As a historian, Alice Murphy lives safely in all pasts but her own. She works at Chisholm University delving into tomes and histories to forget about her own tumultuous childhood, filled with the abandonment of her mother and the emotional neglect of her father. When scientists at the university discover time travel and approach with an idea to send historians back in time, Alice finally decides to take a leap. A leap that leads her straight to the Titanic's doomed maiden voyage to uncover the tragedy that unfolded so many years ago. Alongside her best friend Ben, Alice is thrust into a restrictive life of women in the past and finds herself inexplicably drawn to one of the passengers, a steward named Charlie Hughes-a man who is doomed to die. Through uncovering the truth about the Titanic's demise, Alice uncovers love and must decide if saving the man who finally broke through her walls is worth changing history forever.