Overview

1898. Aboard the RMS Victoria’s Grace, bound from Liverpool to New York, two women from opposite worlds collide: one born into ivory and etiquette, the other into soot and survival.

Catherine Ashbury, a refined upper-class heiress, is being shipped off across the Atlantic for an arranged marriage to save her family’s dwindling fortune. Cloaked in silk, obedience, and unspoken longing, she’s resigned to her fate—until she meets a girl who lives with no rules at all.

Nell Nolan, a tough and clever third-class passenger from East London, is an orphaned pickpocket disguised as a seamstress. With calloused hands and a pocket full of stolen coins, Nell isn’t afraid of breaking laws—or hearts. She boards the Victoria’s Grace with a stolen ticket and nothing left to lose, desperate to start a new life in America.

Their first meeting is accidental. Their second, unforgettable.

What begins as curiosity becomes defiance—then desire.

But love is dangerous in the shadows of a ship ruled by class, reputation, and silent codes.

And when disaster strikes in the icy Atlantic, Catherine and Nell must face a choice no woman should have to make:

Love, or survival.