Kimberla Lawson Roby                             Sin No More by Kimberla Lawson Roby
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It's no longer that hard to find a book that fills your appetite for excitement and enjoyment. There is another author overtaking the stores and the internet when it comes to great stories, and that author is Kimberla Lawson Roby. With her ten novels, she has proven not only her ability to write and remain in the literary world as force to be reckoned with, but also that her creative mind is here for us.
 

On Sale 1/22/08

SIN NO MORE

THE SINS OF THE PAST HAUNT A REVEREND’S RESOLVE

IN ENGROSSING NEW NOVEL FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR KIMBERLA LAWSON ROBY

In her latest novel, SIN NO MORE, (William Morrow/an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers; on sale 1/22/08; $23.95; ISBN-13 99780061462894), New York Times, Essence and Blackboard bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby revisits a favorite character, the Reverend Curtis Black, and turns a keen eye on the stones cast against this venerated – and often reviled – church leader. 

“The whole idea of the name Curtina was enough to make Charlotte cringe. 

She was annoyed by the fact that Tabitha had chosen to give the baby a name as close to Curtis as she could. 

Not to mention, Curtina had to have been the ugliest name she’d ever heard.”

Roby, an avid assessor of evangelical, Baptist and other religions who has been interviewed by national media on the subject of preachers falling from grace, weaves a compelling tale about what happens when a man who thrives on wickedness and counts upon forgiveness vows to sin no more. The straight and narrow is not a path that Curtis is familiar in treading; more often than not, he and his wife, Charlotte, have found their marriage marred by misstep after misstep. They have both promised to never again commit adultery – but Curtis is about to be confronted with the flesh-and-blood proof of his past sins, when Tabitha, a former mistress, calls to tell him that she’s given birth to his daughter, Curtina.

Tabitha is intent upon making Curtina a part of Curtis’ life – much to Charlotte’s chagrin…even if it means calling the Black household night and day, and stalking the pair, while making it abundantly

clear that she’s more of a match made in heaven for the good reverend than his current mate. But Charlotte is hell-bent on protecting her turf, and her marriage, no matter what it takes.

“The idea that Tabitha had a baby with Curtis and she didn’t, made her ill.

It made her wish upon certain tragedies. Tragedies that would free them from Tabitha for good. 

The kind of tragedy that would allow her and Curtis to live happily ever after the way they’d planned. 

The kind of tragedy that might happen by accident. Or intentionally.”

The Blacks’ lives are never without drama, and in SIN NO MORE, more evil besets the couple than ever before. On top of coping with illegitimacy issues, and the repercussions of this sin with his church and congregation, Curtis finds himself being blackmailed by the interim pastor hired to shepherd the fellowship while the wayward pastor was on a grueling national book promotion tour. The couple is further torn when Charlotte’s past misdeeds come back to haunt her: her son, Matthew, whom Curtis has always accepted as his own, wants to meet his natural father – the ex-husband of Charlotte’s cousin. Life is made even more difficult when this man decides to make a power play for custody.

In these, their very darkest moments, Curtis and Charlotte must ultimately work together to save their family, their marriage and their souls.

LOVE & LIES ● William Morrow/an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers ● on sale 1/30/07 ● $23.95 ● ISBN 0060892498

Coming Soon in Paperback:

LOVE AND LIES

(Avon A/an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 9780060892517, on-sale 12/26/07, $13.95)

“I knew my husband, the Reverend Curtis Black, couldn’t go more than a day without having sex, even if it wasn’t with me.” So says Charlotte Black, the wife of legendary preacher Curtis Black, a reverend who has fallen from grace, time and time again. Not that Charlotte should be casting stones: she nearly shipwrecked their marriage five years ago, committing adultery. She’s still paying to this day, as the patrimony of her daughter, Marissa, has always been in question. When Charlotte has a disturbing visit from a man who claims to be Curtis’ brother, a man Curtis has warned her never to let step over the threshold, hell truly breaks loose. Charlotte and Curtis are caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place – between love and lies – and they have some tough decisions to salvage their marriage and protect their family and closest friends.

Kimberla Lawson Roby

- Author Biography -

New York Times Bestselling Author Kimberla Lawson Roby has written nine novels, which include LOVE & LIES, CHANGING FACES, THE BEST-KEPT SECRET, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING, A TASTE OF REALITY, IT’S A THIN LINE, CASTING THE FIRST STONE, HERE AND NOW, and her debut title, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, which was originally self-published through her own company, Lenox Press. She has completed nine national book tours and is currently speaking at expos, luncheons, writers’ conferences, libraries, colleges, universities and other literary events throughout the country on request. Her novels have frequented numerous bestseller lists, including The New York Times and those in Essence Magazine, Upscale Magazine, Emerge Magazine, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, The Dallas Morning News, and The Austin Chronicle to name a few and both BEHIND CLOSED DOORS and CASTING THE FIRST STONE were #1 Blackboard bestsellers for four consecutive months in 1997 and 2000 respectively. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS was the #1 Blackboard Best-selling book for paperback fiction in 1997. 

In addition, Ms. Roby’s first novel was nominated for Blackboard’s 1998 and 1999 Fiction Book of the Year Award, and she received the Blackboard Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2001 for CASTING THE FIRST STONE.  She is also the 2006 and 2007 recipient of the Author of the Year (Female) award presented by the African-American Literary Award Show in New York, the recipient of the 1998 First-Time Author Award from Chicago’s Black History Month Book Fair and Conference, and her fifth novel, A TASTE OF REALITY, was a 2004 finalist for the Atlanta Choice Awards sponsored by the Atlanta Daily World.  Additionally, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING received a 2004 Patron Choice Award from the Central Mississippi Regional Library System.

Each of Ms. Roby’s novels have dealt with very real issues---in BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, social status, gambling addiction, and infidelity; in HERE AND NOW, single motherhood, infertility, and sibling rivalry; in CASTING THE FIRST STONE, corruption within the church; in IT’S A THIN LINE, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and care-giving of a parent; in A TASTE OF REALITY, racial and gender discrimination in the workplace with subplots exploring sexual harassment; in TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING (a sequel to CASTING THE FIRST STONE), THE BEST-KEPT SECRET and LOVE AND LIES, church issues were revisited; and in CHANGING FACES, overweight issues, a female illness, damaging secrets and the importance of a devoted friendship between three women.

Ms. Roby resides in Illinois with her husband, Will.  Her tenth novel, SIN NO MORE, will be released in January 2008.