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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

"I-Ilona... You have to w-wake up now."

Mason spoke to his beautiful pirate through chattering teeth, but she didn't stir.  He slowly moved one hand to the side of her neck to try to feel for her pulse, but his fingers were too stiff and numb for him to be able to.  His heart was beating slowly from the cold, but the realization that he didn't know if Ilona was alive or not made him begin to panic and his pulse pick up.

He had to do something.  He couldn't let her die.

Looking ahead at their salvation, Mason focused and stretched out his stiff legs until he felt them hit something again.

By some miracle, the storm had swept them up to an island, and now the Prince was determined to get them out of the freezing ocean and onto the dry, sandy beach beyond as soon as he could.

Cold And Numb