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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

When Ilona left her cabin the following morning, it was just before sunrise.  She went below deck to the galley and sat down to eat breakfast at a rough wooden table.  Nick, Sam Thatch, and Pierce Vane took up their seats around her table as well.  Being the highest-ranking people on the ship, they almost always ate their meals together.

There was a second longer table a bit farther back, and it was there the crew gathered to have their meals in shifts.

The Captain's table was quiet until Anja placed their plates in front of them.  Once they'd had a few bites of their breakfast and were a bit more awake, they talked.

"The wind still hasn't returned," Nick spoke between bites, "We only have a very slight breeze, and it's barely moving us along.  If you add this delay to the delay caused by being blown so far off course, we're easily more than a week behind schedule."

A Sailor