Margaret Ball

"I must find my own kind!" Found as an infant drifting in space, Acorna, the Unicorn Girl, has become a young woman. She still has her tiny, translucent horn, and her "funny" feet and hands. And, she still has her miraculous ability to make plants grow and heal human sickness. But Acorna has strange dreams of a gentle folk who mind-speak by touching horns. With her "Uncle" Calum, one of the three grizzled asteroid prospectors who rescued, protected, and raised her, she sets off to find her people. No sooner does she leave than a mysterious craft appears, piloted by the Linyaari, a gentle race with telepathic powers. The Linyaari are roaming the galaxy, spreading the alarm about the deadly Khleev--And searching for a beloved little girl they had given up for lost, long ago...

PURSUED BY DESIRE Rosamund couldn't resist his powerful embrace, the shiver of ecstasy that burned through her as he crushed her ripe breasts against his chest, and pressed his hungry lips onto her yielding flesh. Passion's fire consumed her, yet somewhere between a kiss and a moan she whispered, "No..." CAPTURED BY LOVE The danger adds to your pleasure, he mocked. Go on, say you never wanted me now. But she could not. She was already love's prisoner, even before the soft velvet and rustling silk fell away to reveal her milk-white flesh, even before his hand moved again, pulsing against her most secret places. Here was the man she had waited for...He was the one she must possess forever, no matter what the risk...

"Carefree Megumi Kuroishi was living a life of luxury until the day a girl named Suzuka Kogami walked into his life. All of a sudden, Megumi finds himself kneeling at Suzuka's feet and prostrating himself like a servant! What Megumi doesn't know (until that very moment anyway) is that his family is cursed to follow the orders of the Kogami family."--P. 4 of cover.

HER BRIDEGROOM WAS THE HANDSOMEST KNIGHT IN FRANCE-- AND UNDER OATH TO STAY OUT OF HER BED! When comely Mariette's scheming uncle arranged her marriage to Raoul de Valences, she bent to his will despite her unhappiness. But when-she reached her husband's castle, she found not the withered old man she expected, but a glorious young knight--who bad taken a sacred vow of chastity. Until his army drove the English out of France, the dark haired warrior would honor his vow and deny his desire... and Mariette would use her every wile to seduce the man who bad become everything to her!

"You may tell your friends that you have passed an afternoon with the famous Csikos. I Assure you they will be impressed." Laure had found social life in Vienna ever so much more pleasant than her own drab London—until she was kidnapped. Now that she had been safely returned, the memory of the handsome “bandit” who had kept her from harm during those brief hours taunted her constantly. From the court of Prince Metternich to gracious drawing rooms across the city, the name of Csikos was whispered in awe. But while all of Vienna knew of his exploits—only Laure could tell of his passion.

1985 Golden Medallion by Romance Writers of America Nominee for Historical Romance KINGDOM OF LOVE Alasdair Cameron wrapped the luscious vixen in his powerful embrace and let his eyes burn hungrily over her flawless body. Frances Murray was ripe for love--a bursting blossom--and this fiendishly handsome man sparked a strange new sensation that seared through her veins--as he kissed her soft, moist lips and filled her velvety flesh with honeyed pleasure… ISLAND OF ECSTASY He had made her a woman and no longer could Frances live without Alasdair’s fiery touch--a touch that made her delirious with desire. And as she pressed her body to his, she could feel him rising against her, ready to flood her secret places with the sweetness she savored--until together they were swept into a blazing inferno of wild raging passion. She would never let him go…

Married at sixteen to the sensual, powerful lord Nicolas de Rochambeau, the fiery Johanna de Pomeray defied her husband... who presumed to buy her obeisance with precious silks and jewels. By day the castle resounded with his demands, and with her bold protests. But by night he wooed his dark-haired beauty, who could not resist the depths of his molten passion. Only Nicolas knew how much he needed Johanna's love...even as he rode away to join a dangerous Crusade. Captured by the enemy, he battled his way to freedom, enraged that she had not sent ransom for him. when he returned in triumph to England, his lady stood before him, her green eyes flashing with fury and desire. Now Nicolas vowed to unravel the mystery of his wife's defiance, and to win her at last...heart and pride and soul!

Their love was as stormy as the sea that bore them away -- as glorious as the rapture they shared. Pursued by cruel conspirators who would stop as nothing to claim her fortune, Lady Ariane Vaughn disguised herself as a penniless waif and fled her vast manor for a remote seaside village. There she encountered Captain Talbot Sutherland, a wounded soldier of the king. At daybreak, she seized her only chance for safety, pretending to be Talbot's wife, she boarded the wounded officer's ship and sailed for Portugal! Restored to health by her tender care, Talbot was deeply aroused by Ariane's gentle touch. But her deceitful ruse kept his heart from full surrender, even as a fierce passion consumed them both. Wanting only to linger forever in his warm embrace, beautiful Ariane faced the greatest challenge of her life -- to prove her love and win the trust of this most handsome, arrogant man!

Detroit psychologist Alan Canty maintained a second identity as "Dr. Al Miller," an alleged physician who was drawn to the Motor City's lower depths. He began an affair with 19-year-old prostitute Dawn Spens and got to know her ex-convict pimp, John Fry; both of them were heavy drug users. The analyst lavished great amounts of money on Spens, well over a hundred-thousand dollars, all but bankrupting himself; his wife, also a psychologist, had no inkling of his double life or of his burgeoning debts. Finally, when Dr. Miller tried to break off the relationship, the pimp killed him.

Nothing could threaten a love as rapturous as a...Midsummer Rose THEY WERE DRAWN APART BY HIS GRAND INHERITANCE... BUT HER SWEET PASSION HELD CLAIM TO HIS HEART Playful and innocent, Cressida Parris had none of the elegance of her beautiful sister. And with her mother's death, Cressida no longer belonged to the gracious, garden-sweet world of English high society. Her artist father was adrift in bitterness and failure ... and she hid her sharp sorrow when the family's magnificent country estate was put up for sale. Then the young American man who had shared a summer's love with her returned to England -- and not a hint of passion in his eyes. It seemed that powerful, wealthy Robert Glenford had come back to spurn her and flaunt his desire for a charming, flirtatious young widow.... Determined to steel her aching heart, Cressida flees from her longing by taking a job as a simple housemaid -- while Robert plunges himself into the whirl of society life led by his new blond fancy. Separated by intrigue and deceit, Robert and Cressida meet again in a winter of loneliness that may never warm, unless he can prove what he knows now to be true ... that the love raging within him is for Cressida and Cressida alone....

In the shadowy back alleys of London, she saved his life -- and stole his heart! Raised in a perilous world of thieves and rogues, Gillie lived by her wiles and fiercely guarded her virtue. Then the delicate beauty encountered the handsome and gallant Baron Kinsale. When she boldly freed the rugged Scotsman from a band of cutthroats, she knew she would risk everything to possess him. Yet this wild sweet waif, this unpolished pearl, was still a lass...and Kinsale dared not yield to his desire. Instead he made her his ward, and sent her off to be schooled in the gentle arts and graces thus far denied her. Soon Gillie flourished into a ravishing woman, aching for a love too long forsaken. And Kinsale, unhappily pledged to another, swore at last to make her his own. Menaced by a deadly betrayal, they would test the power of their bond...and fight to claim the wondrous pleasure of their passion, forever!