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Ilona Black is the oldest daughter of the Pirate King. All her life, she's wanted to be a great pirate captain, just like her father. When she's finally given the chance, however, things go terribly wrong- Ilona's younger siblings have been captured and now it's up to her to get them back.

All hope seems lost until she happens to meet the wickedly handsome Prince Mason who is having his own bad luck. He has been promised to marry a princess who he is quite certain is evil. He has no way to escape the marriage but once he meets the beautiful pirate Captain he comes up with a plan that will help them both. He will marry the daughter of the cruel king who took Ilona's siblings.

They sail away and the plan seems perfect. Mason will escape the evil princess and Ilona will get her siblings back.

But what happens when they start to fall for each other and put their whole plan in jeopardy? And what if their ship never reaches its destination at all?

The Prince and The Pirate

The bell for dinner rang soon after the men had left, so the women went together to the dining room. They mainly ate in silence except for the faint sound of thunder in the distance and the rain pattering against the glass of the windows.

Ilona couldn't manage to hide her worry from Delaney, so when the Duchess invited her to go to the sitting room, play cards, and have a drink of wine, Ilona accepted.

"That sounds nice," she said with a bit of a smile, "But let's play in your room instead. That way, we will have a view out the window of the street in case they come back again."

"Alright," Delaney nodded as she got up, "We can do that. Come on. Let's go upstairs."

The Distraction