Can blazing passion melt a frosty heart? When the gods breathed life into us, they blessed us with an element. It's a pity they didn’t care to bless anything else. The Empress of the Throne of Flames is assassinated. Acting as a decoy to protect the next Empress, the undervalued Princess Nymira flees to the north. She must now carry the sacred sword, the symbol of her people, and rejoin the new Empress. It is a mission Mira cannot fail but first, she must traverse the Western wastelands. The journey is perilous and the once sheltered princess finds herself rescued by the Ice Lord, Zorren. He is the leader of the Iceari, the natural enemy to Firelanders. Zorren is reputed to be a ruthless leader and Mira fights the attraction that blazes between them, resulting in a clash of not only their wills but also their elements. After all, fire and ice don’t mix. Or do they? This is book one of the new Bride of Fire series. Begin the journey to a mystical world and the adventure and romance that awaits. Publisher’s Note: This fantasy romance contains elements of danger, suspense, mystery, adventure, and sensual scenes set in an apocalyptic world.

Hidden Embers is a book for teachers who work expectantly with some of our schools’ lowest performing students. These students live disproportionately, in our country’s inner cities and poor rural communities. This book boldy declares that some educators and policy makers are making erroneous judgements about the ability of these students. Hidden Embers... cautions educators and policy makes to sweep away the ash of hopelessness, distrust and anger which has been heaped upon the children due to largely to factors beyond their control. In school they have just learned to roll with their perceptions of reality. Before we toss them onto the heap of failure employ some of the strategies collected in this insightful yet practical guide. There are burning embers hidden beneath the ashes. Embers of motivation, creativity, excitement and hope for the future. It requires pure educators, willing to run a soft brush over the heavy ashes, the students’ delayed potential. Discover glowing embers: dreams in the student’s delayed potential. Discover glowing embers: dreams in the student everyone else thought had been extinguished

Dive into the latest Dragon's Heat novel. In the New Mexico desert there is a secret race on the brink of extinction-the pure-blood shapeshifters of the Dragonstar clan. Their last hope for survival lies in the hands of Quinn Maguire, the desperate clan healer lost in love with a human female.

Get fired up for this steamy fantasy romance novella in the Dragon's Heat series from Tessa Adams.

Read Tessa Adams's posts on the Penguin Blog. A new erotic paranormal series, starring dragon shapeshifters, kicks off with a very sexy debut... Prince Dylan MacLeod is one of the last pure-blood dragon shape- shifters-and ruler of a dying race, the Dragonstar clan. It falls to him to protect his people and their ancient magic. But he has one important duty: to provide an heir... Like all dragons, Dylan, who has a dark, rampant sexual appetite, can only procreate with his destined mate-for whom he's searched for the last five hundred years. But his quest is delayed when a disease sweeps through the Dragonstars, and Dylan must venture to the human world to find a cure. He tracks down bio-chemist Phoebe Quillum, never imagining the beautiful scientist would be the mate he's been seeking. But even with the fate of the clan on their shoulders, Phoebe and Dylan are overcome by their sexual desire. Their passion turns to something truer, but when Phoebe is kidnapped by Dylan's oldest enemy, he must risk everything for his love and his clan...

Erotic fantasy so hot it breathes fire. Desperate to save his clan from deadly biological warfare, Dragonstar sentry Logan Kelly infiltrates the dangerous Wyvermoon clan- by posing as a rogue dragon. But his plan is compromised when he falls for Cecily, the Wyvermoon queen...