A Family for the Titanic Survivor: An uplifting love story

Lauri Robinson

Jan 2021 · Sold by Harlequin

About this ebook

From third class on the Titanic…

…to upper-class bride?

When barmaid Bridget McGowen boarded the Titanic, she never could have imagined the crossing ahead of her. The resilient Irishwoman saves four-year-old Elsie, the niece of New York banker Karl Wingard. Swept into Karl’s world, Bridget feels like a fish out of water, except for the quiet moments she shares with him. As her connection to Karl and Elsie grows, can she break free from the shackles of society so they can be a family?

From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

Ratings and reviews

Scrappy Irish Heroine Takes on the Titanic… and the US This author wrote a fantastic first scene that pulled me right in. We are on the docks of Southampton as everyone is boarding the Titanic for its maiden voyage. We watch it from the viewpoint of the Irish heroine who is fulfilling her recently deceased father's wish of her going to the US for a fresh start. She boards with the third-class passengers, I believe, when she hears a young girl scream above. She steps to the railing of her boarding gangway just in time to catch the little girl’s doll. This sets up a chain of events that changes the heroine’s life forever. The author did an excellent job showing how this 22-year-old heroine felt leaving her homeland, showing her anticipation, excitement, and sadness. I love how the heroine cared for the little girl through all that happened on the fateful night the Titanic sank and its aftermath. The little girl is a sweetie, too, and it tugs at the heartstrings to see her left an orphan after the ship’s sinking. I felt a little frustrated with the heroine once she got to New York. She seemed hard headed and not too bright—which she hadn't seemed to be previously—when the little girl's uncle offered her just what she needed—a place to stay and paying work—to allow her to continue on with her American Dream, getting to her aunt in Chicago. Some small things the heroine did, too, didn't seem logical but were only there to further the plot, like her taking her coin purse out of her skirt pocket just before she naps on that fateful night. She hadn't been separated from it before, so far as we knew, so why would she have taken it out on that night and left it behind, with all the money she had in the world. It just didn't make sense, except for the plot. Despite these few complaints, I did enjoy the story. I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.

This was so much more than I expected. It takes the story of the Titanic and gives us some hope, love, forgiveness, and moving forward. It's sweet and tense at times and captivated me from the very beginning.

About the author

Lauri Robinson lives in Minnesota where she and her husband spend every spare moment with their three grown sons and their families—spoiling the grandchildren. She’s a member of Romance Writers of America and Northern Lights Writers. Along with volunteering for several organizations, she is a diehard Elvis and NASCAR fan. Her favorite getaway location is along the Canadian Border of Northern Minnesota on the land homesteaded by her great-grandfather.