Meg Westmoreland's world shatters when her father dies unexpectedly, leaving her trapped in Southampton with a cruel mother and an abusive uncle. Desperate to escape, she seizes an opportunity when she learns of a promised marriage to a wealthy American—a contract that offers her ticket to freedom and a chance to rebuild her life far from high society's suffocating grip. Charles Ashton has spent years anticipating his arranged marriage to Meg, honoring his father's promise despite the distractions wealth and youth provide. Yet every attempt to meet his betrothed ends in frustration, until he questions whether Meg exists at all. Their paths finally converge on the deck of the Titanic, where fate orchestrates a meeting neither could predict. As Meg and Charlie find themselves aboard history's most iconic vessel, they must confront an impossible question: can destiny be rewritten, or are some futures already written in stone? Prelude sets the stage for Ghosts of Southampton Book 1, revealing the prequel to the Titanic's most unforgettable love story.