Kiss of Steele in Bloomington, MN

SS Florentia, 1887
Monia
For years, my mother tormented me about finding a husband, and when I find a handsome, foreign prince interested in me, she has a nervous breakdown and sends me away. So here I am, on a cruise ship sailing around the Mediterranean Sea with a sulky former pugilist as my chaperone, Mr. Rennie Steele. My mother also forbade me to see the prince again without giving me an explanation. Is the prince in danger? Married? Why doesn't anyone tell me anything?
Rennie knows the truth, but he refuses to talk. So when I see the prince on the ship, I decide to sneak behind Rennie's back.