by Pat Simmons
To my sweet, supportive, and wonderful cousins who are descendants of Coles, Browns, Carters, Wilkerson/Wilkinsons, Jamiesons, Brownlees, Wades, Jordans, Palmers, Lamberts, Thomases … and inlaws Simmons, Sinkfields, Crofts, Sturdivants, Stricklands, Downers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pat Simmons considers herself a self-proclaimed genealogy sleuth. She is passionate about researching her ancestors, then casting them in starring roles in her novels. She has been a genealogy enthusiast since her great-grandmother died at the young age of ninety-seven years old. She enjoys weaving African American history into local history.
She describes her Christian walk as an amazing, unforgettable, life-alternating experience. She is a baptized believer, who is always willing to share her testimonies about God’s goodness. She believes God is the true Author who advances her stories.
Pat has a B.S. in mass communications from Emerson College in Boston, MA. She has worked in various media positions in radio, television, and print for more than twenty years. Currently, she oversees the media publicity for the annual RT Booklovers Conventions. She has been a guest on several media outlets, including radio, television, newspapers, and blog radio.
She is the award-winning author of Talk to Me, ranked #14 of Top Books in 2008 That Changed Lives by Black Pearls Magazine; she also received the Katherine D. Jones Award for Grace and Humility from the Romance Slam Jam committee in 2008. Pat is best known for her Guilty series: Guilty of Love, Not Guilty of Love, and Still Guilty, which was voted the Best Inspirational Romance for 2010 by the RSJ committee. Her newest release, Crowning Glory, is receiving rave reviews. Her fans are eagerly awaiting the next books in the Guilty series: Guilty by Association and The Guilt Trip in 2012.
Pat Simmons has converted her sofa-strapped, sports-fanatical husband into an amateur travel agent, untrained bodyguard, and GPS-guided chauffeur. They have a son and daughter.
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GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION
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The Guilt Trip (June 2012)
Free of Guilt (January 2013)
Against the
Gates of Hell
Twins. Kerby and Herby (Junior) Wilson. One, a police officer. The other, a functional addict. Kerby Wilson finds himself duped by his own pride and going down a desperate path. As the bottom falls out of his life and darkness consumes his soul, he trades all he holds dear for an elusive state of peace. Junior, Kerby’s twin, is caught up in his own battle of resentment and bitterness. He denies having a hard heart while trying to shut his wayward brother out. This debut novel reveals an inside look at the internal and external struggles of two men who find themselves in need of God’s grace, love, and forgiveness as they fight for their lives against the very gates of hell.
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Fifteen Years
Josiah (JT) Tucker, the son of a substance dependent and neglectful mother, spent most of his childhood years in the custody of the state, living in foster homes throughout Atlanta, Georgia. At the age of fourteen, he was taken from the foster family that he had grown to love, the Smiths, and returned to his negligent birth mother. Enduring the hardships faced while living with his birth mother JT manages to make something of his life. However, fifteen years after being taken from the Smiths and at the peak of success, he finds himself feeling empty and at his lowest. When he decides to reconnect with the Smiths, JT hopes to find his faith in God renewed as well.
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