Julie L. Brown | J. L. Brown
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America
Genres: Crime, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative, Suspense
Julie L. Brown is the author of the historical fiction, Bend, Don’t Break (finalist for the Wishing Shelf Independent Book Award), the alternative-history novel, No One Will Save Us (finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Fantasy, finalist for the National Indie Excellence Book Award for African American Fiction, winner of the Independent Press Award for African American Fiction), and under the pen name, J. L. Brown, she is also the creator of the Jade Harrington series, political thrillers which include the novels, Don’t Speak, Rule of Law, and The Divide, and the short story, “Few Are Chosen.” Her books have been praised by Kirkus Reviews, the Midwest Book Review, and the Seattle Book Review. She is a member of Black Women Write Seattle, Crime Writers of Color, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Alliance of Independent Authors. Julie earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. She resides with her family in the Pacific Northwest, where she is working on her next novel. You can find her on: Website: www.julielbrown.com Instagram: @julielbrownwrites Threads: @julielbrownwrites
Julie L. Brown | J. L. Brown's books
Genres: Historical Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Timely and unforgettable, Bend, Don’t Break spans two centuries of American history and is a captivating testament to women’s ambition and the unbreakable bond between Black mothers and their daughters. Drawing strength from their ancestor, Aisha, a slave born free on the west coast of Africa, four Black women will do whatever is necessary to succeed—and will do even more to protect their daughters. Aisha’s granddaughter, Dinah, a plantation slave, fends off the advances of the master’s son and vows to prevent the same mistreatment of her daughter, Sarah. During the Harlem Renaissance, Augusta, an aspiring teacher, falls in love for the first time. Her mother, Julia, is determined to prevent her from getting hurt. Attorney Olivia and her news producer daughter, Nicole, both seek success and equality in the white man’s world of 1980s corporate life. And in the present day, Sha, a tech company chief information officer, turns...
Genres: Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative, Historical Fiction, Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Her destiny was certain. Until it wasn't. Exploring her beloved forest, young Princess Chibuike "Chi" encounters a man unlike any she has seen. His skin is as pale as the moon that watches over the Queendom of Kana, a land where women rule fiercely and freely. But outside the comforting embrace of her homeland, a disturbing change blows with the wind. Ten dry seasons later, in 1619, Chi, now a seasoned warrior in the Kanaian army, and preparing for her own future as queen, faces a mystery that threatens the existence of Kana. The once-peaceful queendom is upended when nearby villagers disappear en masse, including their ruling families—and one of Chi's closest friends. Chi vows to find her missing landspeople and bring them home, no matter where they are. She and the women warriors travel across the ocean to Jamestown, Virginia to face down the pale men who have built...
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Meet Jade Harrington The first three thrillers in the Jade Harrington series—Don’t Speak, Rule of Law, and The Divide—are available in an ebook box set and a single paperback. Don’t Speak: Ambitious, twenty-something FBI Special Agent Jade Harrington cuts her vacation short to investigate the murder of a conservative radio personality only to discover that he may be the victim of a serial killer. Rule of Law: FBI Special Agent Jade Harrington holds the line in a case that hits too close to home, personally and professionally. The Divide: Acting FBI Special Agent in Charge Jade Harrington and her team have their hands full with a new case. Someone is murdering people who appear to have little in common—aside from the fact that they're prominent one-percenters.
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Divided we fall . . . Acting FBI Special Agent in Charge Jade Harrington and her team have their hands full with a new case. Someone is murdering people who appear to have little in common—aside from the fact that they’re prominent one-percenters. President Whitney Fairchild’s first year in office isn’t going as planned. No president since Abraham Lincoln has been under so much pressure to keep a divided nation together, and on top of that, her long-kept secret might finally be exposed. For both Jade and Whitney, it’s hard to know whom to trust. Family members, friends, coworkers, and allies—not all of them are what they seem. Who is for them, and who is against them?
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
The second book in the Jade Harrington series from best-selling Amazon author, J. L. Brown. FBI Special Agent Jade Harrington finds herself holding the line in a case that hits a little too close to home, personally and professionally. A bullied boy in a Washington, DC suburb commits suicide after being beaten. Within days, the bodies of his classmates start turning up—with injuries similar to the victims of TSK. But Jade knows TSK is dead. Meanwhile, massive protests erupt across the country. President Whitney Fairchild must quell them while dealing with an obstructionist Congress and a long-kept secret, all of which threaten to destroy her and sink her presidency before it has really begun. Vengeance. Betrayal. Justice. Duty. The thrills of Don’t Speak continue with Rule of Law.
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
The nursery rhyme was wrong. Words can hurt you. Ambitious, twenty-something FBI Special Agent Jade Harrington cuts her vacation short to investigate the murder of a conservative radio personality only to discover that he may be the victim of a serial killer. Whitney Fairchild, the elegant and charismatic Democratic senator from Missouri, campaigns in a cutthroat race for president of the United States. Cole Brennan, the most popular conservative talk-show host in the nation, battles nightly to save his country and help the incumbent Republican president maintain his ‘inner conservative’ to win re-election. The lives of Jade, Whitney, Cole, and the killer—who has an agenda of his own—are on a collision course. That course will not just impact them each in ways they could never have foreseen, but also the future of the United States of America. Amidst a backdrop of contemporary power politics driven by the influence of talk...