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We present the discoveries of a brown dwarf and a low mass star from theKepler and K2 missions. The newly discovered brown dwarf is EPIC 212036875b andthe low mass star is KOI-607b. EPIC 212036875b has a mass of $ M_{b}=52.3\pm1.9M_J$, a radius of $ R_{b}=0.874\pm 0.017R_J$, and orbits its host star in $P=5.169885 \pm 0.000027$ days. Its host star is a late F-type star with $M_\star=1.288\pm 0.065M_\odot$, $ R_\star=1.498\pm 0.025R_\odot$, and $ T_{\rmeff}=6238 \pm 60$K. KOI-607b has a mass of $ M_{b}=95.1\pm 3.4M_J$, a radius of$ R_{b}=1.089\pm 0.089R_J$, and an orbital period of $ P=5.89399148 \pm0.60$ days. The primary star in the KOI-607 system is a G dwarf with $M_\star=0.993\pm 0.052M_\odot$, $ R_\star=0.915\pm 0.031R_\odot$, and $ T_{\rmeff} = 5418\pm 87$K. We also revisit a brown dwarf, CWW 89Ab, that waspreviously published by Nowak et al. 2017 (under the designation EPIC219388192b). CWW 89Ab is one of two known transiting brown dwarfs associatedwith a star cluster, which illustrates the need for more brown dwarfs withaccurate masses and radii and reliable age determinations to test theoreticalmodels. We find that the newly discovered brown dwarf, EPIC 212036875b, fallsin the middle of the so-called "brown dwarf desert", indicating that EPIC212036875b is either a particularly rare object, or the brown dwarf desert maynot be so dry after all.

New substellar discoveries from Kepler and K2: Is there a brown dwarf desert?