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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 crowd on the dock watched as  The Black Tide sailed out to sea towards the setting sun.  None of them moved until it was so dark they could only see where the ship was because of the floating orbs of light coming from the lanterns.

Ilona stood on the deck of her ship and, for the first time in a very long time, felt completely at ease.  This was it.  This was where she belonged.  Courts and dresses had been nice, but she had been born to be a pirate.

She breathed in deeply through her nose, smelling the salty sea air which was so much more robust the farther away from the land they sailed.  The dampness in the breeze was already causing her thick brown waves to curl into little springs around her ears and face.