"Beautifully crafted . . . this expertly characterized and tautly plotted story is an extremely impressive debut."

— Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)

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, Officer Wyndham 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 Wynn 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 must 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 overcome the odds together and live to see daylight?

Blending fact with fiction, On the Edge of Daylight is a slow burn, heart-wrenching historical love story between two officers who were never supposed to fall for each other.

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April 6, 1912

It rained the day she arrived in Southampton, watching the cold, sodden port drawing nearer and knowing her life would never be the same.

Esther Bailey sat in silence, mirroring the sleepy quiet of her driver as their motorcar bumped along tire tracks, the deeper ruts already swollen with water. Beyond the fogged window, a swirl of waves foamed against the docks, dark and vaguely blue beneath the daybreak sky . . .

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About the Author

Giselle Beaumont works in software and loves writing and drawing in her spare time.
On the Edge of Daylight, which is her first published novel, features her own cover artwork and character illustrations.

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