Bend, Don't Break & No One Will Save Us (ebook bundle)
Historical fiction lovers, now you can buy Bend, Don't Break and No One Will Save Us together.
Bend, Don’t Break
Finalist for the Wishing Shelf Independent Book Award
“An absorbing, thought-provoking, emotionally engaging, and deftly scripted multi-generational historical novel.”— Midwest Book Review
“For readers who appreciate historical fiction that centers Black voices and experiences, this book is a must-read. It is a testament to the strength that resides in every Black woman’s story—past, present, and future.”— Seattle Book Review
“I will never forget this book.”— Amazon Five-Star Review
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 amateur detective after her daughter’s assault.
Throughout the generations, these women encounter similar challenges but face them in different ways and survive and thrive through all of it, because they bend but do not break. They demonstrate that although generational trauma can be passed down like an inheritance, so, too, can healing and resilience.
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
“Imagine a cross between Chinua Achebe’s masterpiece ‘Things Fall Apart’ and the first Black Panther movie - that’s how good this novel is.”— JJ Amaworo Wilson, author of Nazaré
“In a time when many women across the world may be fearful of losing their rights and voices, Julie L. Brown provides audiences with a book as a reminder to them to never surrender.”— Reader Views
“…action-packed, historically accurate, and engaging…”— Kirkus Reviews
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.
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 a trade in human beings.
To change the course of history for her people and herself requires Chi to discover a new kind of bravery and her true destiny.
Julie L. Brown’s No One Will Save Us is a sweeping novel of alternative history that explores what it means to be free and the resilience it takes to keep it.