Casting the First Stone

Tanya Black's life looks enviable from the outside: a rewarding career, a lovely young daughter, a graceful home, and a magnetic husband who leads a well-known Baptist congregation as its pastor. Beneath that polished surface, her marriage is growing restless, and she begins to question the things she once held dear.

When her husband Curtis crosses a line, Tanya faces a betrayal that cuts as deeply as any a wife could endure. Her path becomes one of painful self-discovery, forcing her to relearn lessons about love, loyalty, and the pull of desire, while she finds the strength to honor the triumphs that belong to her alone.

The novel follows a woman caught between the man her husband used to be and the man he has become. Roby tells a brisk story about how faith holds up against material longings and bodily temptations. Drawing on events from the news, the book also explores the hidden side of church politics and the emotional cost it exacts.