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Reviewed by Alice DiNizo for Readers' Favorite
Aaron "Ace" Jamieson rarely goes out with a woman beyond three months but when he met beautiful Talise Reed, Ace keeps on going out with her long after the three month mark is up. Then, Talise tells Ace that she is pregnant with their baby, and Ace leaves their town of Boston in a flash. He heads to St. Louis where his older, more settled brother Kidd lives with his wife Eva, and bunks in with them for a while. In the meantime, Talise decides to keep their baby, even when working two jobs, as an airlines ticketing agent and a hair stylist, becomes difficult. Talise's doctor wants her to bring Ace's medical history, but Talise wants no part of the man who loved her and then dumped her. However, Ace's family, the Jamiesons, have a different opinion and want Ace and Talise together, if at all possible. So, Eva and Ace's own mother, Sandra, and other Jamiesons pursue Talise with love and concern and some good times together.
"The Guilt Trip" is a magnificently written story of two people who love each other but separate when things go awry. Author Pat Simmons incorporates Biblical quotations and personal prayers throughout "Guilt Trip" that suit the story very well. "Guilt Trip" is a truly inspirational book to read and both believers and non-believers will be hooked. The characters of Talise, her roommate Lois, Ace, his brother Kidd and mother Sandra, and Kidd's cousin Cameron who is friends with Lois suit the story well and that they are Christian believers will offend no one, for Pat Simmons is a first-rate author. The telling of the Jamiesons part in African-American history is an engrossing part of the story. "Guilt Trip" deserves to be on reading lists everywhere and most readers will want to know when Author Simmons will be writing her next story so that they can put it on their "must read" list.
