Titanic's Ondine

By Jorja Lovett

Can a water nymph save her true love from the Titanic or are they both doomed forever?

Water nymph Madeleine has spent a lifetime searching for the human she can marry to become mortal. Finally, she finds true love with Joe Marlowe, but the romance is put on hold when he signs up as crew for the Titanic.

Joe never expects to see Maddy on board the ship but she's a welcome sight during the voyage. He knows she's keeping a secret from him but it doesn't diminish his love for her. They have the rest of their lives to discover each other. After an unforgettable night together in the Titanic's indoor pool he knows he's found the woman he wants to marry.

As the liner sails towards its fate, can Madeleine save Joe, and find her happy ever after?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
• Release date: Apr 18, 2014
• ISBN: 9780857156778

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A Totally Bound Publication

Titanic’s Ondine

ISBN # 978-0-85715-677-8

©Copyright Jorja Lovett 2014

Cover Art by Posh Gosh ©Copyright March 2014

Edited by Sue Meadows

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TITANIC’S ONDINE

Jorja Lovett

Can a water nymph save her true love from the Titanic, or are they both doomed forever?

Water nymph Madeleine has spent a lifetime searching for the human she can marry to become mortal. Finally, she finds true love with Joe Marlowe, but the romance is put on hold when he signs up as crew for the Titanic.

Joe never expects to see Maddy on board the ship, but she’s a welcome sight during the voyage. He knows she’s keeping a secret from him, but it doesn’t diminish his love for her. They have the rest of their lives to discover one other. After an unforgettable night together in the Titanic’s indoor pool, he knows he’s found the woman he wants to marry.

As the liner sails towards its fate, can Madeleine save Joe and find her happy ever after?

Dedication

With thanks to everyone at Totally Bound for giving this story a home.

Trademarks Acknowledgement

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Nearer My God to Thee: Sarah Flowers Adams

Titanic Exhibition Centre: Titanic Belfast Ltd.

Chapter One

April 1912

I’ve signed on for Titanic.

The excitement in Joe Marlowe’s brown eyes sparkled as bright as the stars shining down on the Southampton docks.

You never have!

Days earlier, Madeleine had witnessed the passenger liner slip into its White Star berth in the dead of night, its sheer size dwarfing her in the water below. She never would have guessed Joe would be part of the circus surrounding it. A selfish sadness rained down on her at the thought the great ship would now carry away the love she had spent a lifetime searching for.

I might not even sail. I’m only part of the standby crew, Joe said, clutching her hand.

Madeleine chastised herself for making her sorrow so apparent that he already regretted the momentous opportunity. For your family’s sake, I hope you do, Joe.

She reached a reassuring hand up to stroke his face, brushing through the black locks curling softly over his ears and luxuriating in the feel of his skin beneath her fingertips. She loved to touch him. In the unending cold of her world, his warmth was a heartening reprieve.

With Dad out on strike with the rest of the miners, we need every penny at home. Joe sighed as his thoughts diverted from the glamour of Titanic to the reality of his home life.

Madeleine forced down the anticipated loneliness already swelling in her chest at the prospect of his departure, and concentrated on the practicalities. How long will you be gone?

A few weeks, if I sail. Unless I meet a rich heiress, of course, in which case I may never come back. Joe teased her with a nudge and a wink.

Madeleine let him coerce her into a smile.

What difference will a matter of days make? After all, she had endured a long past without him.

Don’t fret. You’re the only one for me, my love.

He dropped a kiss on the back of her hand. The mere touch of his lips sent a tingle of illicit sensation along her suddenly sensitive skin.

When I return, I want us to get serious. I would like to meet your parents and discuss our future, Madeleine.

Joe’s earnest proposal reached into the place where Madeleine’s soul should have been and caught her unawares. His youthful naïveté was a stark contrast to the cunning of the men who’d used and abused her over the years. In the quest for her ‘happily-ever-after’, she had succumbed to too many false promises to find, in the end, her body was all they wanted. Her beauty was both a blessing and a curse.

With hair like spun gold, eyes the color of the sea and a figure most men fantasized about, Madeleine knew she could