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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 and Nick sat and told the others what they had found on the mountain.  Jennings commented here and there but was wise enough to know to keep quiet.  Ilona could see it was as she had expected, and the man hadn't been able to keep up for most of the trip.  However, she was surprised when her brother informed her he had actually made it to the top, even if he was far behind.

It wasn't long into the story when Ilona figured out the thing Mason had done that Nick had known she would be unhappy about.  The entrance to this dragon's cave was apparently blocked almost completely from view unless you were right in front of it.  Instead of going back and finding another dragon that was easier to access, Mason had slid down the embankment, ending up directly in front of the dragon's lair.  It was sheer luck that he hadn't woken up the dragon and needed to fight for his life.

He was careful not to meet her eyes as this part of the tale was told.

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