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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

Ilona felt uneasy with her mother's sudden subject change.  All anyone had talked about for days was the next dragon and the next attack.  To talk about something else seemed strange.

However, the crackling of the fire could have been the tension crackling between them.  Ilona didn't know what to say to her mother's words, and so she said nothing.

When Ilona didn't reply, Anja continued.

"I know you love Mason… but I hope you see that it would be very dangerous for you to have a child here on this island… from the pregnancy, the birth, and then just having a baby here at all... it's all dangerous here."

"Everything is dangerous here, mother," Ilona muttered, not meeting the woman's eye as she bit at one of her nails.

Mother and Brothers