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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

The trek back to their home was much quicker than the trip to the pirate camp had been. Mason and Ilona were no longer slowed down by carrying the heavy bags.  Mason only brought a couple they had emptied out and now planned to fill with more things for the pirates. The sky was also growing lighter as it grew closer to dawn, so their path was easier to see than before.

"What are we going to tell Jamie?" Ilona asked Mason quietly as they grew ever closer to the rocky beach. A cool breeze swept over their skin and caused Ilona to shiver.  She couldn't wait to get home to her bed.

"I don't know," the handsome man sighed, "but I think I need to speak to him before we show him where we live and admit we've been lying."

"You're probably right," Ilona agreed, "I don't want him to think our hiding things was anything to do with him... or Nick or my mother, for that matter."

A Friend, A Brother