First published 2014
Grace Winter marries wealthy Henry Winter in a hasty London ceremony in summer 1914. Their honeymoon voyage to America aboard a luxury passenger ship ends in disaster when a mysterious explosion tears through the vessel. Henry sacrifices himself to save Grace, who climbs into a lifeboat with other survivors. The boat carries too many passengers for its capacity. Adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, the survivors turn against each other as desperation takes hold. A power struggle erupts between a ruthless sailor and a strong-willed woman. Grace must choose sides in this deadly conflict. At twenty-two, she finds herself both a newlywed and a fresh widow. Now she stands trial for her life, forced to defend actions she took in those desperate days at sea. Grace faces an impossible choice between survival and morality as the lifeboat becomes a battlefield of human nature.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, mystery, thriller, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: London, America, Atlantic Ocean
Period: 1914
239 pages · Paperback
Content warnings: death, violence