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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

While Ilona and Mason ate their dinner, Mason asked questions about the ship, and Ilona answered them.  When they had finished, neither one of them was very interested in parting ways.  After a moment of hesitation, Mason asked the pirate if she might walk along the decks with him and continue their lesson.

Ilona almost said no, worrying what her crew might think.  Then she pushed that aside.  Who were they to tell her she couldn't teach the Prince more about the ship?  She was the captain of it, after all.

"So that's the rudder," she informed him, pointing down towards the water as they leaned over the back rail a while later, "That's how you steer..."

"And this is a scupper... It lets the water that splashes onto the deck wash back off again."

Mason looked at the holes close to the deck that ran along the rails of the ship.  He had figured out what they would be used for, but he would never have guessed the name.

The Ship