A powerful message of hope for anyone burdened by shame and for everyone who longs for a fresh, passionate, and fierce life. Now in convenient trade paperback and featuring a bonus section for guided reflection. This retitled edition of People of the Second Chance centers on HOPE. Every fierce and free life starts with that at the core. And every reader longs for a passionate and unstoppable spirit. This book will equip the reader to fight for hope and victory for others and also themselves. Foster's examination of hope is one part challenge, two parts encouragement. He forces the reader to ask the following questions: How did I lose it? How do I get? How do I give it? Each question is broken down into core concepts that are essential to a life devoted to the power of fierce and free living: awareness, discovery, ownership, forgiveness, acceptance, and freedom.

A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system through the intertwining stories of seven parolees striving to survive the chaos that awaits them after prison in this illuminating and dramatic book. Prompted by a dead-end retail job and a vague desire to increase the amount of justice in his hometown, Jason Hardy became a parole officer in New Orleans at the worst possible moment. Louisiana’s incarceration rates were the highest in the US and his department’s caseload had just been increased to 220 “offenders” per parole officer, whereas the national average is around 100. Almost immediately, he discovered that the biggest problem with our prison system is what we do—and don’t do—when people get out of prison. Deprived of social support and jobs, these former convicts are often worse off than when they first entered prison and Hardy dramatizes their dilemmas with empathy and grace. He’s given unique access to their lives and a growing recognition of their struggles and takes on his job with the hope that he can change people’s fates—but he quickly learns otherwise. The best Hardy and his colleagues can do is watch out for impending disaster and help clean up the mess left behind. But he finds that some of his charges can muster the miraculous power to save themselves. By following these heroes, he both stokes our hope and fuels our outrage by showing us how most offenders, even those with the best intentions, end up back in prison—or dead—because the system systematically fails them. Our focus should be, he argues, to give offenders the tools they need to re-enter society which is not only humane but also vastly cheaper for taxpayers. As immersive and dramatic as Evicted and as revelatory as The New Jim Crow, The Second Chance Club shows us how to solve the cruelest problems prisons create for offenders and society at large.

They broke the rules. He broke her heart. Does their love deserve a second chance?Juliette has been keeping a secret for months. Before she went to her semester abroad in Paris, she dated her best friend's older brother, Easton. What started as a whirlwind romance filled with forbidden meetings, came to a crashing halt when they crossed a line together that neither of them could return from.Now she's back in Ridgewater and has to face everyone she left behind. But there's one more secret she's afraid for anyone to discover. She's pregnant. And Easton is the father.But she has a plan: go to her grandma's house in Buffalo for the next few months. Keep the baby a secret. No one will ever have to know. But when Juliette sees signs that Easton might want a second chance, she wonders if keeping everything to herself is the best choice.Can a relationship built on such a rocky foundation have a chance at a happy ending? And what will Easton do if Juliette's secret comes out?MY SECOND CHANCE is a standalone novel in The Ridgewater High series. Perfect for readers who enjoy sweet YA romance with ballad-worthy chemistry, passionate kisses and endearing characters.

From USA Today bestselling author Dakota Davies comes a small town family saga full of family secrets and sizzling heat. Does every first love deserve a second chance? Six years ago, my world imploded and the only way to protect the girl of my dreams was to break our pact and set her free. Though I've settled into my new role as a single dad and firefighter, I've never forgotten Lori's bright smile, her determination, the crazy, reckless love we shared night after night that summer. So when a twist of fate brings her back to Penny Creek, I'm hell bent on winning her back. Turns out I can still make her blush, she's still full of surprises, and our chemistry is hotter than ever. But she's made it clear that in two weeks, she'll be returning to the life she left behind without me. Suddenly, I'm in a race against time to get her to stay. And just when I think we've scored our second chance, our pasts come back to push us apart once more. Can I fight hard enough to keep her this time? Fall in love with in Falling for My Fling, the sexy second chance romance readers are comparing to Lauren Blakely and Corinne Michaels. Buy Falling for My Fling today!

You got away the last time, but you won't be so lucky this time. I'll see you soon, princess, and this time, no one will save you. ********* Elizabeth's life has been far from happy. She has been treated as a slave her entire life, and her mate has rejected her. Jake, her older brother, is the only person who cares for her.Alpha Ryder, the most powerful Alpha in the world, is planning a journey to her pack. He is notorious for being nasty and merciless. People all around the world talk about him and his pack with horror. At age 21, he is the world's youngest Alpha.You cannot have two mates; you are only given one. How can these two be friends? They are vastly different, yet also strikingly similar.How would he protect her from her horrific past, a past neither of them knew about but in which they both played a significant role?

Like a butterfly being stuck inside a cocoon, Me Second Chance is a true story about a spiritual being stuck inside the cocoon of live. Trapped inside the walls of self destruction with little hope of ever being set free. His childhood seem very promising with the gifts and talents that he has been blessed with but as adulthood approaches wrong turns and poor decisions are made and the consequences of those decisions soon follows. The hopes and dreams seems destroyed. There is still a purpose in life but finding it appears to be out of reach. He discovers a power far greater than himself but he can't seem to tap into that power. After decades of devastation and struggles he finally taps into that source and the beautiful butterfly is released. Join me in this journey of being knock down but not out. Getting up and ready to fly around and touch the lives of others.