The Ultimate Betrayal (A Reverend Curtis Black Novel)
by Kimberla Lawson Roby
Reverend Curtis Black (12)
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"It's been four years since twenty-eight-year old Alicia Black, daughter of Reverend Curtis Black, divorced her second husband, the most womanizing and corrupt man she has ever known. Since then, Alicia has been dating her first husband, Phillip Sullivan, a wonderfully kind and true man of God whom she'd hurt terribly by cheating on him. Alicia has worked hard to prove herself worthy of his trust once more, and when he asks her to marry him again, she couldn't be happier. But Levi show more Cunningham, the drug dealer Alicia had an extramarital affair with, has just been released from prison, and he has completely turned his life around for the better. Still head-over-heels in love with Alicia, he will do whatever is necessary to win her back. Remarrying Phillip is the one thing Alicia has wanted for years, but she can't get Levi out of her mind. Alicia and Phillip aren't the only ones in the middle of a crisis. Their best friends, husband and wife Brad and Melanie Richardson, are struggling to keep their marriage together. Workaholic Brad is never home and has begun losing thousands on bad investments. Or so he says. Melanie, who is certain there's more to the story, is determined to get at the truth. At the same time, her frustration and stress cause her to eat a lot less, and she behaves in an extreme fashion. Alicia worries that she could be suffering from anorexia, but Melanie steadfastly denies it. Their friendship begins to suffer, and it isn't long before they're talking to each other like enemies. Fresh betrayal leads to consequences no one saw coming, and Alicia's relationship with Phillip might not be the only thing that needs saving. But is it already too late? "-- show lessTags
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So much happens in this installment that you really have to read it to believe it. You may find yourself yelling at the characters, “Alicia, what are you thinking, girl?!” and wanting to give them your advice. They certainly are in need of some good counsel. If you haven’t been keeping up with this series, start from the beginning. You don’t want to miss a thing! Great writing, complex characters, and intricate plots make this series a winner.
Ms. Roby held my attention for a whole day! I loved this book and I've yet to read anything from the Reverend Curtis Black series, I'll be starting from the beginning this is a wonderful series.
I loved everything about this book, it's dialogue and the plots are so real you could find yourself living them. Alicia has been given a second chance of a lifetime when her ex-husband Phillip has decided to remarry her. He's an asst. Pastor at her father's church and is very well respected in the community. During her first marriage to him, she made such a mockery out of him by committing adultery with a drug dealer, plus she almost destroyed him financially with her expensive shopping sprees. It's taken her two years to prove to Phillip that show more she has changed, but has she?
Her BBF, Melanie is suffering from her own problems. She has always thought she wasn't good enough because she suffered weight problems all through her childhood and her nasty mom, Gladys has never let her forget that. Even though Melanie is perfect, she still sees the little girl that was ridiculed by her parents when she looks in the mirror. She is suffering from issues that could destroy her health. Not to mention she discovers she is being betrayed by her husband after he was almost killed in a car accident.
This is one of those books that you don't want to end. show less
I loved everything about this book, it's dialogue and the plots are so real you could find yourself living them. Alicia has been given a second chance of a lifetime when her ex-husband Phillip has decided to remarry her. He's an asst. Pastor at her father's church and is very well respected in the community. During her first marriage to him, she made such a mockery out of him by committing adultery with a drug dealer, plus she almost destroyed him financially with her expensive shopping sprees. It's taken her two years to prove to Phillip that show more she has changed, but has she?
Her BBF, Melanie is suffering from her own problems. She has always thought she wasn't good enough because she suffered weight problems all through her childhood and her nasty mom, Gladys has never let her forget that. Even though Melanie is perfect, she still sees the little girl that was ridiculed by her parents when she looks in the mirror. She is suffering from issues that could destroy her health. Not to mention she discovers she is being betrayed by her husband after he was almost killed in a car accident.
This is one of those books that you don't want to end. show less
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Kimberla Lawson Roby has published about 15 novels. Her debut title, Behind Closed Doors, was originally self-published through her company, Lenox Press. Her other works include The Best of Everything, One in a Million, Sin No More, Love and Lies, Changing Faces, The Best-Kept Secret, A Taste of Reality, It's a Thin Line, and A Deep, Dark Secret. show more She received the Blackboard Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2001 for Casting the First Stone and the 2004 Patron Choice Award from the Central Mississippi Regional Library System for Too Much of a Good Thing. 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. In 2013 she made The New York Times Best Seller List with her title A House Divided. The Prodigal Son made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014. She also made the list in 2015 with her title, The Ultimate Betrayal. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Romance, Christian Fiction
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- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PS3568 .O3189 .U47 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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