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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 other loyal pirates hurried back along the tunnel the way they had come.  With nothing else to use as bandages, Mason removed his shirt and ripped a few long strips from it, wrapping and tying them around his head to stop the bleeding from the wound he had gotten.  He should have guessed he wouldn't be able to make it back to Ilona without some kind of injury that would require stitches.</p>

<p>      The men stopped again when they got back to where they had rested before.  They all sat, exhausted and hungry.  In the middle of them, Jamie propped the little branch that was now burned down to almost nothing.  Mason looked around at the haggard group and felt a pang of guilt.  He was their leader.  He should have taken better care of them.  What would his brother Daniel have done?  Or, better yet, what would Vincent have done?</p>

Weighing Risks