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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

After returning from the battle against the dragon, the cave was a different place.  There was no boisterous laughter and talking, no games of cards or singing sailor's songs.  It was quiet with only the crackling fire, hushed murmurs of talking, and occasional moans or groans of the injured.

Of the dozen injured men that had returned in the hammocks, Anja had managed to keep them all alive.  The men who were injured but still able to walk on their own were all alive as well.  The only lives lost were those that had to be retrieved from the mountain.

Before Nick had even paused to get the line of stitches in his shoulder where the dragon's talon had caught him, he returned to the place where they had fought and brought down one of their fallen men.  A line of pirates moved as a solemn procession, a hammock between each pair of them carrying a lost friend.

The Losses