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Pat Simmons is a multi-published Christian romance author of forty-plus titles. She is a self-proclaimed genealogy sleuth who is passionate about researching her ancestors, then casting them in starring roles in her novels. She is a five-time recipient of the RSJ Emma Rodgers Award for Best Inspirational Romance: Still Guilty, Crowning Glory, The Confession, Christmas Dinner, and Queen’s Surrender (To A Higher Calling). Pat’s first inspirational women’s fiction, Lean On Me, with Sourcebooks, was the February/March Together We Read Digital Book Club pick for the national library system. Here for You and Stand by Me are also part of the Family is Forever series. Her holiday indie release, Christmas Dinner, and traditionally published, Here fo ...more

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	Lean on Me (Family Is Forever, #1) 3.43 avg rating — 2,835 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here for You (Family Is Forever, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guilty of Love 4.52 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Christian Christmas: A novella (Andersen Brothers Book 1) 4.25 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stand by Me (Family Is Forever #3) 4.32 avg rating — 190 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Guilty of Love 4.63 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crowning Glory 4.52 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Talk to Me 4.36 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stopping Traffic 4.48 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If I Should Die Before I Wake 3.95 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Christian romance novel, The Confession, by Pat Simmons takes the 2016 EMMA AWARD for Best Inspirational Romance of the Year at the Romance Slam Jam convention in Detroit, Michigan, April 30,2016. Book eight in The Guilty/Jamieson Legacy series, the author weaves Black history tidbits into the story line. It's a clean and inspiring romance that shows couples in their 50s are still sexy.

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Series by Pat Simmons

Family Is Forever (3 books)
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The Jamieson Legacy (9 books)
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Love at the Crossroads (4 books)
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The Love Journey (1 book)
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“Why do women let no-good men brainwash them?”
― Pat Simmons, Lean on Me

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“Babe, the Holy Ghost is something hard to be explained until a person receives it for themselves.”
― Pat Simmons, A Noelle for Nathan

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“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”
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