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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 steered her ship, hearing it groan in protest as she did so.  She closed her eyes and tried to feel the air and read if the fog would be gone soon, but she couldn't tell for sure.

She wished Nick was there with her.  He had an amazing ability for being able to tell how the weather was going to turn.  He wouldn't be able to help her for a while though after she'd assigned him and Mason to their task.  Ilona glanced upward again into the fog.  Neither of the men had come falling down to their death yet, so she was assuming things were still going well enough.

She bit at a nail and wished the bell would announce the watch change.  With the fog so thick, she couldn't guarantee Mason and Nick were safe, so it was making her anxious.  She reminded herself there was no way they would be stupid enough to get in a fight that high in the air.

Steering Into Storms