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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 stared at Ilona as her words echoed in his mind.

He had known there was a chance she might have heard about his reputation, but it had seemed unlikely.  Who would have told her anything?

His heart sank when he realized the only people who could have talked to her about him were his cousin Vincent, Vincent's wife Delaney, and Ilona's brother Ian.  Three people, he considered his closest friends.

What had they told her about him?  Mason could tell by the way she'd disliked him from the start that whatever they told her, it couldn't have been good.  Unfortunately, that didn't narrow down his options.  His reputation was what it was for a reason.

Still, he would have hoped three of his best friends might have tried to paint him in a better light.  They knew him beyond his reputation, after all.

The knowledge that they must not have done so hurt him.

The Horse