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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

When Ilona woke up, the skies were light grey, signaling that the sun would be up soon.  She had slept curled up with Mason, his arms around her, keeping her warm.  She had been worried he would get cold, but he had assured her he was fine and it was an unusually warm night.

After today, she hoped they wouldn't have to worry about being cold any longer.  One of the things she desperately wanted to find aboard her ship was a blanket or two.

After waking up her sleeping Prince, they both went out to the beach to take in the sight of the ship now that it was getting lighter and try to devise a plan.  Growing up a pirate, Ilona had much more experience with such things than Mason did, so he left it mostly up to her.

The Climb