Stefan of Caeli Featured
When Stefan Baudin’s mother was brutally ripped away from him by strange guards, he vowed to one day find her. He never expected that his quest would lead him to a hidden kingdom rumored to be a dragon stronghold, or that asking the wrong questions would land him in a dungeon with his dragon magical ...
A Verse for Witches Featured
A mercenary with a sword that sings. A witch who walks in dreams. If their destinies entwine, empires will fall.
Tsing was in love. Once. Now a blade, a horse, and a lucrative quest are all he needs. So, after an incredible night of passion with a g ...
What Used to be Arkansas Featured
Friends and Enemies. Life and Death. Happy to be settled into a community, the last thing Molly wants is to jeopardize her place there. To find peace at her new home, she keeps the abilities forced upon her by a madman a secret. But when dear friends go missing, Molly’s hidden strengths may be neces ...
In the Ghost's Shadow Featured
International Impact Book Award - Science Fiction
Storytrade Awards Finalist - Romance-Fantasy/Science Fiction
Global Book Awards - Silver Medal - Science Fiction-Genetic Engineering Category
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Vampires. Secrets. Open water.
Dr. Isla Hart believes everything—even magic—has a scientific explanation. Her deep-sea expedition was meant to prove her father’s wild theories and finally earn her place in the scientific world. Instead, it ends in blood, ruin, and a rescue that feels more ...
Stetsons & Stargates Romance Featured
Cami, a young military female test pilot from Area 51accidently jumps from 2035 to 1880. Badly bleeding, bruised, and confused; Cami is rescued by Colt, a bewildered cowboy. A steamy and sometimes comical relationship ensues but she is pursued by friends and time-cops trying to captu ...
Escape Clause (Cosmic Mates 1) Featured
The only thing they can’t escape is love… After a nano-virus devastates Caradonia, leaving the planet in desperate need of women, leader Krogan launches a latch-ditch effort to save their civilization—convince men to accept human brides through Cosmic Mates. Krogan himself has no time or desir ...
Bonds of Crimson Featured
Being a prince’s Guardian Angel is a cushy job. At least it was until he unleashed an evil genie from his bottle. My charge is a prince who’s full of mischief and takes nothing seriously. Did I mention he’s super hot, with the body of an Olympic athlete? The genie he’s unleashed is the e ...
His Dragon Mate Featured
As a dragon shifter guarding the realm, my life was predictable until an angel with a devilish grin (and a body that could tempt a saint!) landed in my territory.
We're born mortal enemies, his kind always bringing devastation to my kingdom.
Duty bound, I set out to deliver him to ...
Dragon's Forbidden Wolf Featured
A disciplined dragon. A wild wolf. Bound by duty, consumed by desire.
As captain of Drakoria's army, I've always followed the rules.
Until Saige.
My clan and her pack force us together to investigate missing wolves and dra ...
A legacy she didn't choose. An academy of secrets. A choice that might break her heart.
Angel-shifter Kylie Quinn thought the road to Vegas would end in vows. Instead, she’s back at the Night Academy with Rylan’s pack splintering, a too-polite stranger trailing her, and a b ...
Lost Guardians Featured
Twenty years ago, the portal exploded and tore us apart. I thought she was dead. She thought the same about me.
I survived two decades in the Witherlands. The bond I shared with Capria went silent, stretched across dimensions until I convinced myself s ...
Bonds of the Siren Featured
I was meant to protect him in silence, unseen. Yet here I am, battling a siren's spell and a forbidden desire that defies the heavens. With each step, our connection deepens, our fates intertwine. Danger and desire become one and the same. His touch ignites a fire, challenging my very purpose. ...
Blood & Redemption Featured
Iris, a Soul Guardian, claims she's here to save my soul from damnation.
I'm committed to vampiric immortality, but she claims my work will be used for evil.
As if I care.
But her auburn hair and piercing blue eyes captivate me. ...
Three deadly accidents that might have been magical murder. A dark witch with a grudge against the King family. Federal agents with supernatural abilities. And, as usual, Dawson and Grady are smack dab in the crosshairs of trouble even they can’t outrun. When Grady King’s brother Knox is targeted by ...
BANNER'S BOUNTY Featured
MARC: Book 4 in the Banner series. Marc Banner, a skilled tracker, is thrust into a heart-wrenching mission to find Jenelle, the daughter of a wealthy businessman kidnapped years ago as a child. As he unravels the mysteries surrounding Janelle’s disappearance, Marc navigates the dangers of a hostile ...
The Crown of Moonlight Featured
She saves his life with forbidden magic. He falls first—one fierce, yearning day at a time.
Flora Domhnall is the last of her line, her Highland clan's only defence in a war neither side can win. When she finds a dying immortal warrior in her woods, healing him is a terrible risk. ...
Red Night Featured
★★★★★ "A good book draws you into the story so that you feel a part of it. This is one of those books." A world where dreams turn to reality and shadows hold untold secrets… I never used to remember my dreams—until I crossed paths with a vengeance-seeking vampire who doesn't grasp the concept of ...
Merry & Bright Book Two Featured
For one magical night, Merry and Bright had everything they’d hungered for. Until the sun rose… My goodness! Things are finally starting to settle down at the North Pole. All the presents have been delivered and the Elvin community is looking forward to a well-earned vacation in January. Bart ...
Elements & Flame Featured
After losing a hard fought battle, Suleima finds a new home in the wilderness outside a small town to heal her wounds and recover her Elemental magic. A small town which houses a werewolf pack. When that past begins to encroach on her new territory, she and her friends, new and old, must figure out ...
She went to a black market auction looking for profit. Instead, she accidentally claimed a space pirate. Tessa Vane knows how to survive. She is a sharp-eyed salvage broker, a scrappy fighter, and more than capable of handling herself in the rougher corners of the galaxy. What she does not need i ...
BANNER'S BONUS Featured
NICK - Book 1 of the Banner series about three brothers, Nick, Clint and Marc Banner. INNOCENCE MEETS HEDOMISM in Banner's Bonus. Emotionally scarred and embittered, Nick Banner knows he's the wrong guy for this, but unless he gets a desperate friend's daughter off-planet, she's certain to be kidn ...
Bonds of Prophecy Featured
A sizzling saga of forbidden love and redemption, where destiny beckons amidst darkness and desire. As the prince's guardian angel, my mission is clear: protect him at all costs. But when he becomes enslaved by the Demon Dragon, my task becomes infinitely harder. His dark allure tempts me ...
Bound by Iron Featured
In Faery, you have to fight for your happy ever after.
Grace has always felt different. Raised on tales of faeries and old magic, she lives in a rural Irish village where fear of the wee folk still runs deep. Her days are spent pulling pints in the local tavern; her nights h ...
Alien Disgraced Featured
Is her alien prince charming doomed? When Kat Whalen meets Prince Lomax of Araset, a tall, handsome alien with curved horns and luxurious fur, he instantly charms her with his good humor, wit, and kindness. Although their romance is brief—duty demands he attend an important interplanetary summit—the ...
Bonded: Liminal Space Prequel Featured
Wyl, a criminal working off his sentence as a mechanic on the icy Fringe planet of Hazard, comes head-to-head with Robbie, a law-abiding marshal, when he’s sent to the closest Alliance space station on a hunk-of-junk ship he’s got to keep running or else.
Sparks fly between the men, but W ...
Stars at Dusk Featured
‘Your brass is ballsy, Kage Sable.’ - Harlow Meridien. Running from her past, Harlow lives for the present. She’s sassy-smart-strong. A genius, generous, confident scientist developing a groundbreaking propulsion technology that’s attracted the attention of The Sable Group, and Kage Sable, to be exa ...
In a single night, Remus Rizzo loses his Uncle Lupo, the position of Crown Prince of Rowland, and his freedom. Betrayed by his twin, he finds himself in the den of his bitterest enemy: the Crown Prince Sébastien Cadieux of Soleil.
To survive the lethal, icy Prince, Remus will have to step ca ...
We were twenty women with nothing left but each other. The last sparks of a dying world, crash-landed on Xytheos—a planet ruled by genetically engineered human-alien warriors who believe we’re their salvation.
They call us the Starfallen. A gift from the heavens. Chosen mates for the twen ...
BANNER'S RENEGADE Featured
CLINT: Book 3 in the Banner Series: Pregnant and on the run from her abusive ex-husband, Angela is determined to make a fresh start. Leaving Earth behind, she journeys to a far-off world where she finds peace and safety living in a small mining settlement. Nearly a year later, Angela’s luck changes ...
A post-apocalyptic zombie thriller romance by International Bestselling Author, Nikita Slater. Only the strongest can survive in a hostile world ravaged by a disease that turns humans into primitives. Taran. I am the Desert Wren, a rebel bent on providing safe passage to illegal refugees en ...
Still grappling with the loss of his home, Dylan has no choice but to head for Wintervale. His one solace is in travelling the same direction taken by the enemy. But the truth behind the attack on the spellster tower suggests things aren’t as clear-cut and the enemy may well be closer than they thou ...
The Wild West meets high-tech in this thrilling tale of three sisters fighting to save their ranch and mine. With a predatory neighbor threatening them, Bethany risks it all by marrying a mercenary gunfighter in a marriage of convenience that quickly turns into a passionate love affair. Iris chooses ...
A hilarious and magical new series from the authors of Down & Dirty Supernatural Cleaning Services! Three very different women receive a similar desperate message from their husbands: I've been kidnapped and I need your help. They each must secure a mysterious and powerful magical object for his ...
Would you embrace darkness to save your child? House Dobromil has stood against the emperor since the beginning. For generations, they have defied tyrannical edicts and stood up for donai and humans. For decades, war has crept ever closer and now, Syteria, a rebellious human woman Darien has chosen ...
Princess Valeda fled Hell to hide from her mad brother, but a war on her realm sees her dragged straight back there to seal a military alliance through marriage. Her betrothed? The Captain of Bloodshed and Slaughter, a royal bastard with blood black as night whose passion for her might prove as dang ...
A love triangle in hell. Gods and demons at war. Hot dark fantasy and reverse harem romance. The portal to hell lies open, and the Vatican is ground zero for an unholy alien invasion. Ashley Rowan, the only woman capable of activating the portal key, is trapped in Tartarus, a cesspit heaving ...
A shifter’s secret. A surprise meeting. And a second chance at love… I thought life after military service would be a breeze. I was putting down roots. New house, new business, new woman—and not just any woman—one crazy-hot weekend together and I really thought she could be the One. But then e ...
Aiyana Cassidy and Kendra Foster-Briggs aren't the queens of their high school; not quite. They're only juniors, class of 2098, after all. But throwing a Holiday party the day after the Yule might be just what they need to get over the top! Aiyana's mom tries to warn them of the spirits out and ab ...
She's bold, fearless and disobedient--which always gets her in trouble. He's controlling, demanding, and superior--which always gets him what he wants. Captain Skye Daring is a space fighter pilot without equal. Rescuing a foreign werewolf prince and his sister from behind enemy lines should be a br ...
The winner will be crowned Ambassador’s Bride. The losers will meet certain death. When you’re living inside a dwarf planet in the cold abyss of space, life is only easy if you’re rich. 17-year-old Marishel Vance works as a seamstress – but when she’s selected to compete in a brutal contest for the ...
Kai – Once upon a time, my kind were protectors, but the modern world doesn't believe in legends, so I cruise the oceans, happily single with no responsibility. During a storm at sea, I rescue an irresistible woman and get dragged into a battle with a crazy cousin who has developed a taste for selki ...
A fresh new blend of dystopian urban fantasy, for fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent, or The Mortal Instruments. 16-year-old Daria Grayson is tired. Which doesn’t make sense. She’s taking her daily dose of miracle-drug Sendrax, just like everyone else. And she’s sleeping a full 45 minutes every sin ...
I keep the world safe from Fairies but now one of them is protecting me. The Sluagh has come for me and nothing stops them. The monsters of Fairy chitter and cackle and screech all around us while Tiernan holds me tightly, hiding us within his magic. Under the cover of some roots, his body laid over ...
ZEKE: Book 2 in the Banner Series. In this story we not only get reacquainted but updated on the Banner family. Sidekick, Zeke Slater, poses as an average cargo pilot, yet in reality he's a privateer for a secret alliance of merchants turned vigilante. He captains a cargo ship that is covertly s ...
Fire is Power!
Quest to the heart of the earth, cross flaming rivers, and brave the fire with our heroes to discover unlimited strength! From fantastic underground cities, to superheroes, to magic of the forge, titanic forces of nature collide in this lesbian-centric anthology focusing on ...
Storm racing. The highest risk sport in the Terran Alliance…and the most lucrative. Elaina Carteret holds the championship title on multiple worlds with all the celebrity, wealth and male attention that comes with it. After a horrific accident, she disappears to resurface as Lainie Carter, a ...
Save Christmas. Restore magic. Protect Natalie.
The clock is ticking.
I’m a Fae Prince on a mission.
She’s a beautiful, determined woman.
We’re both fighting to save Christmas magic in this small town in Colorado.
...
Resistance soldier Bernard Marchand would do anything to bring his family back from the dead, but in his desperation to change their fates, he alters history and nearly destroys the world. Faced with the consequences, he's horrified at what he's done—to his family, Alva, and the world. It was nev ...
After living her entire life in an orphan asylum, Zanya fears she may actually be losing her mind... Following the discovery of her ancient Maya bloodlines, eighteen-year-old Zanya Coreandero is faced with a daunting responsibility. She must protect the relic stone while Sarian, the underworld gener ...
Escape to sunny Corfu but beware... Lizzie does her best to help her brother adjust, and together they set out to do the witch’s bidding, in the hope that if they do as she asks she will finally let them be. The witch’s ravens are forever spying on them or paying them a visit, but soon the sight of ...
I was sent to Earth to save humanity, not fall in love with my enemy. A powerful demon is wreaking havoc on Earth. And I’m an angel, duty-bound to protect humans. But as soon as I landed, I had to save a man from a witch intent on ending his life. Witches are my sworn enemies. But this one… she’s se ...
What’s hotter than an alien with scales? An alien with wings and scales, not to mention a hot body. At 457 Preor years old, Jarek sen Claron is a dragon ready for his final flight into the skies. This voyage to Earth as the War Master of the third fleet will be his final assignment. Once he ha ...
She’s a stranded pilot. He’s an alien castaway. Can their love save a galaxy torn apart by war? Sara Donovan knew her top-secret expedition would be dangerous. But she never imagined she’d end up separated from her crew and stranded on an alien planet. When the smoke from her crash landing clear ...
Abducted from Earth, held prisoner in a surreal cliff-top mansion overlooking the sea with a huge tortured alien, and expected to breed to create a hybrid warrior race capable of taking over the galaxy... Well, let’s just say a shy computer geek like me should be overwhelmed by such a future. But ...
You can’t hide from fate… In a brutal betrayal, Gavril Khalon lost everything—his throne, his magic, and his freedom. He may have escaped captivity, but any hope of reclaiming his kingdom was burned out of his soul, along with his heart. Now his only goal is survival. But when he’s injured escapi ...
A woman haunted by rejection... My lonely life has been filled with rejection and anger, but being imprisoned by a demon in a strange realm reveals that my old problems were the least of my worries. Rescued by a half-demon, half-fallen angel named Malachi, I realize my troublesom ...
2021 Firebird Book Award winner. Start the series that brings a complex web of real-world mythology into modern times! 1000 years ago the Elves nearly destroyed their species through war. As punishment, their ancestors cursed them and trapped them on the Earthly plane. Priscilla Forester is a 500-ye ...
Nineteen-year-old Absidy Jones is a ghost magnet, a sensitive person spirits flock to when they can’t cross over. After her brutal past escaping the hordes of ghosts vying for her attention, she spends her reclusive existence melting down iron into bite-sized pieces. Whether alloy or wrought, ...
He wants to rule the world. She was born to stop him. Fale secretly began having visions of things before they happen when she turned 18. But when she uses the vision of a deadly encounter to save the life of her hot, biomechanical crush in a fight, she sets into motion the race of their lives. ...
Cursed into a werewolf's body, Émilien Elasalor longs for a cure that will return him to his proper Elven form so he can win back the love of his wife, Hel. But knowing what an impossibility that is, he throws himself into his brother and sister-in-law’s disappearance, vowing to stop at nothing t ...
I'm supposed to be taking rulership of my planet when I find myself sneaking aboard an off-worlder's ship to convince him to help my people find scientists capable of solving Estreldez's food imports and spawning decline that didn't involve being under the thumb of Krelis or Necia control. It’s just ...
Princess Rhea is heir to her kingdom, and will choose duty over love without question. Her lover, Lord Liam Cahill, understands this and supports his future queen. But when her consort-to-be, Prince Gereon, arrives, he proposes an arrangement where everyone can get what they want… with steamy ben ...
I hunt his kind, but he swears he's on my side. Thor is at my back, guiding me through the crowd, his hand pressing intimately against my spine and his breath brushing my cheek. We're here to stop a crazy Aztec god, but we can't see him. He's hiding behind magic and the men whose minds he's taken. T ...
Hunters are elite alien warriors bound by a strict code of honor. When a unit of them crashes on Earth, they discover that their ancient legends of mating are true. Forbidden to mate on their home planet, they are now free to find the one woman that is fated to become their pair bond. If you like sp ...
'Selene, I don’t do forever. It’s not what this is.’ - Kainan Sable. He’s lethal, wraith-like, a warrior who lives in the twilight, the hidden inferno amongst the stars. She’s driven, ambitious, and unrelenting, with an allure that forces him from the shadows. He needs to control the intensity of hi ...
Earth, 2053. Scientist Quinn Buyers discovers that motherhood is not the joy-filled experience she thought it would be. Adding to the sleepless nights, boundless love, and ceaseless worry, Tig, her cyborg husband, is never home. Her AI meerkat has also run away, and her best friend is mysteriousl ...
Leo and Danais are born into a world where they are not who they thought they were: their friends and family are leading double lives, and nothing is as it seems. Both orphans, they are searching for truth. What they find, however, is much more than they anticipated a ...
She nurtures life with her magic. He’s spent centuries wielding it to destroy. When their roots entwine, can love bloom between opposites?
Zelora dreams of uniting her town with a towering garden centerpiece for the Bloom Day festival. But when her manipulative ex tries to sa ...
Shadyia, one of the finest courtesans of The Silver Rose, is caught between the ancient conflict of Order and Chaos when a devious zealot demands she seduces Aaron, a powerful magician masquerading as a wealthy scholar....
Space pilot Jace Vernon flees his home world after being framed for murder. He seeks justice, but a lovely S.I.N. agent gets in his way. Not only does she distract him with her silvery hair and violet eyes, but she counters his every move in the quest to clear his name. As he attempts to sway her to ...
A daughter longing for her family... I was just a sassy college student until I was dragged into a realm of magic and danger. My hidden powers emerge when an emotionally hardened demon named Niki saves my life by sharing his soul. All I want is to return to my family, but a rogue ...
Fear cripples Taiyo.
No matter what he does, he can’t make friends. He can’t approach the girl he’s in love with. He can’t help free his villagers from the Darkane people who enslave them. He can’t help himself.
But now an army more terrifying than the Darkane are approaching. The ...
In a dystopian future where humans have foolishly squandered Earth’s natural resources, the few remaining people are becoming desperate. Crowded in huge underground cities, they’ve finally come to the end of the line and they must decide whether or not they will trade the only valuable r ...
No one expected them to matter. That was their mistake.
A meek gardener who crosses time for love. A feared seer who takes on an empire for her child. A woman born into a life that was not her own. A survivor who refuses to remain prey. And a believer who dares to choose ...
After spending all her life trying to be normal, Nova gives up. She isn’t like everyone else. When a recent break-up highlights her limitations, the crushing realization drives her deeper into her work. Content in her private world and with no desire to change, she finds herself pulled into a missio ...
When a sinister mage murders Mara Coryanda’s father, she trades her privileged existence for one devoted to vengeance by any means necessary. Soon her tireless quest leads to frustration. The mage proves to be a formidable opponent, who will stop at nothing to ensure his master plan comes to fruitio ...
Heartbroken, carrying a bag of antique coins and the heavy burden of her aunt’s untimely death, Emily leaves the world of time travel and her beloved husband, Dell, behind. It doesn’t take long for her youth, beauty, and valuable coins to assist her in finding a new life in the Italian nightclub ...
Ash Charming's life was anything but charming. Destined to be nothing. Forsaken to be no one. But a small voice in his head told him otherwise. Destinies cannot be stolen (or in Ash's case, avoided). Prince Charming A fae fantasy inspired by Cinderella.
She’s tormented for being different. He’s sick of burying his wives. When their fates are bound, can they forge a peace that entwines their hearts?
Airi’s unique hair and skin color bring her unrelenting grief. Scheming to flee her cruel mother, the seventeen-year-old awa ...
Not every alien is an enemy, even if he kidnaps you...
Calista is happy with her life of scientific research. She has no need for a man, she has her books, her friends, and her work. Things are fine until her ship is attacked by space pirates and crash lands on a desert planet with heat so in ...
Karrin’s family has silver power.
Fear of that power killed her parents and left her a 6-year-old orphan.
Found washed up on a beach with no memory and only a name engraved on a bracelet, Karrin is turned over to ‘the Home.’ A dark and terrible place for unwanted children. F ...
Dragon King Nikolai Baudin witnessed how love destroyed his own father and vows to never take a mate. Until the little girl he rescued years ago returns with a travelling caravan. Aria has become a stunning—and mysterious—woman, and he finds his desire for her overwhelming his resolve. But when he f ...
Eff wakes up on a strange planet, her memories fractured and missing. After months of solitary exploration, a chance encounter with a group of colonists changes everything, catapulting Eff into far more mysteries, secrets, and bizarre circumstances than she could have ever bargained for. Can she ...
POWERFUL. IN PAIN. AND UNDER SUSPICION . . . Mired in grief, Lady Roselyn Ravenstock avoids the cloying attention of friends, servants and society's well-wishers. Until the day she bumps into a woman who reminds her of her gentle mother. Coming out of her deep-seated sorrow, Rose tentatively befrien ...
Seven stories. Two truths:
-Love and terror make strange bedfellows.
-The line between salvation and damnation is heartbreak-thin.
In this haunting anthology, souls are tested, timelines bent, and darkness finds new shape in the ...
Major Dante Regiment must find a way to protect Beth, as the Emperor is not the only one causing chaos in Khandarken. The Emperor has been defeated. New countries have arisen from the ashes of the old Empire. The citizens swear they will never need to fight again after that long and painful war. Bet ...
Shy librarian Catena likes her quiet life…until a huge naked man muscles his way into her house, insisting he's been woken from his centuries-long sleep to be her personal protector. Catena's life is turned upside down when she's saved by a creature she's only heard about in books. If only her hero' ...
Kohl Merrifeild is a Fallen Fae: breathtakingly beautiful but of criminal blood – and banished to the human world to entertain women for the rest of his days at the infamous Avalon Club. They clipped his wings and took his magic; ensured there’s no chance of him rebelling or wielding power. But ther ...
In a dystopian future, an assassin must choose to fulfill a final contract or keep the love of her life alive... Yearning for a normal life, assassin Karmen-Marie has had enough. Enough of surviving contracted hits, and enough of the post-apocalyptic world. Forced to take one last job, Karma sets ou ...
For seventeen-year-old Evan, graduation means the freedom to leave behind her small-town life and find where she belongs. She never expected it to be in a different world. Across time and space, deep in a mysterious jungle, Evan discovers the hidden heritage of her mother's people and her own legacy ...
They hunted her mother. They abducted her father. If Grace can’t uncover the secret of her family’s alien past, will she be next?
“New favorite series for YA readers!” —San Francisco Book Review
Grace is unique. She tries not to draw attention, but most teens don’t hav ...
A secret society guards the gates between worlds…but they’re not all good guys. The mission sounds simple. Travel to Earth, collect the commander’s daughter, and bring her back to Aeon. But any thought of simple ends when Caleb meets the woman in question. Bristol thought she’d always have t ...
A desperate witch. A mysterious elf. A perilous journey toward hope and love.
Bridget Bramble’s world is overturned when ruthless marauders target her village. The young witch flees into the woods, armed only ...
The court of the gryphon king has ever been a dangerous and seductive place where Ishtar’s blessing is both the hot breath of passion and the cold kiss of steel. Yet as the childhood companion of King Ditanu, Iltani never doubted her place in either his kingdom or his heart. Then duty called her awa ...
I must have been drunker than I realized because all I remember is how well he tied his cravat and how perfectly his coat fit him… London, 1815: where magic can be purchased at convenience, and the fashionable and wealthy descend for the start of the social Season. But 25-year-old Gavin Hartford ...
Lilyann Volkov, grounded from flying after a near-fatal mission, dedicates herself to helping the Resistance and yearns for the day she can return to the skies. When she uncovers crucial information that could change the war's course, a devastating mistake leads to another crash. But before the N ...
