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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 sent Isaiah to say goodbye to their mother and found herself standing alone with Mason.  She looked up at his forehead, where a little blood was mixed with his sweat around the cut.

She sighed, "I think you've been injured more since the night you left the castle than you have in the year leading up to it."

He laughed, his blue eyes sparkling as they looked down at her.

"That's not quite true... But I suppose I should expect spending so much time in the company of pirates to be hazardous."

Ilona rolled her eyes but couldn't hide her smile.

"How are you feeling?  I thought you might still be asleep when I woke up."

The Prince nodded and looked around them.

"I feel worlds better since I slept.  I think a majority of my trouble might have been from exhaustion.  I would have slept longer, but there were some... interruptions."

A Friend And A Liar