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LAURINDADBROWN
In Fire & Brimstone, Laurinda D. Brown began the turbulent love
story of Chris and Gayle, two women struggling with finding comfort
in each other and in themselves while teetering on the verge of self-
destruction. Chris Desmereaux and Gayle Evans. Two women. Two
mothers. Two lovers testing the boundaries of 21st century morality with
two lives torn between different ideas of right and wrong.
Now in UnderCover, the author expands the story, introducing
Nathaniel, the monogamous lover of Patrick, a high roller at the
Memphis nightclub where Nathaniel transforms himself into a female
diva before a standing-room-only crowd until Patrick breaks his heart.
Devastated by his lover’s rejection, Nathaniel leaves his flamboyant
former life behind and reinvents himself yet again.
This time it’s Nathaniel, the committed family man -- a loving husband
to his wife, devoted father to his three children, and brother-in-law
to Chris. Patrick is a distant, still-seductive memoryŠuntil financial
woes force Nathaniel to return to his old fast-money way of life. This
fateful decision culminates in exposure -- and Nathaniel’s subsequent
downward spiral. Domestic crises abound as Nathaniel struggles with
painful issues surrounding his sexual identity, and he must face the
ultimate truth about himself in a harrowing climax. UnderCover is a
powerhouse novel by a gifted storyteller.
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Laurinda D. Brown, born and raised in
Memphis, TN, has always taken life just a
little beyond the edge with her writing. A
graduate of Howard University’s English
Department, Laurinda writes about issues
that are relevant to the African-American
community while implementing issues rel-
evant to other communities and presents all
of the issues as the basis for her storylines.
The gay characters in her novels are not
ignored or shunned but are cast into main-
stream African-American society where
their existence is more than just merely
tolerated but is realistically dealt with and
inevitably accepted. She writes about life...
not lifestyles. Always a risk taker, Laurinda
walked into the personnel office of her
highly paid corporate America job in Feb-
ruary of 2001 and respectfully submitted
her resignation. But it wasn’t accepted. A
counteroffer was made, and, after a week of
a new arrangement, she still wasn’t happy.
Laurinda attempted to resign twice after
that but was still turned down. So one
Sunday afternoon, after hours of deep
prayer, she took her daughters with
her to her office and told them to help
Mommy “hide” her office belongings in
two boxes. Her older daughter stopped
and looked around as Laurinda took her
pictures off her desk and then proceeded
to ask, “Mommy, are you gonna quit
your job?” She smiled at her baby and
said, “Yes, I am.” Taking a giant leap of
faith, Laurinda quietly placed her letter
of resignation in her boss’s chair and left
the building,. “God told me to do that. It
was time for me to do what He put me
here to do. If I didn’t do it, I knew that I
was going to go through the rest of my
life regretting it. When you do what your
passion is - your passion being what God
gave you the zest and talent to do, the
rest falls into place.”
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