Priscilla Alone in Bloomington, MN

In May of 1866, Prisicilla boards the
Emma
, an ironclad merchant ship traveling from Boston to Corpus Christi, Texas. Denied the company of her lady's maid, Priscilla embarks on the journey alone. Faced with superstitious seamen, civil unrest in New Orleans, and her own doubts, she resolves to honor her father's wishes, and marry Josiah Pennyman, a man her father betrothed her to. A man Priscilla has never met. Things don't go as planned. When Josiah Pennyman reveals his true nature, Priscilla hopes only to escape this nightmare, and Texas, with her life.