We all crave love. We try to fill the void inside with any number of poor substitutes. We seek validation from empty outlets. We're thirsty for compliments. We change who we are to impress people who aren't looking and don't care. Yet, we are still desperately searching for a love that changes everything for us, a love that doesn't fade and doesn't fail--even when we do. That's the kind of love God shows that he has for us through the remarkable story of Hosea and Gomer. Unpacking this powerful love story from the Old Testament in a way you have never heard, pastor Micah Berteau releases us from the fears, hurts, insecurities, and anxieties of life by showing us just how extravagantly we are loved--in spite of our faults, our failures, and our sins. If you're tired of trying so hard to be worthy of someone else's love, lost in what's fake, or drawn to live in the temporary, Micah Berteau has good news for you--there is a better way to live and love. Foreword by Jentezen Franklin.

A former championship surfer, a college student craving adventure, and the billion-dollar inheritance that might ruin everything. Indigo Quinn needs a break from her high school sweetheart who's pressuring her to settle down. College in Hawaii seems like the perfect escape. While her head knows she should be sensible, her heart craves adventure—a chance to really live, to find something more! But when adventure comes in the way of Keoni Alana, a former championship surfer with movie-star looks and piercing green eyes, Indigo is unprepared for the sparks that fly. Intense attraction gives way to a tender romance as Indigo is pulled into Keoni’s enchanting and exotic world. But Keoni has a complicated past and a billion-dollar inheritance on the line. The idyllic island setting takes a darker turn when Indigo fears she’s being stalked and unwittingly becomes the pawn in a web of deceit. Caught between duty and love, Indigo and Keoni must decide how much they’re willing to risk to find out if love really can change everything. The Hawaii Billionaire Romances are each stand-alone novels, but some of the characters interconnect. Here’s the order of the books: Love Him or Lose Him Love on the Rocks Love on the Rebound Love at the Ocean Breeze Love Changes Everything Love the Movie Star Love Under Fire (A companion book to the Hawaii Billionaire Series)

After discovering that the little orphaned child that she had fallen in love with in the pediatric unit was actually her husband Stevens child with his recently deceased secretary, Racquel Levin is distraught and unsure about how to carry on with life as they had known it. Seeing as her happy family unit was falling apart, Racquel decides to go away for a few days to think things through. On her way to a healing retreat, she gets involved in a near-tragic car accident and is admitted into the ICU where she remained unconscious for a couple of weeks. April is a busy, career-orientated young woman who has just found her footing in a very well-known marketing firm. Her world literally comes to a halt when her mother almost dies in a car crash, trying to get away from her father. April visits her mother everyday at the hospital, and unbeknown to her, she catches the attention of a drop-dead-gorgeous British resident doctor, Jason Watson, who is still healing from the scars left by the demons of his past. As Jason and April search for their answers, their love story becomes an inspiration for Racquel and Steven as their family gains a new understanding of Gods divine emotional and physical healing and the realization that true joy and peace come where grace and forgiveness abound.

Dr. Samantha Brooks is having a midlife crisis. Her twin sons are about to go off to college, leaving her struggling to find direction. On top of that, she’s being deposed for a lawsuit. And just when it can’t get any worse, she finds out her lawyer is Kirby Fielding, the woman she had a brief but dazzling affair with just before starting medical school. Sam didn’t have the courage to follow her heart back then, or to reach out to Kirby since, but now she’s ready for a change. She only hopes Kirby will give her another chance to prove that love changes everything.

Fourteen-year-old Trixie Jackson hoped she had a future to look forward to. But when she is sacked from the local factory she is forced to work as a housekeeper for one of her father's friends - a man she instinctively dislikes. Kept under lock and key, her life soon becomes a living hell. But in her haste to escape she injures herself and ends up in hospital. However, her troubles are only just beginning. When her mother is involved in a tragic accident and dies, Trixie and her younger sister Cilla are left at the mercy of their bullying father. All too quickly he brings his mistress Daisy into the house. And she will stop at nothing to make the girls' lives utter misery.

Hallie Cavanagh's interview for a much-needed position at ARK Enterprises goes belly-up when she forgets who is boss. CEO Aaron Knight is not only ruthless and arrogant but the sizzle between them knocks her right off her feet. Aaron answers to no one. When he meets Hallie, he's impressed by her cool confidence and ideals but stunned by his out-of-control attraction to her. He doesn't want a woman in his life. Why would he? He doesn't believe in love. Hallie knows what she wants, but business deals, Aaron's secrecy, and his disbelief in love can wreck her plans before she even gets to stage one.

Donna L. Marotto is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Connecticut. She is also a Faith Formation Director and Youth Minister. She is a practicing Third (Lay) Order Franciscan and is part of the Korban Fraternity in Rockville. She lives in CT with her husband and two boys, Nathan and Luke, ages 16 and 12. If you want to contact her, please do so by visiting her website at Youarelovedministry.com

A young girl. An Opera Ghost. A year after the incident with Christine another soprano finds herself in the Phantom's lair, but this time one with much more ability and drive. Can she convince him to make her a star or will he find a way to dispose of her first?

In the summer of 1983, Caroline was recovering from her thirty-two-year-old sisters untimely death, working as a consultant in rural Tennessee, and writing her sisters story. Then, in one startling moment, she was struck by lightning. Its message? Develop a relationship with Al Gore, Jr, then a US congressman, for the purpose of ending the threat of nuclear war. Although she had had little political experience, Caroline heeded the message of the lightning bolt, albeit reluctantly. In time, she moved her family to Washington, DC, where she could work to affect policy. In an era in which the US and Soviet Union had 50,000 nuclear weapons between them, she found herself surrounded by politicians who wanted to build even more. Hundreds of dreams and the voice of Spirit led Caroline ever deeper into the political arena, urging her to build relationships based on love and respect with members of Congress and the Supreme Soviet, defense analysts, peace activists, scientists, and vice presidents of both the United States and the USSR. Love Changes Things is a David and Goliath story where David included millions of people working to end nuclear test explosions worldwide. In this extraordinary story, what tamed the dragon was lovean ingredient that is often missing in social change work, but essential to creating a world at peace. The premise is simple, and the tools are easy to use.

In his previous book, Faith Refractioned, the author suggested that faith needs to be periodically refracted by looking at it through the lens of our prevailing understanding of the world. For our fathers, this was the world of “supernatural beings” and “mystical powers.” For us today, it is the world of science and reason—and faith will only reveal its true beauty when refracted through this prism. In this book, the author addresses an argument made by religious traditionalists, which says that without God or gods, there can be no morality. He outlines how morality can be explained as a natural phenomenon, how it helps humanity survive and thrive, and how it can be encapsulated within the framework of a moral compass. The author observes that for our forefathers, morality was obedience to the laws of God. But with the belief in God in sharp decline in most of the Western world, morality either doesn’t exist or it is somehow part of our evolved nature. Accordingly, through much trial and error, an almost global consensus has been achieved about the elements of a moral code. But this consensus is fragile and demands constant nurturing if it is to withstand the pressures of modern, high-speed living.