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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 tossed their swords to Nick and Sam before taking Ilona's hand and helping her into the rocking boat. Sam took her other hand and helped her to sit once she was inside it. Mason jumped over himself, but was so sore and stiff that he fell forward into Sam. Sam and Jamie caught him, righting him and easing him down next to Ilona on the lifeboat's wooden bench.

"You two look terrible," Nick commented, studying them closely, arms folded.

"Did jumping off a cliff end up being less fun than you thought it would be?" Jamie teased from beside him.

"Better than being eaten," Mason sighed. "You two smell awful, by the way."

"Yes, well, we spent the day hiding in mounds of dead fish," Nick rolled his eyes, sitting as the men began to row away from the rocks. "We spent hours marinating in it like meat. It's going to take ages to get rid of the stench."

Conquering Heros