Star-Crossed

Star-Crossed by Linda Collison

When Patricia Kelly hears of her father's death, she sets out from England for the island of Barbados, where she expects her father's plantation to be her dowry. In order to get there, Patricia has to stowaway on a ship. Once discovered, she agrees to help the ship's doctor in exchange for her passage. And so begins her double life. By day she wears her "proper" clothes and attends to the ill and injured. By night she dons sailor's clothes and mingles with the crew. Star-Crossed tells the story of how one strong girl must choose between the life she believes she is to want, and the life she really wants.