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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 numb as she washed in the stream, but it wasn't because of the chilly waters flowing over her.  It was as if her mind was in a fog.  It couldn't process what was happening or what had happened that brought them here.  None of it seemed possible.

Her mother stitched up a long slice across her upper arm, left there from her fight with Charlie.  The one on her side was deeper and needed more tending to, washing, stitches, and then bandaging to keep it from becoming a danger.  The gash on her thigh, although long and bloody, turned out to be shallow enough that bandaging was all it needed.

While fighting the other pirates, both Anja and Sam had ended up with injuries that would require stitches as well.  Sam had been keeping watch while Anja took care of her daughter and then herself.  When it came time to care for Sam, however, both he and Anja looked at Ilona with uncertainty.

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