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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

Jamie was in awe of Mason and Ilona's cave home, both because of its beautiful ceiling and because of everything they had collected there.

He walked around slowly, picking up tools, cups, and other things and examining them before returning them to their places. He was especially happy when he saw they had a pot to cook the collected crabs in. The three of them settled in to eat, glad to be together again.

As Jamie chewed, he looked around him, his gaze drifting over and over to the beautiful bejeweled ceiling.

"It's lovely, isn't it?" Ilona asked her younger brother, smiling as she watched him.

"It is," he nodded, "if Father were here, he would want us to find a way to collect the gemstones."

Ilona nodded, gazing upward as she considered this, "Yes… he would already be calculating their value in his head... ready to have the men load them all onto the ships and sail away with them."

The Three