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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 had spent her entire life surrounded by pirates and sailors.  The subject of death and what came after had come up more times than she could count.  None claimed to know for certain what would come, but they all seemed to agree on what they hoped it might be like.

Men and women who sailed the sea hoped that it wouldn't be taken from them after they drew their last breath.  They hoped when they reached whatever was to come, they would find themselves aboard a good vessel in the middle of a bright blue ocean.  To always feel the sun on their faces and the wind in their hair was the dream.

Ilona was no different from those who came before her.  If she had to leave their world, she hoped to find herself sailing in the next as well.

It was because of this that when she first began to wake, Ilona believed she was no longer alive.

In His Arms