants her old life back – the times when she didn’t know anyone at Maxton Hall
College and wasn’t part of the elitist and depraved world of her fellow students. But she cannot
Winner of the 2016 forget James and it is getting even harder when he does everything in his power to win her back.
LovelyBooks Readers’ Choice
Award in gold and 2017 in gold
and silver Coming soon:
SAVE US
Rights of the AGAIN series
Approx. 400 pp Mona Kasten
sold to: SAVE YOU
September 2018
Bulgaria
Czech Republic SAVE YOU
Italy Approx. 400 pages
Poland Paperback
Romania June 2018
Mona Kasten, born in 1992, lives
in the North of Germany with her
husband and two cats. Her Also available:
predilection for coffee and BEGIN AGAIN
SAVE ME
chocolate is almost as great as her 484 pp
fascination for words, which 416 pp
already took hold of her during her March 2018 TRUST AGAIN
childhood. When she doesn't write 460 pp
or read, she vlogs about books,
movies and everything else she FEEL AGAIN
467 pp
enjoys in her life.
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Volume 2 and the conclusion to the dramatic and emotional love story of Sage
and Luca
LOSE ME. NOT. #1 on the She is afraid of love. But she is even more afraid of losing him…
SPIEGEL Paperback
bestseller list When she was with Luca, Sage was happier than she had ever been in her life. He showed her
what it means to trust. To live. And to love. But then Sage’s past caught up with her – and destroyed
TOUCH ME. NOT. in the their love. Sage makes the decision to break up with Luca. He deserves a woman who is able to be
Top 10 SPIEGEL Paperback completely honest with him, and who does not lie to him the way his mother used to lie to his father.
bestseller list But Sage can’t forget Luca, even though she tries really hard. And that they keep running into each
other doesn’t make things easier. When Sage’s little sister faces the risk of suffering the same fate
Winner of the bronze medal in that Sage suffered in the past – being abused by their stepfather – Luca and Sage set out to
the category ‘Romance overcome their fears. Together.
Novels’ at the LovelyBooks
Awards 2017 Laura Kneidl
LOSE ME. NOT.
VERLIERE MICH. NICHT.
470 pages
Paperback
February 2018
Laura Kneidl was born in Erlangen
in 1990 and early on, she Also available:
developed a penchant for TOUCH ME.
everything that has to do with NOT.
writing. Inspired by countless
fantasy novels, she started in 2009 462 pp
to work on her first own book October 2017
project. Ever since, books, cats,
and Pinterest have been an integral
part of her daily life.
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Bleak and forbidden: Vanessa Sangue knows what her female readers love
„Dark, sexy, and full of A young heiress with a heart of ice. A bleak world full of intrigues and deadly secrets. A love so dark
intrigues: Vanessa Sangue and unstoppable that everything will unravel. Volume 1 in the dark and steamy romance novel
knows how to write stories series by Vanessa Sangue.
about a forbidden love!“ After an attempt on her life that killed her parents and her little brother eleven years ago, young
Mona Kasten Saphira De Angelis has hardened her heart. As the heiress to one of the two most powerful Mafia
For readers of Geneva Lee families in the world, she had to learn at an early age that having emotions is identified as weakness
and Anna Todd and that spreading fear is the only way for her to assert herself in a strictly male-dominated world.
So even though she is only in her mid-twenties, her strength and her mercilessness have made her
the most powerful woman in all of Italy and the most feared capo of the Cosa Nostra. The only
person, who is not deterred by her dominance, is Madox Caruso, the newest member of her
bodyguard. He is the only one that sees the vulnerability hidden behind her stony eyes and he is Vanessa Sangue
drawing Saphira more and more under his spell. His dark and destructive energy kindles a desire in COLD PRINCESS
her she has never known before and it doesn’t take long before she gives in. The plan of wreaking
revenge on the murderers of her family was the only thing that ever kept her grounded. But the COLD PRINCESS
more time she spends around Madox, the more she loses sight of her goal – without knowing about 342 pages
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the danger this poses to her. When there is an attempt on her life, Saphira has to go into hiding with
April 2018
Madox and place her life – and her heart – into his hands. But if there is one thing Saphira has
learned in life, it is that you cannot trust anyone and that your worst enemy is usually closer than
you think!
Vanessa Sangue was born in Coming soon:
Duisburg where she still lives
FIRE QUEEN
today. Books are her passion and it
was only a matter of time for her
Approx. 400 pp
passion to extend to writing. In her August 2018
spare time she is frequently seen
with her nose inside a book.
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A magnificent love story on Cres Island - with a link to a tragedy in the past
Sofia Caspari has taken the elements of landscape, vacation, love, and a family secret and
combined them into an enchanting love story set off the Croatian coast. It unfolds today and in the
Total print run of Sofia 1960s.
Caspari’s novels: Present-day Germany. Pia’s constantly increasing desire to have a child has wrecked her three-
300,000 copies year relationship with her boyfriend and left her devastated. Welcoming a distraction, she helps her
grandparents as they move into an apartment more appropriate for their age. While packing the
couple‘s belongings, she discovers a photo album that shows her grandfather on several trips to the
Rights of Sofia Caspari‘s Croatian island of Cres during the 1960s. He looks so happy. Why had he never mentioned
previous novels have been anything? And who are the unknown people in the photos? One thing is for sure, her grandmother,
sold to: Jutta, is not among them. Pia‘s curiosity is aroused, and she decides to travel to the place where
Czech Republic her grandfather apparently experienced great joy. On Cres, she makes the acquaintance of Goran,
The Netherlands a charming wine grower. But when he invites her to his winery, his family is surprisingly negative
Sofia Caspari
Latvia toward the young German woman: it’s because than 50 years ago Goran’s uncle, Branko, THE SCENT OF THE DEEP
Poland disappeared in Germany without a trace. BLUE SEA
Russia The island of Cres, mid-1960s. For three years, a young German named Klaus has been spending
Spain DER DUFT DES
several weeks on the island every summer. Although he is involved in a relationship in Germany, he
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has fallen in love with the beautiful young Zlata. She, in turn, only has eyes for Branko. When Klaus
Approx. 416 Pages
persuades his friend Branko to try his luck financially in Germany, Zlata asks Klaus to take good Paperback
care of him. In spite of his love for Zlata, Klaus is determined to fulfill her wish, but a horrible June 2018
Sofia Caspari, born in 1972, has
accident prevents him from keeping his promise.
frequently traveled to Central and
South America. This is also where Also available (a.o.):
part of her family lives. She spent
an extended period of time in THE DANCE THE SONG OF
OF THE THE WATERFALL
Argentina, a country with people,
HUMMINGBIRD
landscapes, and a history that have
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left a deep impression on her. She 496 pp May 2014
lives with her husband and little son May 2016
in a small village in the Nahe
Valley.
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A romance novel with a summery and witty feel and a charming setting
A little hotel on the beach of With hard work, diligence, and her radiant personality, Emily worked her way up to becoming the
Fehmarn, a chaotic, yet assistant managing director of a hotel in Fuerteventura and everything is fine, even in her personal
lovable family, and a host of life. Her home island of Fehmarn is far away and not only out of sight but also almost out of mind –
marriage proposals when her mother calls her desperately asking her for help: Due to the fact that Emily’s father and
brother lack the necessary business skills, the family’s hotel is on the verge of bankruptcy; urgent
action is needed, even though the two men do not agree.
Despite the fact that her schedule doesn’t really allow it, Emily travels home. Soon she realizes that
her mother’s concerns are justified: „The Beach Pearl“ can only be saved from forced sale to their
biggest competitor by implementing a new business concept. Emily’s idea is to convert the place
into a „romantic hotel“ that offers people, who are in love, the perfect setting for the perfect
proposal. But what about her own love life? Is her Spanish boyfriend, Felipe, the right choice? Or is Sandra Grauer
Julian her Mr. Right, after all, her ex-boyfriend, who still lives in Fehmarn and runs the restaurant of THE HAPPINESS OF A
„The Beach Pearl“? SUMMER IN FEHMARN
SOMMERGLÜCK AUF
FEHMARN
Sandra Grauer was born in 1983 319 pages
in the Ruhr district, where she lives Paperback
again today writing novels for July 2018
adolescents and women, some of
which have already won reader’s Also available:
choice awards. Before her career
as an author, she studied THE SEVEN-MAN
ITCH
languages and translation at the
University of Heidelberg and
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finished a correspondence course June 2017
in special journalism as well as an
internship in a public relation
agency in Karlsruhe.
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A humorous story full of whimsical figures and quirky experiences
Wonderful family saga about Rhodesia 1956: In the Livingstone National Park, Olivia, a photographer, makes the acquaintance
emigrating from Africa and of handsome Edward and falls in love with him but Edward will leave Africa in a few weeks. His plan
immigrating into Australia is to fulfill the dream of his wealthy late uncle and ship endangered wild animals from Africa to
with the objective to save Australia. After a whirlwind wedding, Olivia takes the plunge and goes with him to start a new life.
endangered animals from However, despite careful planning with regard to the animals and the zoo, unexpected difficulties
poaching are awaiting them in Australia.
Total print-run of Elizabeth When Olivia realizes that she is pregnant, she is surprised to see that Edward isn’t overly pleased.
Haran’s books so far: Soon thereafter, he boards a propeller-driven aircraft to go to Darwin. When Olivia starts having
1.5 million copies pain, she is afraid for her baby and Edward decides to immediately fly back to the farm. An
approaching thunderstorm prohibits him from flying but still, he takes off. Hours later, Olivia has lost
For all readers of Patricia her child and she receives the news that Edward’s plane crashed. He didn’t survive. With the help of
Shaw, Beverley Harper, and her parents, who come to Australia, Olivia gets through the awful mourning process and she is Elizabeth Haran
Sarah Lark grateful for the distraction provided by the animals and the construction of the zoo. Everybody is BEYOND THE SOUTHERN
very supportive of her, including the employees and Brad, the administrator of the farm. STARS
Right before the opening of the zoo, a woman and her two children show up at Olivia’s door. She JENSEITS DER SÜDLICHEN
claims to be Edward’s wife and that she and Edward’s children are entitled to half of the STERNE
Elizabeth Haran was born in property.However, it turns out she lies to get her hands on the inheritance. It is true that she is Approx. 512 pages
Zimbabwe, then Southern Rhodesia, Edward’s wife but the children are not his and therefore not entitled to inherit. Gradually, Olivia’s life Hardcover
in Africa. Later, her family moved to becomes more cheerful again, mainly because of Brad, the administrator, whose loyalty and August 2018
England and then migrated to friendship turn into love over time - love that Olivia reciprocates.
Australia. Today, she lives with her
husband in a coastal suburb of Also available (a.o.):
Adelaide in South Australia. She has IN THE VALLEY BRIGHT MOON, DREAMS UNDER
two adult sons. She discovered her OF THE BIG DREAMS THE RED SUN
passion for writing when she was in EUCALYPTUS
her early thirties; up until then she FORESTS 480 pages 512 pp
had worked as a model, owned a February 2016 February 2015
garden center, and taught 480 pages
educationally handicapped children. July 2017
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A humorous story full of whimsical figures and quirky experiences
Philipp Hilleroth has always admired his great uncle, Horst, who is the black sheep of the family. He
is shrouded in mystery, has had his share of life experience, and struggled through with jobs that
were more illustrious than rewarding. After several deep quarrels, however, he broke with his
cheerless, petty bourgeois family—so thoroughly, in fact, that despite his meager pension he is not
even willing to accept financial help from his nephew.
As a means of drawing Horst out of his isolation at least a little bit, Philipp gives him an old
computer and signs him up for Facebook. The results are astonishing. Soon afterwards, Horst is
already exchanging friendly emails with his former classmate Elisabeth. He literally flourishes, but at
the same time he throws himself into a host of miserably paid side jobs, among others as a psychic
adviser on a Tarot hotline. He is especially popular with female callers who are having love
problems. This is not surprising because Horst himself is totally in love, and his prophecies are Ellen Jacobi
mainly positive, or in any event comforting. His charming worldly wisdom and ability to empathize RETIREES FOR SALE.
soon become legendary in the community. But then he encounters a very strange subscriber who is REASONABLY PRICED
convinced that her husband is going to die, “as certain as the sun rises in the east.”
RENTNER GÜNSTIG
What’s going on here? Does the unknown woman perhaps plan to take fate into her own hands? A ABZUGEBEN
Ellen Jacobi was born in 1960 on
Approx. 400 pages
the Lower Rhine. As the daughter turbulent search begins, leading Horst, Philipp, Elisabeth, their daughter, Nicola, and several other
Paperback
of a librarian and collector of highly peculiar personalities to a monastery where all of the threads come together.
September 2018
fairytale books, she discovered her
love of books and storytelling at an
early age. After pursuing studies in Also available:
Anglistics and general literature,
RETIRED ONE RETIREE TEATIME WITH
she worked as a tour guide and
PEOPLE LAST SELDOM AUNT ALWINE
teacher in England. In Germany, LONGER TODAY COMES ALONE
she was an editor for magazines 429 pp
and daily newspapers. She lives in 318 pp 367 pp March 2014
Cologne with her daughter. October 2017 March 2016
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A sumptuously written Norway novel about two extraordinary women
Big emotions and dark Norway, 1905. The summer, during which the country is struggling for its independence, has even
secrets set against the more in store for two young women: radical changes.
striking backdrop of Norway
In Stavanger, Liv – a girl, who comes from the most humble background – takes up a position as a
Atmospheric, emotional, and maidservant and before long, she finds herself faced with the most difficult decision of her life. Does
written in a captivating she have the right to stand up against her boss, her own family, and the man that offers her a safe
manner future as his wife to help a little boy, who is scheduled to be shoved off to a house of correction?
Total circulation of Christine In far-away Silesia, Karoline appears to be facing a grim future after nine unhappy and childless
Kabus’ books: 160,000 copies years of marriage. Her husband, Count Moritz, has squandered her dowry and has fallen gravely ill.
If he dies without an heir, a distant relative will inherit the ancestral estate and Karoline will end up
as a destitute widow. When she finds out that Moritz fathered a child in Norway shortly before Christine Kabus
marrying her, she concocts a bold plan: She wants to find the child and take it with her to Norway – THE SONG OF THE NORTH WIND
hoping this selfless act will finally earn her affection from Moritz and his parents.
DAS LIED DES NORDWINDS
Liv and Karoline both embark on a journey full of challenges and obstacles and the biggest risk 623 pages
awaits them at the end: The step into freedom. Paperback
April 2018
Christine Kabus was born in
Würzburg in 1964. After attending Also available:
university, she worked as a
dramaturg and script editor for THE SECRET ISLAND OF THE IN THE LAND OF
OF THE BLUE GLACIERS THE WIDE
various motion picture and theater
MIDSUMMER FJORDS
productions before going freelance
NIGHT 480 pages
as a screenwriter. She loves 590 pages
January 2015
Scandinavia, especially the mythical 655 pages March 2013
and natural landscape of Norway. September 2016
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Beautifully serene and relaxing – a book like a day on the beach
Endless beaches, lonesome When Jule’s relationship goes up in smoke, she doesn’t think twice: She quits her hotel job and
dunes, and a picturesque travels to the island of Rügen to be with her sister. It is only then that she realizes how smothered
castle hotel – the perfect read she felt by her life in Munich – and by her former boyfriend. With her feet in the warm beach sand of
for vacationers, for the Baltic Sea, she feels instantly better.
romantics, and for everyone
longing for summer, sun, and And that’s not all. To her surprise, there is a tempting job offer waiting for her in Rügen to become
oceans the general manager of a castle hotel. The only downside is her new and handsome and self-
confident boss, Markus von Kronlitz, the lord of the castle, who drives her insane and throws her
into emotional turmoil. And if that were not enough already, Jule has to realize that some stupid
mistakes will follow you everywhere, even to Rügen.
Marie Merburg
ISLAND LIGHTNING
INSELLEUCHTEN
446 pages
Paperback
March 2018
Marie Merburg grew up in the
south of Germany and still lives Also available:
with her family in Baden- GLITTERING
Wuerttemberg but she has always WAVES
been intrigued by the rough shores
of Germany’s North. 420 pages
March 2017
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A marvelous love story, a tantalizing family secret, and a conspiracy in the
very highest circles
The atmospheric setting of THE CEDAR HOUSE is the third novel featuring the young aristocrat Victoria Bredon. It is the self-
London and India, a thrilling contained sequel to THE RUBY CHAMBER and THE SECRET OF THE ROSE ROOM. The story
love story, charming plays out against the magnificent historical backdrop of post-Victorian London and colonial India.
secondary characters, a dark
family secret, a conspiracy, London, 1908. Victoria finds herself in the midst of preparations for her wedding, when her fiancé,
and a wild chase through the Jeremy, is forced to postpone the marriage and travel to India. An assassination attempt has been
mountains of India made on the Viceroy, and Jeremy has been charged with investigating the causes behind it as an
undercover agent for Scotland Yard. To Victoria’s outrage, he accepts the assignment and
Sample translation of THE postpones their wedding date. But strange things are happening in London as well. A medallion with
RUBY CHAMBER available a picture of Victoria’s deceased father is found on a murdered Indian sailor. Victoria and her loyal
butler, Hopkins, begin to make inquiries.
Pauline Peters
All of a sudden, news reaches Victoria that Jeremy has been reported missing in India. Naturally, all
THE CEDAR HOUSE
disagreement is forgotten, and Victoria departs for India together with Hopkins. They travel with the
murdered sailor’s widow whom they have befriended and who, as a native, will at the same time be DAS ZEDERNHAUS
able to assist them. 431 pages
Via Bombay and Calcutta, they finally reach Simla. Presuming that she is attracting no attention, Paperback
Victoria commences her search at a reception given by the Viceroy. Yet she and Hopkins are May 2018
Pauline Peters was born in 1966.
already being watched. She finds no trace of Jeremy, his contact person has disappeared, and
As a journalist, she is passionate
about the British way of life and Victoria realizes that she is pregnant with Jeremy’s child.
loves country homes, parks, and
afternoon tea. In this captivating Also available:
page-turner, she spirits readers
THE SECRET THE RUBY
away to a world of English flair set OF THE ROSE CHAMBER
against the foggy streets of blue ROOM
collar neighborhoods and the 525 pp
magnificent country manors of the 462 pp June 2016
aristocracy. May 2017
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A novel to dream about and revel in that will keep you engrossed
For readers of sentimental Romance novels are a dime a dozen. It is her characters that distinguish Kathryn Taylor’s romance
romance novels with a lot of novels from the rest. You won’t find many other authors capable of creating characters, which are
drama and for all fans of so personable and true to life. With a few words, she draws her readers close to her characters and
Jenny Colgan’s LITTLE makes them hope and fear with them.
BEACH STREET BAKERY
For the summer months, Cara Connelly returns to her parents’ hotel, „Kerryhead Castle“, in
Total circulation of Kathryn Namara, a small village in the Irish barony of Kerry, to help with the preparations for the wedding of
Taylor’s books: her brother, Patrick. Cara attends law school in Cork and after her graduation she is supposed to
close to 1 million copies work for the law firm of her godfather, John, even though „dry paragraphs“ aren’t exactly her cup of
tea. This is why she seizes every chance that presents itself to go home even though she – and the
Translation rights of Kathryn same is true for her entire family - is still mourning the loss of her older sister a few years ago, who
Taylor’s novels have already died in a gruesome fire. Kathryn Taylor
been sold for 15 languages WHERE MY HEART WILL
Shortly after her arrival in Namara, a storm is raging when Cara’s car breaks down on a remote FIND YOU
stretch of a country road. Liam Ryan, a tight-lipped man, who lives in a cottage nearby, offers her
shelter for a while. But he evades her questions and that makes him even more interesting for Cara. WO MEIN HERZ DICH FINDET
Time and again, she finds reasons to visit him and is undeterred by his gruff behavior. They develop 334 pages
a friendship that soon turns into something more – but then Cara finds out that Liam is suspected of Paperback
being responsible for her sister’s death. All of a sudden, Cara’s entire world is upside down. July 2018
Kathryn Taylor began writing as a
child, publishing her first story at Also available:
the young age of eleven. From then THE SUMMER DARINGHAM COLOURS
on, she knew that she would OF THE HALL OF LOVE
someday support herself as a WILDFLOWERS
writer. After making several career 317 pp 286 pp
detours and experiencing a happy 399 pp December 2015 March 2014
end in her personal life, her dream July 2017
has now come true.
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People who close their eyes sometimes see a new world
Captivating, poignant, and Lilian is a tourist guide on the island of Guernsey and is actually fairly satisfied with her tranquil life.
sensitive. A story about But then news arrives that throws her out of kilter. Brian, her ex-boyfriend, is getting married and
friendship, the art of letting asks her to his maid of honor. Lilian, meanwhile, is not sure that she has completely put the
go, and love relationship behind her. On top of that, she has to look after her stepmother’s shop and the golden
retriever that belonged to Mrs. Clunes, her deceased neighbor. Soon Lillian doesn’t know whether
For anyone who loves dogs, she’s coming or going.
happy endings and enjoys
dreaming of the sea In an attempt to create a little more order in her life, she decides to find a new home for Amy, the
dog. Since Amy worked as a guide dog for the blind Mrs. Clunes, Lilian tries to place her as a
service animal. Yet none of the dog training schools wants to accept a dog that hasn’t been through
their own training. At this point, Matthew, a former guide dog trainer, enters the picture and offers to
assess Amy’s suitability. During the examination, Lilian also meets his blind son, Alfi, and through Pippa Watson
him learns to view the world with entirely new eyes. Lilian and Matthew grow closer, but he, too, still LOVE ON GUERNSEY
carries baggage from the past. He hopes for a closer understanding with his ex-wife, the mother of
EINE LIEBE AUF GUERNSEY
his son.
400 pages
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In the end, of course, it is Matthew and Lilian who find each other and a new love. They live happily
March 2018
in the cottage that Lilian inherited from Mrs. Clunes, together with Alfi and Amy on the beautiful
Channel Island of Guernsey.
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MY SIDE
352 pages
January 2017
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A novel about the power of books
A fast-paced historical To a large extent, the knowledge of antiquity was lost after the fall of the Roman Empire. During the
adventure set in the world of so-called dark centuries, clerics were the only people who could read and write. They guarded and
the Late Middle Ages copied the ancient texts, thereby preserving them from deterioration. It was only when people in the
late Middle Ages bethought themselves of ancient times that humanist Gian Francesco Poggio
A captivating mixture of fact Bracciolini discovered the treasures lying dormant in the monasteries and forged perfidious plans to
and fiction steal them. The figure of Poggio Bracciolini forms the historical background for Dirk Husemann’s
new historical adventure novel.
In the cloister of Monte Cassino, the Florentine Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini discovers a book
that has been fastened with chains. He immediately realizes that a very special treasure lies before
Rights of previous novels
him. After all, he is a master at ferreting out antique texts - a book hunter who steals his way into the
have been sold to:
venerable libraries of Christian cloisters, where a handful of texts from antiquity have outlasted the
China centuries. Only the monks know about the books and guard them with all available means. Yet time Dirk Husemann
Czech Republic and again, master thief Poggio Bracciolini finds a way into the cloisters and then out again, laden THE BOOK HUNTERS
Hungary with treasures on parchment.
Russia DIE BÜCHERJÄGER
Spain This time, however, someone else gets there first. Poggio Bracciolini has read no more than the first 448 pages
The Netherlands lines, when the mysterious book disappears. He resolutely sets out in pursuit of the thieves, for this Paperback
age-old text holds a secret that could destabilize the entire Western world. If one is to believe the July 2018
lines of text, 300 years of European history never actually took place but are a fabrication of cunning
swindlers. An adventure-filled hunt begins.
Dirk Husemann was born in 1965.
He is a science journalist and Also available:
archaeologist who excavates AN ELEPHANT THE SILK THE ICE
stories. He studied pre- and early FOR THIEVES PIRATES
history, classical archaeology, and CHARLEMAGNE
ethnology at the University of 430 pp 479 pp
Münster and writes articles and 479 pp August 2016 July 2017
nonfiction: October 2015
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Intrigue and scheming at the court of Hannover
Colorful and sensuous. A young aristocratic woman becomes ensnared in the ruthless game of intrigue between the Duke’s
Perfect reading for anyone powerful mistress and her arch enemy, the Duchess.
who loves to dream of
The end of the 17th century. Young Helena von Minnigerode is desperate. Her brother has died, and
bygone times
since the family estates and all of their privileges revert to her uncle, Roderick, she and her mother
For female readers of novels have lost all means of existence. The change in Helena’s economic situation also causes the
about royal courts, and for parents of her long-standing fiancé to cancel the engagement, which is a further heavy blow to the
fans of Philippa Gregory, women’s financial future and Helena’s feelings.
Elizabeth Chadwick, and The only possible salvation for Helena would be to marry some other man who is of her social class
Elizabeth Freemantle and, above all, rich. Nowhere else are the chances of initiating that kind of relationship better than at
the court of Hannover. This time, Fortune appears to be merciful to Helena and her mother because
Duchess Sophie accepts Helena into her entourage. Within the shortest amount of time, Helena Martha Sophie Marcus
must find her bearings in a society that is defined by the power games played between Duchess THE MISTRESS GAME
Sophie and Clara von Platen, the Duke’s mistress.
For freedom-loving Helena, this is not easy at all, particularly since Clara von Platen possesses a DAS MÄTRESSENSPIEL
powerful means of pressuring her and does not hesitate to use it against her. She demands that Approx. 400 pages
Helena become the mistress of the Duke’s newly married son and influence him in Clara’s favor. Paperback
July 2018
The only bright spot in this difficult situation is Helena’s friendship with Floriano, a young gardener
at court who has been given the task of designing a magnificent garden for Duchess Sophie at
Herrenhausen, her summer residence.
Martha Sophie Marcus, born in
1972, studied German, sociology Also available:
and education and lived in THE BLUE
Cambridge for two years. Today, MEDALLION
she lives with her husband and her
two children in Lüneburg. 399 pp
September 2017
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