Fear can be crippling. Bitterness can take root in your heart. Discouragement knocks on the door to your mind. In a tangled web of searching for joy, you trip over past hurts that haunt your present state. We can bury these negative aspects from others, or at least attempt to, but when we are honest with ourselves, we need to find healing. Love Unbroken: A Simple Word is a chance. A chance to find some hope in the middle of your dark day. A chance to find healing in the midst of brokenness. A chance to challenge your perspective while growing your faith. The answers lie in the love God has for us that cannot be broken. Intentionally kept simple, these devotionals are for anyone who just needs a short word of encouragement.

Riana: I wasn’t expecting to meet anyone when I arrived at Shaw University. After my last stint at love, the only thing I wanted to focus on is getting through my first semester of college without any drama. That was my intentions, until I met Shawn Walker. At first I didn’t like him. He was arrogant and cocky; someone that I could easily despised, if he wasn’t so damn sexy. But one night changed my thoughts about him. I was able to let down my guard and be myself. Now, I have a second chance at love. Will I let myself love again, or will I continue to live in the past? Shawn: After my last girlfriend cheated on me, love was not on my agenda. I tried to escape it at all costs, until I met Riana Robertson. After thinking she was like every other girl, I easily avoided being around her, but that night, when I saw what happened to her, I had to help her. I had to protect her. That night changed the way I felt about her and I realized I could fall hard for her. But will our relationship survive once she finds out the truth about me. Or will I lose her forever…

New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith turns to realistic fiction with the thoughtful story of a Native teen navigating the complicated, confusing waters of high school — and first love. When Louise Wolfe’s first real boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people in front of her, she breaks things off and dumps him over e-mail. It’s her senior year, anyway, and she’d rather spend her time with her family and friends and working on the school newspaper. The editors pair her up with Joey Kairouz, the ambitious new photojournalist, and in no time the paper’s staff find themselves with a major story to cover: the school musical director’s inclusive approach to casting The Wizard of Oz has been provoking backlash in their mostly white, middle-class Kansas town. From the newly formed Parents Against Revisionist Theater to anonymous threats, long-held prejudices are being laid bare and hostilities are spreading against teachers, parents, and students — especially the cast members at the center of the controversy, including Lou’s little brother, who’s playing the Tin Man. As tensions mount at school, so does a romance between Lou and Joey — but as she’s learned, “dating while Native” can be difficult. In trying to protect her own heart, will Lou break Joey’s?

A swoony, small town romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix! A smokin’ hot single father & a heroine running from her past collide in an emotional romance. Alaska offers Emma the chance for a fresh start. She has less than zero need for a man, thank you very much. But she wasn’t counting on Trey Holden. He’s so hot, her defenses melt at nothing more than a smile. He’s also a father, pilot, and lawyer all in one. Meanwhile, Emma’s life is more than a hot mess. It’s absolutely not smart to fall for Trey. Yet, smart isn’t part of the equation when the fire between Trey and Emma burns too hot to be ignored. The past Emma’s trying to escape follows her to Alaska. Even though Trey is everything she needs, she pushes him away just when she needs him most. Trey isn’t a man to walk away from a challenge. He’s that kind of hero—strong, protective and willing to fight for the woman he loves. Emma & trey’s story is perfect for readers who love small town romance, hot heroes, smart & sassy heroines, friends to lovers, opposites attract, slow burn, emotional romance with a dash of angst, plenty of swoon, and a broody hero. *A full-length standalone romance.

Western culture is so open about sex that problems of any type in this area are regularly minimized or scoffed at, even by professionals. Unbroken Love: Overcoming Sexual Dysfunction in a Christian Marriage tackles the challenging subject of painful intercourse for women and handles it with grace, openness, sensitivity, and understanding. Rachel Louise and David Alexander share their personal backgrounds, wedding night, attempts to seek help, and ultimate victory in this much-needed book about vaginismus, especially in the church. They reveal their confusion, guilt, frustration, and lack of understanding at how this rarely discussed topic affected them individually and as a couple. Lay people and professionals alike will learn much from this gutsy book that lays everything on the table. The reader will find hope through any difficult taboo subject, no matter what kind, as you follow Rachel and David's challenging journey to restoration.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more. In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, against all odds, Zamperini survived, adrift on a foundering life raft. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. Appearing in paperback for the first time—with twenty arresting new photos and an extensive Q&A with the author—Unbroken is an unforgettable testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit, brought vividly to life by Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand. Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography and the Indies Choice Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year award “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] one-in-a-billion story . . . designed to wrench from self-respecting critics all the blurby adjectives we normally try to avoid: It is amazing, unforgettable, gripping, harrowing, chilling, and inspiring.”—New York “Staggering . . . mesmerizing . . . Hillenbrand’s writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so incredible, you don’t dare take your eyes off the page.”—People “A meticulous, soaring and beautifully written account of an extraordinary life.”—The Washington Post “Ambitious and powerful . . . a startling narrative and an inspirational book.”—The New York Times Book Review “Magnificent . . . incredible . . . [Hillenbrand] has crafted another masterful blend of sports, history and overcoming terrific odds; this is biography taken to the nth degree, a chronicle of a remarkable life lived through extraordinary times.”—The Dallas Morning News “An astonishing testament to the superhuman power of tenacity.”—Entertainment Weekly “A tale of triumph and redemption . . . astonishingly detailed.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “[A] masterfully told true story . . . nothing less than a marvel.”—Washingtonian “[Hillenbrand tells this] story with cool elegance but at a thrilling sprinter’s pace.”—Time “Hillenbrand [is] one of our best writers of narrative history. You don’t have to be a sports fan or a war-history buff to devour this book—you just have to love great storytelling.”—Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks