casting the first stone by kimberla lawson roby

Feeling neglected and unloved, Alicia searches for solace in the arms of a stranger, and before long she finds herself in a dangerous situation. Not to mention that Curtis’s already shaky relationship with his teenaged daughter, Alicia, has reached the breaking point.

Meanwhile Mariah, his second wife, is slowly discovering that beneath the tranquil and loving facade of their marriage a storm of lies and betrayal is about to rage. Overwhelmed by his sizzling love affairs and busy trying to convince the deacon board of the need for an ATM in the back of the church, Curtis has his hands full. His insatiable appetite for women quickly gets the best of him. At first he tries to resist temptation, but not for long. Curtis Black might be a man of the cloth, but with his irresistible looks, seductive charm, and charismatic personality, he’s particularly beloved by his female parishioners and almost every other woman he’s ever met. The bestselling, Blackboard Award winning author of the enormously successful A Taste of Reality spins a riveting tale about a philandering preacher that readers will love to hate. Taken right from the headlines, Roby’s cautionary tale looks at the other side of church politics and the emotional toll it takes. Roby weaves a fast paced story about faith’s challenges in a world made up of material desires and other physical temptations. Giving voice to the women who share their concerns with her has always been Roby’s aim in each novel she has written.Ĭasting the First Stone listens in on the heart of a woman torn between loving who her husband was and hating who he has become. Her works bring to life Black women whose lives are complex with jobs, children, spouses and lovers in short the kind of lives her readers themselves live.

This is the third novel of this author whose previous books have won her dedicated fans and a connection to readers coast to coast. An electrifying read, Casting the First Stone goes behind the scenes of a fictional Chicago church and its struggle to keep faith and commitment alive in the face of ambition. Sitting in the second row of his Chicago church only a few years later, she is unable to bear listening to his sermons or understand what happened to their shared dream.īlackboard bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby takes on one of the most controversial issues in America: corruption and temptation within church leadership. And when he asked her to marry him she’d felt blessed to be part of such a future. Tanya Black had deeply believed in her husband’s call to preach.

Casting the first stone by kimberla lawson roby