Works by
Laurinda D. Brown
(Writer)

Erotica

• Walk Like a Man (2005) -- Winner 2006 Lambda Literary Award for Erotica (Lesbian); Nominated 2006 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction
  Strap on your attitude and dive into 10 different pulsating stories from women who love the way you love, living life on the edge, exploring sexuality uninhibited. Walk Like A Man….Don't read it alone. It's so hot with passion you'll need somebody to cool you off!
  
  Walk Like A Man is an underground release from Laurinda D. Brown and her first venture into lesbian erotica.

Fiction

• Fire & Brimstone: A Novel (2001) -- Finalist 2004 Lambda Literary Lesbian Debut Fiction Awards
  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.

• Undercover (2004)
  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 memory¿until 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.

• The Highest Price for Passion (2008 release)
  Nestled during the period between the Civil War and the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, The Highest Price of Passion begins on the Wellsworth Plantation where Lizzie and McKinley Wellsworth are the owners of over 200 hundred slaves. Married for over 25 years, Lizzie has watched her husband have hundreds of bastard children with the female slaves. Unable to bear children, Lizzie is the laughing stock of the county and finds no comfort in any of her husband’s gestures to atone for his behavior. When attending a slave auction one afternoon, Lizzie pays the highest the highest price ever bid on a slave named Passion, a beautiful young woman with icy blue eyes. McKinley, up to his usual tricks, has his eye set on Passion, but so does Lizzie, who provides Passion with nice fragrances and gifts; it is also Lizzie who allows Passion to bathe in her private bathtub. When Passion ends up pregnant, Lizzie is livid, thinking the child is her husband’s. Late one night, McKinley rises from bed and goes to Passion’s room. Just as he prepares to enter her, the unthinkable happens.

  The Highest Price for Passion is historical fiction that reflects the values of the time period combined with the sexual deviances often described today. The author has authenticated the plot via extensive research on the morals, values, attitudes, opinions and socio-economic systems of the era. Supporting characters include Big Lou – the loyal field hand; Mavis Crump – the Wellsworth’s long-time attorney who vowed to be buried in a Confederate flag; Xavier Bullock – Mr. Crump’s empathetic assistant; and Miss Beatrice – the Wellsworth’s house slave. Full of humor and regional color, The Highest Price for Passion is unlike any other recent story written about homosexuality and the post-Civil War period.