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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 was quiet then, which only worked to make Ilona more nervous. Maybe she had gone too far. Maybe that was too forward to say. They were getting close to the part of the mountain where they would have to climb up the tree. That would force them to be close with the other pirates again and the conversation would be over.

"Ilona, I... I want to have my life with you," he said at last, "Where we build it won't matter, as long as I'm with you."

Ilona felt her spirits rise, and a smile curved her lips.

Until she looked up at him and saw he wasn't smiling.

"But?" she asked quietly.

"But I think it's dangerous here," he said, "Even without the dragons and the threat of Vane's men. We still don't have medical supplies or proper medicine. Your mother works miracles, but she's not a real trained doctor. We don't have reliable food or..."

Building A Life. Building Trust.