The Story
When Esther Bailey boards the RMS Titanic as
its first female officer, her welcome is lukewarm—and no one is more
unwelcoming than her own mentor, First Officer Murdoch.His cool
dismissal only turns colder once they set sail, with Esther’s short
temper challenging his own. But as they begin to earn one another's
respect, blurring the line between duty and attraction, she and Murdoch
find themselves questioning what matters most: their careers . . . or the
feelings they’re hiding from each other.As the tragic fate of
Titanic unfolds around them, the officers have no choice but to
put their survival second to help every last passenger aboard. With their
lives in peril, and the Ship of Dreams sinking into the cold Atlantic
beneath their feet, will they still manage to overcome the odds together
and live to see daylight?
Blending fact with fiction, On the Edge of Daylight is a slow
burn, enemies to lovers historical romance that tells a different story
of the RMS Titanic through the eyes of the crew, and shows the
duty, loyalty, and sacrifice of two officers who were never supposed to
fall for each other.