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Janelle Brown

    September 12, 1973

    This author masterfully captures the complex and often dysfunctional family dynamics that lie at the heart of her page-turning novels. Her stories, set across the diverse landscapes of California, are characterized by a brisk pace and an ability to keep readers on the edge of their seats. Drawing on a background as an essayist and journalist, her fiction is infused with depth and realism. Her works explore the human psyche with keen insight while delivering a compelling reading experience.

    Janelle Brown
    All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
    This Is Where We Live
    Becoming Sister Wives
    Watch Me Disappear
    I'll Be You
    Pretty Things
    • 2023

      Since TLC first launched its popular reality program "Sister Wives, Kody Brown, his four wives--Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn--and their seventeen children have become one of the most famous families in the country.

      Becoming Sister Wives
    • 2022

      Two identical twin sisters and former child actors have grown apart-until one disappears, and the other is forced to confront the secrets they've kept from each other in this twisty suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things.

      I'll Be You
    • 2020

      SOON TO BE A LIMITED SERIES STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN 'Pretty Things is awesome. Simple as that. I loved every page' Harlan Coben 'It's Dynasty meets Patricia Highsmith' Washington Post 'Will keep you turning pages till the end' Attica Locke 'Outrageously entertaining' Times Crime Club Nina once bought into the idea that her fancy arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned to stealing from rich kids in L.A. alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. But when her mom falls ill, Nina puts everything on the line to help her, running her most dangerous scam yet. Vanessa is a privileged young heiress who wanted to make her mark in the world. Instead she becomes an Instagram influencer - but behind the covetable façade is a life marked by tragedy. After a broken engagement, Vanessa retreats to her family's sprawling mountain estate, a mansion of dark secrets. It's there that her path collides with Nina's and gives way to a winter of desire and aspiration, duplicity and revenge. 'Smart, seductive, and utterly captivating' PopSugar 'Deliciously fun' The Week 'A can't-look-away story of and for our generation' Chandler Baker, author of Whisper Network 'Literary suspense at its best' Angie Kim, author of Miracle Creek

      Pretty Things
    • 2017

      When a Berkeley mother with a radical past goes missing during a hike in California's Desolation Wilderness, her devastated family is forced to come to terms with her secretive nature

      Watch Me Disappear
    • 2011

      This Is Where We Live

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.1(73)Add rating

      A series of seismic events--the tanking of Claudia's film, the return of Jeremy's manipulative ex-girlfriend, and the staggering adjustment of their monthly mortgage payments--deal a crushing blow to a young married couple dreaming of the bohemian life and their professional aspirations, and make them question their values and their shared vision of the future.

      This Is Where We Live
    • 2009

      All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.2(411)Add rating

      Janice Miller knows this: she loves her husband, her two spirited daughters and the beautiful home in which she has raised her family. It is only once the damage has been done that she finally realises how distant her daughters have become - and that schoolgirl Lizzie and 28-year-old Margaret now have dark secrets of their own.

      All We Ever Wanted Was Everything