By Love Convicted

Why do some people stand on their beliefs year after year, while others flounder? What does the courage of conviction entail? By Love Convicted offers provocative ways to sustain commitment in the midst of a world filled with confusion and falsehood. In his fourth book, the author/psychologist unfolds the spiritual nature and dimensions of conviction. Using biblical principles, Dr. Cosenza presents four keys to conviction that enable us to accept grace in our lives and remain steadfast in our ability to love. Through a deeper understanding of God's love, we discover the remarkable ways He has enabled us to commit to spiritual truths concerning Christ. This book has implications for an understanding the spiritual nature of addictions. Those who yearn for the passion of conviction and seek to grow to greater spiritual heights of love will find this book compelling and enlightening.

Why do some people stand on their beliefs year after year, while others flounder? What does the courage of conviction entail? By Love Convicted offers provocative ways to sustain commitment in the midst of a world filled with confusion and falsehood. In his fourth book, the author/psychologist unfolds the spiritual nature and dimensions of conviction. Using biblical principles, Dr. Cosenza presents four keys to conviction that enable us to accept grace in our lives and remain steadfast in our ability to love. Through a deeper understanding of Gods love, we discover the remarkable ways He has enabled us to commit to spiritual truths concerning Christ. This book has implications for an understanding the spiritual nature of addictions. Those who yearn for the passion of conviction and seek to grow to greater spiritual heights of love will find this book compelling and enlightening.

Guilty, innocent, or simply a victim of unfortunate circumstances, In a southern little town in North Carolina, Micah Bean struggles to understand her mothers sins. As a child being raised by her Grandma Bean, the practice of forgiveness was constantly preached. Micah hated being the daughter of the town drunk and her hardened heart would not allow her to forgive her mother. But when Cherish, a new student, moves into town a new friendship is quickly formed and Micahs heart is finally softened. When Grandma Bean is forced to leave town for the weekend she allows Irish to take care of Micah. Initially, Micah is unwilling to spend an entire weekend alone with Irish due to their estranged relationship. It is only when Grandma Bean allows Micah to have her new friend Cherish stay over for a slumber party that Micah agrees to the arrangements. But Irish is up to her old tricks and invites her drug dealer boyfriend Woody to the home for some toxic company. What was initially intended to be a time of bonding between mother and daughter ends up a tragedy by the next morning, leaving one person dead and the other convicted of murder.

A Standalone MM Age Gap Romance I’m not supposed to touch the inmates–not in the way I want to touch him. He’s flirtatious with a smart mouth, and I’m eager to put him in his place. But there’s sadness behind his mask, and it’s wrenching my soul apart. I’ll do anything to help him. Even if it means breaking the rules.

At least thirty-seven per cent of male convicts and fifteen per cent of female convicts were tattooed by the time they arrived in the penal colonies, making Australians quite possibly the world's most heavily tattooed English-speaking people of the nineteenth century. Each convict’s details, including their tattoos, were recorded when they disembarked, providing an extensive physical account of Australia's convict men and women. Simon Barnard has meticulously combed through those records to reveal a rich pictorial history. Convict Tattoos explores various aspects of tattooing—from the symbolism of tattoo motifs to inking methods, from their use as means of identification and control to expressions of individualism and defiance—providing a fascinating glimpse of the lives of the people behind the records. Simon Barnard was born and grew up in Launceston. He spent a lot of time in the bush as a boy, which led to an interest in Tasmanian history. He is a writer, illustrator and collector of colonial artifacts. He now lives in Melbourne. He won the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books in the 2015 Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year awards for his first book, A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land. Convict Tattoos is his second book. ‘The early years of penal settlement have been recounted many times, yet Convict Tattoos genuinely breaks new ground by examining a common if neglected feature of convict culture found among both male and female prisoners.’ Australian ‘This niche subject has proved fertile ground for Barnard—who is ink-free—by providing a glimpse into the lives of the people behind the historical records, revealing something of their thoughts, feelings and experiences.’ Mercury 'The best thing to happen in Australian tattoo history since Cook landed. A must-have for any tattoo historian.’ Brett Stewart, Australian Tattoo Museum

Convicted of theft and kidnapping, three Victorian girls must come to terms with the men they fall in love with, despite the obstacles society places on them. Unjustly convicted of jewelry theft, Camille is sent to work on a Louisiana plantation. To her surprise, the man who gave her the jewelry is the plantation owner's son. Will she ever forgive him for refusing to step up and clear her name? Under charges of kidnapping, Emily is consigned to care for the infant son of a plantation owner. She loses her heart to him. However, he can't let go of his deceased wife. Will she have to bury her love for him? Having served her year for kidnapping, Maggie re-enters New Orleans' harsh society. Under her cousin's shadow, she meets the love of her life. Unfortunately, Cousin Penelope has set her eyes on him as well. Will Maggie step out of her shell before she loses him forever?

In Roe v. Wade, perhaps the most controversial United States Supreme Court decision, Norma McCorvey fought for and won the right to secure an abortion. Though she never had an abortion, under the pseudonym "Jane Roe," Norma reluctantly became the poster child for the pro-choice movement. Over the next two decades, Norma experienced the grief and despair of millions of women who chose to abort their babies; she witnessed the destruction of thousands of human lives in abortion clinics where she worked; and the "champion" of the pro-choice movement was soon being crushed by the weight of so much pain, so much death, and so many ill-considered "choices." Finally, she began to break. She found out that the real choice she had been burdened with was not about abortion but about eternal life. It was a choice that would shock the world and change Norma's life forever.