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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

Try as they might, Ilona and Mason couldn't manage to get the door to her quarters open.  The Prince had shoved, yanked, and tried slamming into it, but it wouldn't budge.  At last, they admitted defeat.

"I think the deck is going to have to be repaired before we can get this open," Mason sighed, rubbing his shoulder that he'd used to hit the door.

Ilona could only nod, so overwhelmed and defeated by everything that was happening.

Mason looked at her with concern.  Her hair had been tied back into a bun before but was now falling out with pieces hanging down.  She had dark shadows under her eyes, proving she needed sleep, and if he didn't know her better, he would have guessed she was on the verge of tears.

"Thank you for trying," she spoke, at last, her voice rough.

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