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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

Mason looked down into Ilona's rich chocolate eyes under long black lashes. As he studied them, he noticed there were the tiniest flecks of gold in the dark brown.

His eyes moved down to her plump, rose-colored lips, and as he watched them, they parted just a little.

He was suddenly aching to know what those lips tasted like.

Leaning down, he took a breath and closed his eyes, his heart pounding in his chest. He had wanted to kiss Ilona Black since he'd seen her that night in his study. Now, they were finally alone, and this was his chance.

Instead, to his surprise, he heard her sudden gasp. His eyes flew open in time to see her jump back, letting go of the jar of milk. They both watched in shock as it fell to the ground and broke into a dozen pieces, milk going everywhere.

They stared at it for a moment longer before he looked up at her again.

Tricks and Turns