Kimberla Lawson Roby

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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 1999
  • Latest Book:
    August 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Reverend Curtis Black

1 - Casting The First Stone (Jan-2000)
2 - Too Much of a Good Thing (Jan-2004)
3 - The Best-Kept Secret (Feb-2005)
4 - Love and Lies (Feb-2007)
5 - Sin No More (Feb-2008)
6 - The Best of Everything (Jan-2009)
7 - Be Careful What You Pray For (Jan-2010)
8 - Love, Honor, and Betray (Jan-2011)
9 - The Reverend's Wife (May-2012)
10 - A House Divided (May-2013)
11 - The Prodigal Son (May-2014)
12 - The Ultimate Betrayal (Jun-2015)
13 - A Sinful Calling (Jun-2016)
14 - Sin of a Woman (Jun-2017)
15 - Better Late Than Never (Aug-2018)

Book List in Order: 28 titles

  • Here and Now

    In the tradition of Waiting to Exhale and Big Girls Don’t Cry, HERE AND NOW is a captivating, emotionally powerful story of two sisters at the crossroads of life, from the acclaimed, bestselling author of BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, named Blackboar...

  • Casting The First Stone

    Reverend Curtis Black - 1

    Tanya Black has everything a woman could want: a fulfilling career, a beautiful daughter, an elegant home, and a handsome, charismatic husband who is pastor at a prominent Baptist church. And yet, none of it can hide the growing turbulence in her mar...

  • It's a Thin Line

    Sydney, Gina, and Rick are siblings who have always shared a special bond, though their lives are as different as can be. Responsible eldest sister Sydney has a sexy husband, an adorable daughter, and fulfilling work. But the steadily mounting deman...

  • A Taste of Reality

    On the surface, Anise seems to have it all: a successful career, a solid marriage, and good friends. But when she applies for a promotion at work, she loses out to a white colleague who isn't nearly as qualified for the job. And after being married f...

  • Too Much of a Good Thing

    Reverend Curtis Black - 2

    Less-than-pious preacher Curtis Black's philandering ways have already cost him one wife and a congregation. By now he should know better. But his attempts to resist temptation have been shockingly short-lived. Unfortunately for his trusting new floc...

  • Behind Closed Doors

    Regina Moore and Karen Jackson, lifelong best friends, are living the kind of life most women only fantasize about. With beautiful homes, fulfilling careers, and two adoring husbands, their joy could not be greater, their worlds could not be richer. ...

  • The Best-Kept Secret

    Reverend Curtis Black - 3

    A rascally preacher with a past, Reverend Curtis Black is starting over. He has a new job: founder and minister of Deliverance Outreach. He has a new wife (his third): Charlotte, mother of his seven-year-old son, Matthew. And he has a newfound wil...

  • Changing Faces

    Whitney is a plus-size woman who just can't turn down a box of Krispy Kremes or find a man who will stay put. Taylor is in a long-term relationship with a boyfriend who's allergic to commitment. Charisse is married, with two adorable children, but so...

  • Love and Lies

    Reverend Curtis Black - 4

    Truth and lies . . . At long last, the Reverend Curtis Black appears to be living the straight life. The all-too-human preacher is a bestselling author now, and he and his wife, Charlotte, are raising two adorable children. But the ever-suspiciou...



  • Sin No More

    Reverend Curtis Black - 5

    A man who once thrived on wickedness and counted on forgiveness, Curtis Black has changed his ways. Back in the heart of his congregation and his family, he will no longer stray from the beaten path. Or so he's promised his long-suffering wife, Charl...

  • One in a Million

    Kennedi Mason thinks she's the luckiest woman on earth. She loves her job, she has a wonderful best friend, and she's been married for ten years to her soul mate. There's nothing she can think of that could make her life any better. Then one fate...

  • The Best of Everything

    Reverend Curtis Black - 6

    The world-renowned Reverend Curtis Black's daughter, Alicia, is all grown up and even more trouble than her father. The apple certainly doesn't fall far from the tree in this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin No More and Lov...

  • A Deep Dark Secret

    The "New York Times" bestselling author returns with the moving story of a family who learns to overcome betrayal and secrets with courage and love On the outside, twelve-year-old Jillian Maxwell is the perfect child. She's helpful with chores ar...

  • Be Careful What You Pray For

    Reverend Curtis Black - 7

    Her first marriage didn't work out, but that isn't going to stop Alicia Black, the privileged daughter of the charismatic Reverend Curtis Black, from getting what she wants. One month after her wedding to her second husband, she can't believe her goo...

  • Love, Honor, and Betray

    Reverend Curtis Black - 8

    The Reverend Curtis Black's wife, Charlotte, is angry. Her life has been turned upside down and someone has to pay. The sinful past of the infamous Reverend Curtis Black is certainly no secret, as his wife, Charlotte, is well aware. But now Curtis's...

  • Secret Obsession

    Paige Donahue has always lived in her sister Camille's shadow. As children, Camille had the grades, the friends, and their parents' love, while Paige was left with hand-me-downs and criticism. Now as adults, Camille lives an idyllic life with her hus...

  • The Reverend's Wife

    Reverend Curtis Black - 9

    It's been months since Reverend Curtis learned that his wife Charlotte had affairs with two different men, and for now, he continues to be cordial and respectful to her. But he's also made it clear that once their son Matthew graduates high school, h...

  • The Perfect Marriage

    ADDICTION. DECEPTION. PRETTY PICTURES HIDE UGLY SECRETS. THE PERFECT MARRIAGE Denise and Derrek Shaw are the perfect American couple. Happily married for fifteen years, they have a wonderful daughter, Mackenzie, successful careers, and a beaut...

  • A House Divided

    Reverend Curtis Black - 10

    Life is close to perfect for the Reverend Curtis Black and his wife, Charlotte--except their son Matthew and his girlfriend, Racquel, are about to become parents at the tender age of eighteen. Even though Curtis and Charlotte wish Matthew could focus...



  • The Prodigal Son

    Reverend Curtis Black - 11

    The Reverend Curtis Black hasn't spoken to his son, Matthew, in over a year-not since Matthew dropped out of Harvard to marry his girlfriend, Racquel, and be a full-time father to their infant son. Curtis knows that it was he and his wife, Charlotte,...

  • A Christmas Prayer

    Alexis Fletcher hasn't had a merry Christmas in five years-not since her mother passed away. Every December she remembers the joy her mother brought to everyone during the holiday season and feels the pain of her absence, even more so now that she an...

  • The Ultimate Betrayal

    Reverend Curtis Black - 12

    WHEN A WOMAN STRUGGLES TO CHOOSE BETWEEN MR. RIGHT AND THE MUCH LESS HONORABLE MAN WHO HOLDS HER HEART, IT COULD LEAD TO ...THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL It's been four years since twenty-eight-year old Alicia Black, daughter of Reverend Curtis Black, div...

  • Best Friends Forever

    Things are falling apart in the Richardson household. Angry arguments between Celine and her husband, Keith, have become routine. She resents that he's working long hours and staying out all night, and he accuses her of not giving him the attention h...

  • A Sinful Calling

    Reverend Curtis Black - 13

    Dillon hadn't been called by anyone. He'd called himself and he wasn't ashamed of it. But no good can come from . . . A SINFUL CALLING Two years ago, to everyone's surprise, Dillon Whitfield Black, the secret son of Reverend Curtis Black, boldl...

  • Copycat

    Befriending Traci Calloway Cole is the best thing Simone Phillips has ever done. Traci is the kind of woman Simone wants to be-in every way possible. She begins copying her role model. Not because she wants to be Traci. She just wants to be exactly l...

  • Sin of a Woman

    Reverend Curtis Black - 14

    After her very public divorce from Dillon, Raven Black is recovering nicely. Dillon has done everything he can to discredit her, but Raven has learned from her mistakes and him. In fact, she's intent on using every bit of Dillon's revenge and betraya...

  • Better Late Than Never

    Reverend Curtis Black - 15

    In this stunning conclusion to the bestselling Reverend Curtis Black series, Curtis's secret past returns in an unwelcome--but ultimately healing--visit. Rev. Curtis Black is no stranger to scandal. Throughout the decades, he has done much in the ...

  • Sister Friends Forever

    This emotional novel from a New York Times bestselling author follows four lifelong friends as each faces a crisis in family, love, and forgiveness.  Serena, Michelle, Kenya, and Lynette have been best friends since they were small chi...

Award-Winning Books by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Casting The First Stone
2001 Blackboard Book of the Year Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kimberla Lawson Roby has published 28 books.

Kimberla Lawson Roby does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Sister Friends Forever, was published in August 2022.

The first book by Kimberla Lawson Roby, Here and Now, was published in February 1999.

Yes. Kimberla Lawson Roby has 1 series.
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