He Jumped First

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>TWO LIVES. ONE SECRET. A LOVE THAT REFUSED TO SINK.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>When Hollywood producer Ben Howell dies by suicide he leaves behind a single unassuming key-and a lifetime of unanswered questions. His estranged son Will expects to tie up loose ends. What he finds instead is a hidden journal that unlocks more than just a door. It unleashes the voice of a seventeen-year-old boy named Benji trapped forever on the decks of the </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Titanic</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> as it plunged toward disaster. Through his father's words-aching with longing and regret-Will is drawn into Benji's haunting story: a boy who amidst luxury and legend found a love he was never meant to have. </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A forbidden love so fierce it would alter the course of two lives forever.</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>-As the </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Titanic</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> sails toward its fate Benji's desperate passion unfolds. And as Will reads deeper into his father's confessions he uncovers a devastating truth about that frozen April night-learning that some survivors never truly escaped the disaster </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>their secrets drowning them long after the ship sank.</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>-Now standing at the edge of his father's truth Will must decide: Was Ben's death the end of the story... </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>or the beginning of setting a soul free?</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>-From the depths of history comes a sweeping heartbreaking novel of </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>forbidden love family secrets and the unbearable cost of a life unlived.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>-He Jumped First</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> is a poignant blend of historical fiction forbidden romance and LGBTQ+ love sweeping readers from the gilded decks of the </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Titanic</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> to the silver shadows of old Hollywood.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>-Perfect for fans of the epic romance of </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Titanic</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> the heartbreaking secrets of </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> and the profound love of </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Song of Achilles</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>.</span></p>