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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 took some of the men back to the beach to collect more oysters, and Ilona took her mother with her to collect more figs.  Ever since they had discovered the fruits, the men had had much more to eat.  Full bellies left everyone in better spirits.

After Ilona had made it clear to everyone that she supported Mason's plan to rid the island of the dragons, nearly all the men had joined up to help in the attacks.  The ones who hadn't were mostly older and weaker.

Although they weren't fit to fight, Anja enlisted the men that were left to assist her in caring for the wounded.  While the others practiced with swords, she passed out needles and gave demonstrations on how to wrap wounded limbs.  Luckily these men had spent a good portion of their lives as pirates, so they were very familiar with many different kinds of injuries.

The Promises We Keep