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Too Much of a Good Thing (Roby, Kimberla Lawson) [Hardcover]

Kimberla Lawson Roby (Author)
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Roby, Kimberla Lawson January 6, 2004

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.

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 trouble is, Curtis is married. At first he tries to resist temptation, but not for long. His insatiable appetite for women quickly gets the best of him. 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. 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.

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

Eventually, the women in Curtis's life find that with a little careful planning -- sneaky and otherwise -- they can help Curtis reap the punishment that he so richly deserves. In this captivating and dramatic sequel to Casting the First Stone, Kimberla Lawson Roby, with her trademark wit and insight, sets sparks flying.


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Curtis Black, the charismatic pastor with a taste for life's finer things (slick clothes, hot cars and even hotter women) who previously wreaked havoc in 2001's Casting the First Stone, returns to the pulpit in Roby's sixth outing. Divorced and working at a teen center, Curtis longs for the good ol' days-the parishioners who worshipped him and the cash "love gifts," especially. So he marries meek, God-fearing Mariah and accepts a position at a new church. Mariah's thrilled-she never thought she'd be so happy-but why does Curtis always work so late? And why is he so into oral sex? Curtis is quickly up to his old tricks: grafting for money, pursuing Adrienne, an old flame from his previous congregation, browbeating Mariah and disappointing his 14-year-old daughter, who looks for love on the Internet. Inexplicably, Adrienne still loves Curtis, and so does poor Mariah, even when Curtis reveals that he married her only because it was a condition of employment at Truth Missionary Baptist. Curtis's manipulations, sexual excesses, and spousal and parental neglect just keep getting worse, and he can't believe it when people call him out: "God had forgiven him for every sin he'd committed, so couldn't everyone else?" When Curtis is shot by a jilted woman, some readers may wonder what took her so long. His deathbed conversion shouldn't count for anything, but apparently it does. The book's Christian message gets buried under all Curtis's wrongdoings, and the spineless women grow tiresome, but Roby's book about being bad but making good should, like its predecessors, see good sales.
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In the sequel to Casting the First Stone (2000), Curtis and Tanya Black have divorced and moved on to new relationships. Curtis continues to struggle with the pull between his commitment to serve and his desire for wealth. Four years after he was ousted from Faith Missionary Baptist Church, his old members ask him to pastor their new church. He marries the perfect pastor's wife, Mariah Johnson, who has no knowledge of his previous misfortunes. Then slowly but surely, Curtis begins to revert to the behavior that got him in trouble. To squelch his dissatisfaction with his wife, he seeks out his former lover Adrienne. Even that affair does not satiate him, and he convinces Carmen, the mother of his son, to sneak around with him. Curtis' relationships with his wife, daughter, lover, and congregation begin to collapse, and he also becomes the victim of an assault. Roby leaves her fans eager to know more about the next chapter in Curtis Black's ministry. Lillian Lewis
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 310 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow; 1 edition (January 6, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060568496
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060568498
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (126 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #338,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kimberla Lawson Roby is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Love, Honor, and Betray, Be Careful What You Pray for, A Deep Dark Secret, The Best of Everything, One in a Million, Sin No More, 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 self-published debut title, Behind Closed Doors. Her 16th novel, SECRET OBSESSION will be released on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. She lives in Illinois with her husband, Will.



 

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars To Good To Put Down, January 19, 2004
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I have to give it to Mrs. Roby, this was an excellent book. I advise anyone one that has read "Casting The First Stone" to read "Too Much of a Good Thing". And if you haven't read "Casting The First Stone" you need to, because it's an excellent read and the sequel is the "BOMB". Once again Curtis Black let the devil intervene, and cause more problems. I love reading Mrs. Roby books and I hope somehow she can come up with a sequel to the sequel.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Mo Betta - Mo Betta - Mo Betta!!!!, January 24, 2004
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Girls - listen this book is totally worth ALL THE DIMES that you have to spend to get it.

Now you have to read Casting the First Stone before reading this one to get the true "madness" of all of this church mess.

I read the book in a day and a half....couldn't put it down. I am not one to give you the details of the book...I just want to let you know Curtis is a MAD FOOL! hahahahaha

No - he hasn't learned a thing...and the self-righteousness of this man is unreal. I don't know who Kimberly had to talk to or where she had to go for her research but .... there is no way she doesn't know of a Curtis Black somewhere is real life. LOL

Like another reader said...this book doesn't disappoint in the least....it just gets mo betta! This is a good one...but then again...with Kimberly's talent for writing I didn't expect anything less...

Girl - you are simply BRILLIANT!!!

I got a feeling we might just see this man again...............

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Truth Is The Light!!!, April 20, 2004
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This book was awesome!! I have read all of Ms. Roby's books and they are superb!! In her last novel, Too Much Of A Good Thing, she takes a realistic view of what is happening in a large number of churches in today's society. It is truly sad that some pastors and churches are not in to saving souls, which is truly the mission of the church, but they are into gaining monetary funds for material items. The novel centers around Rev. Curtis Black, who is Satan in the pulpit trying to lead his flock straight to hell. Rev. Black is weak in the spirit and the flesh and uses the church and his wife for his own personal gains. There are some officers and members of the church who are on to Rev. Black's schemes and put a stumbling block in his way to prevent the demise of the church. Ms. Roby does an excellent job conveying to individuals that you are to serve the one and only God and not man!! I hope readers will gain knowledge from this book that they may use and apply to their own church life.
-reviewed by Leyonta Sears for www.avid-readers.com
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Mariah Johnson Black smiled proudly as her husband neared the end of his morning message. Read the first page
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meeting with the deacons, deacon board, associate ministers
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