Synopsis: A Rose By Another Name

Twenty-year-old Victoria (Tori) Fairbanks, daughter of a wealthy merchant in regency London, has been pledged against her will into a marriage of convenience. Willful and independent young redhead that she is, Tori stows away on a ship to America.
She is discovered by the swarthy and suitably rakish Captain Keith O'Connor, who gives her a choice: either go along with his plan to make her the ship's cook, or have her true identity revealed to the crew and, ultimately, all of London high society.
As the tension between them ebbs with the waves, Tori must choose between a future forged by her family and the destiny that calls her to a love that cannot be.

(I've read or skimmed about 2 dozen romance novels, and I think I'm up to the task. It *almost* writes itself. I hope I can stop being facetious long enough to enjoy creating simple but effective characters who can interact realistically.)