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The Best of Everything: A Novel
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"[This] thought-provoking novel continues the Reverend Curtis Black series" with the New York Times–bestselling story of his scandalous newlywed daughter (Booklist).
Readers who just can't get enough of the Reverend Curtis Black—the charming con man and insufferable womanizer who stars in Sin No More, The Best-Kept Secret, and other acclaimed, bestselling novels by Kimberla Lawson Roby—are going to love his daughter, Alicia. In The Best of Everything, Alicia Black takes center stage while the rascally pastor stands on the sidelines, and Roby triumphs once again. The Best of Everything is provocative entertainment—because when it comes to outrageous behavior, "like father, like daughter" definitely applies.
"The Best of Everything is one of the best things you'll put on your shopping list this week." —Tennessee Tribune
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Kimberla Lawson Roby. (2009). The Best of Everything: A Novel. HarperCollins.

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"The Best of Everything is one of the best things you'll put on your shopping list this week." —Tennessee Tribune
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Readers who just can't get enough of the Reverend Curtis Black—the charming con man and insufferable womanizer who stars in Sin No More, The Best-Kept Secret, and other acclaimed, bestselling novels by Kimberla Lawson Roby—are going to love his daughter, Alicia. In The Best of Everything, Alicia Black takes center stage while the rascally pastor stands on the sidelines, and Roby triumphs once again. The Best of Everything is provocative entertainment—because when it comes to outrageous behavior, "like father, like daughter" definitely applies.
"The Best of Everything is one of the best things you'll put on your shopping list this week." —Tennessee Tribune
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