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  • The Hardest Goodbyes by D.L. Roan, Kathryn Lynn Davis

    The Hardest Goodbyes by D.L. Roan, Kathryn Lynn Davis

    8 ratings
    Some goodbyes are cathartic—a good riddance to those things that hold us back. Some are bitter-sweet. It hurts to say the words, but we know the pain is only temporary, and we’ll soon be reunited. Some goodbyes are forever . Those are the hardest to say...
  • The Devil Be Damned by Ali Vali

    The Devil Be Damned by Ali Vali

    10 ratings
    Cain Casey is close to getting everything she wants. Her partner Emma is pregnant with their third child, her children are safe and happy, and her business is still thriving despite the FBI’s vendetta. Life is perfect on the surface, but it’s the underbelly that worries her...
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book  crime  fiction
  • Outcaste by Fletcher DeLancey

    Outcaste by Fletcher DeLancey

    6 ratings
    Rahel Sayana is desperate to escape the life her parents have planned for her. She runs away to the dangerous port city of Whitesun and becomes an outcaste: a person of no caste and few rights. From backbreaking labor on the docks to fighting off bullies, Rahel learns the lessons that propel her to the life of her dreams. Happiness does not last...
  • Between Heaven and Hell by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Between Heaven and Hell by Sherryl D. Hancock

    6 ratings
    Sinclair Christensen’s life is a mess. While working as an undercover cop she met River and the two struck up a relationship, but River knows nothing about Sinclair’s real work or her failing marriage. Parker Gaines’ marriage is on the outs, and to make matters worse an injury meant she was reassigned from her K9 unit, to become media liaison to actress Talon Valois...
  • The Devil Incarnate by Ali Vali

    The Devil Incarnate by Ali Vali

    6 ratings
    For Cain Casey nothing is more important than family, and having hers close—Emma, Hayden, Hannah, and the new baby—is as near as she’ll get to true happiness. But enemies who lurk in the shadows threaten more than just her business, forcing her to question whether the biggest threat comes from having it all...
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    wlw  lgbtq  drama  romance  crime  mystery  fiction  suspense
  • The Devil's Orchard by Ali Vali

    The Devil's Orchard by Ali Vali

    8 ratings
    In book five of the Casey Family series, Cain and Emma are planning a wedding before the birth of their third child. Cain has done everything possible to protect her family and get their lives back to normal. Cain is strengthening her partnership with the Jatibons and Carlotti families, as well as trying to help her cousin Muriel heal from FBI agent Shelby Phillips’s betrayal...
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book  children  crime
  • Molly: House on Fire by R.E. Bradshaw

    Molly: House on Fire by R.E. Bradshaw

    10 ratings
    Molly Kincaid is an extremely successful and equally wealthy defense attorney, but that is all even her closest friends know about her. Behind the facade is a dark past she thought she buried long ago. Now, Molly must face that past and the danger that comes with it...
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book  crime  dark
  • The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali

    The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali

    12 ratings
    As the heat of violence rises, so does passion. A gunshot meant to end the legacy of the Casey Clan has left a weakened Cain fighting to regain control of her business while trying to protect her heart from the woman who left her. Threatened from every side, Cain must unleash that devil to protect all she holds dear...
  • First Lady by Blayne Cooper, T. Novan

    First Lady by Blayne Cooper, T. Novan

    12 ratings
    The egarley-awaited sequel to their thirteen-month best seller, Madam President. Planning a wedding is never easy. However. most brides don't face the challenges that Lauren Strayer does. Her beloved comes with a ready-made family, something the biographer never imagined for herself...
  • Honor Guards by Radclyffe

    Honor Guards by Radclyffe

    14 ratings
    When you're the president's daughter and the closest thing the country has to a first lady, your life is never really your own. When you're the woman charged to guard the first daughter, and you also happen to be her lover, every moment of every day is filled with challenges—and a mistake could cost you everything...
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angst  audiobook  book
  • Jugari Cross by K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi

    Jugari Cross by K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi

    14 ratings
    Jugari Cross is a suspense thriller woven around the common incidents that occur with an ordinary farming couple's life. The story set within 24 hours is not just an ordinary suspense thriller with a trace of history and a literary quest, but seriously stimulates the reader to analyze the broader spectrum of philosophy, literature and the principles of global economies established around us...
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    drama  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • The Sagittarius by K. Aten

    The Sagittarius by K. Aten

    6 ratings
    Kyri has known her share of loss in the two decades that she has been alive. She never expected to find herself a slave in roman lands, nor did she think she had the heart to become a gladiatrix. But with her soul shattered she must fight to see her way back home again...
  • Freedom, Humanity, and Other Delusions by Niall Teasdale

    Freedom, Humanity, and Other Delusions by Niall Teasdale

    6 ratings
    Nava’s second year at the Sonkei Alliance School of Sorcery begins with a strange new student who seems to have a real invisible friend and just gets stranger. By the time she’s going off-world to rescue a friend during her summer break, events have conspired to make her question a lot of things, including her very nature. Just how alien is Death’s Handmaiden...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  low-fantasy  magic
  • Passionate Intention by Belinda Vale, Felix Foreman

    Passionate Intention by Belinda Vale, Felix Foreman

    6 ratings
    Robbie lives in London with his parents. His mother is a recovering alcoholic who one day meets a lovely young woman, Anna, in a nearby park. After a friendly chat, she invites Anna back home for tea and when Robbie comes back from work, he meets her. The two are instantly attracted to each other...
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    drama  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  suspense
  • Storm Surge - Book Two by Melissa Good

    Storm Surge - Book Two by Melissa Good

    6 ratings
    The conclusion of the story begun in Storm Surge, Book One. Its fall. Dar and Kerry are traveling - Dar overseas to clinch a deal with their new ship owner partners in England, and Kerry on a reluctant visit home for her high school reunion...
  • The Proposal by T.B. Markinson

    The Proposal by T.B. Markinson

    6 ratings
    Is a single day worth changing the course of your entire life?Marley Royce has just two goals for her seventy-two-hour stay in London: land a career-making business deal and finally meet the woman of her dreams face to face.Fate has something else in mind.The mega conglomerate Marley works for wants to acquire the venerable but struggling Braithwaite Books...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  grumpy-mc  humor
  • Keep Her Safe by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Keep Her Safe by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    6 ratings
    She'll do whatever it takes...Barely into her 30s, Laura Ryan was living the perfect life. She had everything she thought she wanted until the moment her mother-in-law passed away...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  age-gap  book  crime  fiction
  • Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock

    6 ratings
    Raine Mason has never been in a relationship with a woman… or anyone for that matter. Then she meets Natalia, the feisty Latina dance teacher. A dancer-turned cop, Raine captivates the eyes of the dance teacher and with a little push from their friend, they embark on a whirlwind romance...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angst  book  fiction  military
  • The Devil's Due by Ali Vali

    The Devil's Due by Ali Vali

    6 ratings
    In the sixth book of the Devil Series, Cain and Emma are now married and have returned to a Katrina-ravaged New Orleans to await the birth of their third child. Cain’s wedding gift to Emma was peace of mind with the death of Juan Luis and his mother, but Anthony Curtis is still a threat who has disappeared as effectively as the Luis family once did...
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  crime
  • Everything to Everyone by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Everything to Everyone by Sherryl D. Hancock

    6 ratings
    Harley Marie Davidson is a one of a kind. She lives in her own world, playing by her own rules. As an expert programmer she is in high demand, and her inability to say no, coupled with her ADHD, leaves her life in constant disarray. That all changes when Shiloh Styles, a former classmate from high school, is hired to help keep her organized...
  • Quid Pro Quo by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Quid Pro Quo by Sherryl D. Hancock

    6 ratings
    Finley Taylor is the dashing ER doctor that any girl would want to catch. But she’s far from the type to settle down easily. A childhood filled with men coming in and out of her life left a lasting mark, with Finley unable to commit to anything except her job. That is until she meets Kai Temple. Kai is a former Marine turned personal trainer to the stars...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angst  book  fiction  insta-love
  • For the Telling by Sherryl D. Hancock

    For the Telling by Sherryl D. Hancock

    6 ratings
    Film maker and ex-Marine Legend Azaria isn’t one to take no for an answer. After being turned down for funding for her latest film, she vows to go it alone. Her story of her time in the Marines and the devastating effects of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is one that needs to be told...
  • Darkness Past by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Darkness Past by Sherryl D. Hancock

    6 ratings
    Sierra Youngblood’s life is in danger. After being threatened and stalked by an old client, Kashena Marshal is assigned as her protection. But Kashena isn’t just any security officer, she’s an old flame that Sierra could never forget.After years apart they soon discover they still share a spark, despite Sierra now being married to a man with a son...
  • Water under the Bridge by Sherryl Hancock

    Water under the Bridge by Sherryl Hancock

    6 ratings
    Shenin and Tyler have been happily married for four years. Well, almost happily. Shenin, currently living alone in LA, is struggling with some dark secrets that are tearing their marriage apart. Those secrets end up landing her in hospital before the situation goes from bad to worse. Her friend, Jet, ends up in a nightmare crash with Skyler and Sebastian that leaves her fighting for her life...
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    wlw  lgbtq  romance  military  mlm  angst  action-adventure  fiction
  • Vendetta by Sherryl Hancock

    Vendetta by Sherryl Hancock

    6 ratings
    At only twenty-two, Cody Falco has been through more than anyone should in a lifetime. Brought back from the depths of despair by her mothers, Lyric and Savanna, she now spends her days working to stop other young girls going down the same terrifying path that she once did. While working undercover she meets McKenna, the wife of her latest suspect, and there is an instant connection...
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    wlw  lgbtq  romance  military  mlm  action-adventure  fiction  book
  • Lightning Strykes by Sherryl Hancock

    Lightning Strykes by Sherryl Hancock

    6 ratings
    Former marine and MMA fighter Remington LaRoché doesn’t quite know what she’s letting herself in for when she agrees to take on some bodyguard work for BJ Sparks. Her charge is the famous pop star Wynter Kincade. On a packed tour, it isn’t long before the two become friends, much to the annoyance of Wynter’s girlfriend...
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    wlw  lgbtq  romance  military  mlm  action-adventure  fiction  book
  • Darkness United by K.C. Luck

    Darkness United by K.C. Luck

    6 ratings
    If the lights go out forever, can love survive? Twice now, Taylor, Jackie, Lexi, and Anna have faced the darkness brought on by a catastrophic solar storm. With the help of Sam, Laura, and a group of faithful friends, they have rebuilt their lives in a world without power. But when new threats arise, each must find a way to survive against the odds as well as continue to rely on each other...
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    wlw  lgbtq  drama  romance  dystopia  action-adventure  fiction  sci-fi
  • Outcast by K.J .

    Outcast by K.J .

    6 ratings
    Rhiannon Clarke is having a week. A week in which her identity is stolen, she is pursued by underworld thugs, then, at the back of a laundromat, she falls through a portal into another realm...
  • A Marine Awakening by Jax Meyer

    A Marine Awakening by Jax Meyer

    6 ratings
    In 1998, introverted Cameron Warren is focused on being a model Marine and surviving the social isolation of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. Navigating the policy and finding allies is harder than she expected, but she's determined to complete her enlistment period and return to college...
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    wlw  lgbtq  drama  romance  military  disability  audiobook  steamy
  • The Empress's Mage by Niall Teasdale

    The Empress's Mage by Niall Teasdale

    8 ratings
    From an early age, Jessalyn has known that she wants to be a travelling mage. Despite being sickly and weak, she has a talent for magic. It’s a shame that her family, her father in particular, doesn’t appreciate her talent, but Jessalyn still has plans. Even in her greatest imaginings, she never considered how far those plans would take her...
  • Lily's Fire by Lise Gold

    Lily's Fire by Lise Gold

    8 ratings
    Lily, a heartbroken editor from London, has just learned the hard way that love is unpredictable. After finding her fiancee entangled with another woman, she travels to Bali to recover from her failed relationship. River is a womanizing artist with a troubled past and serious commitment issues. She traded a successful career in L.A...
  • Hurricane Watch: Book 2 in the Dar & Kerry Series by Melissa Good

    Hurricane Watch: Book 2 in the Dar & Kerry Series by Melissa Good

    10 ratings
    In this sequel to "Tropical Storm," Dar and Kerry are back and making their relationship permanent. But an ambitious new colleague threatens to divide them -- and out them. He wants Dar's head and her job, and he's willing to use Kerry to do it. Can their home life survive the office power play?Dar and Kerry are redefining themselves and their priorities to build a life and a family together...
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  animals  book  contemporary
  • Price of Honor by Radclyffe

    Price of Honor by Radclyffe

    10 ratings
    Honor and duty are not always black and white—and when self-styled patriots take up arms against the government, the price of honor may be a life. Blair Powell and Jane Graves have much in common and even more that sets them apart in an invisible battle raging on home soil...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  crime  fiction
  • Honor Under Siege by Radclyffe

    Honor Under Siege by Radclyffe

    12 ratings
    With the nation on the verge of war, security takes on new meaning for Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts, whose lover just happens to be the President’s daughter. First daughter Blair Powell and her “secret” Secret Service agent lover, Cameron Roberts, intend to get married—with her father’s blessing...
  • Tropical Storm by Melissa Good

    Tropical Storm by Melissa Good

    14 ratings
    From bestselling author Melissa Good comes a tale of heartache, longing, family strife, lust for love, and redemption. Tropical Storm took the lesbian reading world by storm when it was first written . . . Don't miss this exciting revised "author's cut" edition. Dar Roberts, corporate raider for a multi-national tech company, is cold, practical, and merciless...
  • Death's Handmaiden by Niall Teasdale

    Death's Handmaiden by Niall Teasdale

    6 ratings
    The Clan Worlds Alliance is the larget political body in the known galaxy. At its centre lies Shinden, home to the Clan Assembly and the Shinden Alliance School of Sorcery, probably the best educational facility of its type anywhere. Students from all over the Clan Worlds go there to study a form of magic based squarely on scientific principles...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  low-fantasy  magic
  • The Devil Behind Us by S.C. Wilson, Elizabeth Saydah

    The Devil Behind Us by S.C. Wilson, Elizabeth Saydah

    6 ratings
    The Devil Behind Us is the much-anticipated sequel to The Devil Between Us.After enduring unimaginable tragedy and heartbreaking loss, Jessica “Jesse” Pratt has actually found happiness in her life again. A relationship she once thought lost forever has been restored. She has managed to win the heart of Abby, the woman she loves. And, she is no longer forced to hide her true identity...
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angst  book  family
  • The Long Way Home by Roslyn Bane

    The Long Way Home by Roslyn Bane

    6 ratings
    Major Samantha Davies is a warrior. After being abandoned by her father and raised in a foster home she has made the Marine Corps her life. As a helicopter pilot she has excelled under the demands of her career. Always a fierce competitor she now faces her toughest challenge..
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angst  book  disability
  • Stormy Waters by Melissa Good

    Stormy Waters by Melissa Good

    6 ratings
    As Kerry begins work on the cruise ship project, Dar is attempting to produce a program to stop the hackers she has been chasing through cyberspace. When it appears that one of their cruise ship project rivals is behind the attempts to gain access to their system, things get more stressful than ever...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book  female-mc  fiction
  • A Dark Horse by Blayne Cooper

    A Dark Horse by Blayne Cooper

    6 ratings
    Mid-western college professor Natalie Abbott is estranged from her dysfunctional family. It happened so slowly she barely noticed... Then it was too late. On the cusp of landing her dream job, Natalie is forced to New Orleans in search of her runaway teenaged brother Joshua. Desperately short of clues, she’s grateful that NOPD Detective Adele Lejeune seems to genuinely care...
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  bisexuality  book  crime
  • Devil's in the Details by Sydney Gibson

    Devil's in the Details by Sydney Gibson

    6 ratings
    Victoria Bancroft is a decorated war hero now teaching naval history and leading a simple solitary life in the suburbs, at least by outwards appearances. In truth her military professorship is a front setup to provide the anonymity necessary to work as a paid assassin for Voltaire, a deep undercover government agency...
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angst  assassins  book
  • Bona Fide Fake by Rebecca Raine

    Bona Fide Fake by Rebecca Raine

    6 ratings
    My new fake boyfriend may not like me, but he needs me. There are worse foundations for a relationship.NedToni Fairweather is a liar and a fake. I suspected it the day we met, but when he lies to his friends about being my boyfriend, I know for sure. I’ll play along with his deception, but Toni will owe me – big time.I have my own reasons for needing a boyfriend. Someone who can handle me...
  • Faith's Crossing by Carrie L. Carr

    Faith's Crossing by Carrie L. Carr

    6 ratings
    In the sequel to Destiny's Bridge, new lovers Lexington Walters and Amanda Cauble have withstood many things to be together. When Amanda decides to move to Texas for good, she goes back to her family's California home to get the rest of her things, taking Lex with her. Even though her parents have never understood her "lifestyle", they've not exactly fought against it...
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angst  book  contemporary
  • Crossing the Pond by Sienna Waters

    Crossing the Pond by Sienna Waters

    6 ratings
    How clumsy do you need to be to fall in love?Fired, divorced, and broke, Piper Garland is all out of hope. Until she inherits a house in a village she's never heard of. A house that's all the way across the Atlantic.Building contractor Camilla Fabbri spends her life pleasing others: her friends, her clients, not to mention her enormous Italian immigrant family...
  • In the Company of Crocodiles by Maggie Brown

    In the Company of Crocodiles by Maggie Brown

    6 ratings
    Two strong-willed women are fighting for survival in a primitive wilderness of venomous snakes, stinging insects, and crocodile-infested swamps. Too bad those are the least of their worries. After being severely wounded in a covert operation, ex-Australian Secret Service officer Vivian Andrews has built a quiet life for herself in a small fishing village in Northern Queensland...
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    wlw  lgbtq  romance  action-adventure  mystery  crime  heist  fiction
  • Heart of the Devil by Ali Vali

    Heart of the Devil by Ali Vali

    6 ratings
    There was a time when Dalton Casey ran the Casey family while grooming the next generation, but Cain Casey inherits the reins too early when Dalton is gunned down. His loss leaves Cain devastated, and she does her best to keep the business together, but his loss has left her adrift and hungry for revenge. That ends the night a new employee douses her in beer...
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    wlw  lgbtq  romance  mystery  crime  action-adventure  fiction  book
  • Dal Segno by Jax Meyer

    Dal Segno by Jax Meyer

    6 ratings
    On the verge of turning 40, former Marine Cameron ‘Cam’ Warren didn’t expect to be walking onto a community college campus to spend a year playing music. Instead of enjoying her career, Cam is still mourning the tragic death of her partner and fellow Marine Sharon. Five years have now passed but she is no further forward in dealing with her grief. Cam knows she needs to change so she can heal...
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    wlw  lgbtq  drama  romance  age-gap  military  war  fiction
  • Stunted Heart by Helena Harte

    Stunted Heart by Helena Harte

    6 ratings
    A stunt rider who lives in the fast lane. An ER doctor who can’t take chances. A passion that could turn their worlds upside down.Taryn Taylor wants it all, and she wants it fast. As a stunt rider she’s always looking for the next big jump, the next adrenaline fix, and the next scorching encounter with an irresistible woman...
  • Integrity by E.J. Noyes

    Integrity by E.J. Noyes

    6 ratings
    It's an ordinary workday when intelligence analyst Lexie Martin learns about a horrific chemical weapon attack abroad. Just an ordinary day...until a stranger breaks into her house and warns her to forget what she saw and heard, setting off a chain of events Lexie thought only happened in movies...
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    wlw  lgbtq  romance  mystery  fiction  audiobook  lesbian-mc  journey
  • Where Love Leads by K.C. Luck

    Where Love Leads by K.C. Luck

    6 ratings
    Sometimes love leads where you least expect it.When socialite Melanie Sotheby finds herself abandoned on the wrong side of Los Angeles, she has few options. With no phone, credit cards, or identification, the means to get back home to New York seem slim. Not until she is rescued by a tall, dark stranger in the middle of the night does Melanie think of a plan...
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    wlw  lgbtq  drama  romance  journey  audiobook  age-gap  small-town
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