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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

Mason left Ilona to climb up into the rigging and help the pirates there.  A few had gone down to hammer boards over the hole in the deck in an attempt to keep the coming rain out of the Captain's cabin, but it would be no use.  They could see by looking at the heavy, black clouds that the rain would be dumped upon them soon.

The air was wet as if it was already raining, but it was just the water coming off the waves as they crashed all around.  The wind whistled as it blew through the ship, making the temperature drop lower with each passing moment.

With all sails full for the first time since the dragon attack, the ship raced to reach land before the storm could catch up.  Ilona continued to glance back to see if it looked like the storm was blowing itself out, but it was not.  In fact, as much as she hated to admit it, she believed it was actually growing bigger and faster.

The Gathering Storm