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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 paced back and forth in front of the cave and glanced up at the sky again.  He had finished cooking the oysters some time ago and wrapped them up for later.  He'd put out his fire and given up on his shirt drying there, hanging instead over a branch so that it might dry once the sun came out again.

He had thought Ilona would be back by now.  The sun was already moving from overhead and heading for the horizon.  It was still early, but not that early.  It had been a good while since they had eaten, and she had left.

He checked the cave and found she hadn't taken her swords with her.  He had the knife with him.  That meant Ilona had gone off on her own with nothing to protect herself.

Mason swore and continued pacing, running his hands over his face before pressing them against his eyes.

He hadn't heard her scream.  She had said she would scream if she were in trouble, but he hadn't heard it.

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