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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

Ilona chewed at her nails as she watched her mother examine the Prince's head.  She'd had to call for a bowl of warm water and some towels to try to clean the wound well enough to see it.  He would still need to wash out his hair, but she could at least take a good look at his head now.

"Well, he's going to need stitches," Anja said matter-of-factly after some time, "I can finish cleaning the area up, but since your Father's doctor is here, Ilona, he might as well be the one to do the sewing.  His stitches are neater than mine anyway and will leave less of a scar."

"The boys were supposed to call for him already," Ilona frowned, "I don't know what's taking him so long."

Her mother smirked, "I'd imagine they had to wake him.  The men were up laying playing cards and enjoying their drink while your Father's away."

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