Bøger af Laurinda D. Brown

Chris Desmereaux has her own special relationship with God, and it doesn't include raising hell six days a week and repenting on Sundays. Her lover, Gayle Evans, sees nothing wrong--or hypocritical--about that arrangement. Gayle is the minister of music at their local church, and she delights in leading the congregation in joyful, foot-stomping song once a week. But Chris is secretly ashamed of sneaking around with her lover and wonders how Gayle can guide nearly a thousand upright congregants while carrying on a secret lesbian affair. She is starting to have major issues with their relationship, as well as with her entire life. But a change is coming to Memphis that will challenge the faith, belief, and tenuous bond of both women. For Chris, it is a journey fraught with perils, pitfalls, and temptation that will take her in unexpected directions and could lead to a second chance at love. An exhilarating and liberating tale of one woman's odyssey of self-enlightenment sans the usual guideposts, "Fire & Brimstone is both a wickedly sexy story and a modern-day parable about what it means to be black, Christian, and lesbian today. Written by a uniquely gifted storyteller, it is a novel like no other in recent contemporary fiction.

Set in Memphis, Tennessee and Paris, France UNDERCOVER is a tale of a "rehabilitated" drag queen (Nathaniel aka "Miss Nay"/"Lady Champaign") that marries his best friend and attempts to lead the straight life expected by society. But financial situations force him to take extra employment and ultimately lead him back to his old lifestyle. Prior to all of this, Nathaniel and his wife have three children, one of whom becomes HIV+ through a blood transfusion. Nathaniel, by participating in risky sexual behavior, contracts HIV/AIDS and eventually succumbs to it.UNDERCOVER is a story for all readers regardless of race, profession or sexual orientation.