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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

<p>      Mason and the pirates that were left used the low glowing branches to look around them.  At first, it appeared they were inside another cavern, but they quickly realized it was just the tunnel widening before dipping down into the mountain.  With the ground still shaking from the dragons fighting, they all decided to move down farther into the tunnels for the sake of safety.  No one knew how thick the ground was above them, and they didn't want to risk it.</p>

<p>      Holding the burning branch up high, the pirate Jess led them.  The drop was steep, and the tunnel was narrow.  The men had to reach out on either side of them and brace themselves against the stone walls to keep from falling.  The air was cool and damp, smelling of earth and the faint smoke from their light.</p>

Tunnels