Lauren Baratz Logsted Books in Order

London editor Jane Taylor wants the attention and affection a pregnancy seems to bring. When her initial belief proves mistaken, she continues pretending, allowing an increasingly elaborate deception to reshape her work, relationships, and plans for a family.

After her invented pregnancy, Jane Taylor finds herself caring for a real abandoned baby. She must reveal the truth to people she deceived and contend with social services while trying to prove she can offer the child a home.

Scarlett Jane Stein wonders whether people value only her appearance after a friend's cutting remark. Adopting a less glamorous identity, new home, and different job, she searches for a relationship based on her inner self, risking complications from the deception.

High-school senior Angel Hansen discovers she is pregnant after an encounter she cannot clearly remember. Faced with difficult alternatives and competing expectations, she must decide what course is right for her while confronting the profound changes ahead.

Nanny Charlotte Bell accepts a position with an ambassador in Iceland after a painful romantic experience. Inspired by Nancy Drew's courage, she hopes for a fresh start, but her compelling employer and an unexpected mystery threaten that resolve.

In 1898 London, Emma Smith begins corresponding with a prisoner convicted of murdering his wife. His letters awaken desires she has suppressed, and his release draws her into a dangerous double life complicated by secrecy, suspicion, and blackmail.

Window washer Delilah Sampson becomes determined to buy expensive designer shoes despite her modest wages. Gambling appears to offer a shortcut, but her tendency toward obsession turns winning, new companions, and romantic attention into an increasingly complicated temptation.

When their parents disappear on New Year's Eve, the eight Huit sisters must keep their household running without attracting adult intervention. Mysterious notes suggest each girl has a power and gift, with eldest sister Annie facing the first discovery.

The Huit octuplets continue concealing their parents' disappearance while managing school, bills, and eight cats. Durinda becomes the next sister to discover a special power and gift, adding another clue to the mystery the girls must solve together.

Twelve-year-old Lacey Underhill's early physical development attracts teasing and jealousy at school. An older boy mistakes her age while a childhood friend returns, leaving her torn between appearing more mature and preserving the childhood relationships she still values.

After her mother's death, Ren moves from New York to suburban Connecticut and struggles with a hostile schoolmate. Discovering that the girl plans to meet an older online acquaintance prompts Ren to intervene, uncovering a troubling mystery.

Lucius Wolfe begins at a new school after losing both hands in a chemical accident. Popular newcomer Aurora Belle becomes interested in him despite his isolation, drawing them into a relationship complicated by hostility, self-image, and recovery.

Georgia's turn to discover her power arrives as the Huit sisters continue searching for their parents. Their teacher vanishes and an unsettling substitute appears, while Georgia's mistake threatens to obstruct the family's efforts to unravel the disappearance.

April brings Jackie her chance to discover a power, but practical problems interrupt the Huit sisters' adventures. With their parents missing, the girls must handle taxes, and assistance from Pete the Mechanic leads them toward an unexpected discovery.

Usually sensible Marcia faces the month in which her own power emerges, bringing headaches and troubling ideas. Meanwhile, an interfering neighbor alerts social services, threatening to expose the Huit sisters' secret and separate the family before they find their parents.

Timid Petal dreads the arrival of her month to discover a gift and power. A family wedding takes the Huit sisters and their companions to Paris, where unfamiliar surroundings bring excitement and danger to their continuing search for answers.

Sixteen-year-old Bet wants the education denied to her because she is a girl, while Will longs to escape school. They exchange identities, but Bet quickly discovers that attending a boys' school involves challenges far beyond the classroom lessons she desires.

Lucy Sexton's mother welcomes a newly discovered identical twin into their comfortable household. As the sisters become harder to distinguish, Lucy grows uneasy about her aunt's behavior, and a violent incident makes questions of identity terrifyingly urgent.

A school assignment prompts Emily to imagine correcting the parts of Little Women she dislikes. Transported into the novel's nineteenth-century world, she tries to alter the March sisters' stories while discovering how difficult it is to change fiction from inside it.

Rebecca is accustomed to urging her sisters to face trouble bravely, but now her own power must emerge. Extraordinary strength draws unwanted attention to the Huit family, complicating the girls' efforts to keep their unusual circumstances hidden.

House painter Johnny Smith is everyone's favorite best man but longs to become a groom. Falling for district attorney Helen Troy, he reinvents his interests and habits to impress her, risking the loss of his own identity in pursuit of love.

Bookstore employee Mini Monroe gains responsibility when her beloved boss is murdered, but inherits a tangle of suspects along with the job. Working with officer Mickey Maus, she investigates relatives, rivals, and business associates with reasons to want him dead.

After watching seven sisters discover their gifts, Zinnia finally reaches her own turn in the Huit family's unfolding mystery. Her impatience and hopes for an extraordinary power shape the next stage of the girls' search for their missing parents.

A substitute teacher's ill-judged remark sparks conflict among a special class of six boys and six girls. Their regular teacher makes matters worse, escalating everyday disagreements into a contest told through the rival groups' alternating collective viewpoints.

Four people surrounding Jane Taylor offer their own perspectives on her chaotic life. Receptionist Constance, editor Dodo, accountant Stan, and baby Emma take turns narrating, shifting attention from Jane's account to the experiences of those affected by her behavior.

Popular novelist Mercury Lauren longs for recognition from the New York Times Book Review. Her pursuit brings her into conflict and attraction with its editor-in-chief, creating a romantic comedy shaped by literary ambition, pride, and increasingly determined schemes.

Robbie Knightley believes something is wrong with him after overhearing his parents discuss his behavior. He resolves to avoid revealing himself to others, but an unexpectedly early class trip forces sustained contact with the friends he fears will judge him.

The Huit sisters have discovered their powers and located their father inside a tiny Christmas ornament. Rescuing him requires finding a way to shrink themselves and their cats, with hopes that the same journey will finally lead them to their mother.

Novelist Nix Carter returns to Connecticut to care for her father and encounters an eccentric window washer calling himself Zorro. His mansion and lavish parties attract attention, but suspicion gradually changes the community's response to this mysterious figure.

This collection brings together thirteen humorous author interviews from Baratz-Logsted's Disrespectful Interviewer feature. The exchanges use irreverent questions and playful challenges to approach writers and their work, offering a deliberately unconventional variation on the usual literary interview.

Johnny Smith has finally married the woman he loves, but sharing a home proves harder than winning her heart. Conflicting tastes, jealousy, and constant togetherness test the newlyweds as they navigate domestic life after a troubled honeymoon.

Katie and Drew are teenagers whose parents lead opposing presidential campaigns. Their attraction crosses the political divide between a Republican nominee's daughter and a Democratic nominee's son, complicating family loyalties and life under public scrutiny.

Four women join what they expect to be a book club and discover a deeper connection through their relationships with sisters. Illness, distance, grief, and uncertain marriages shape the friendships they form while reconsidering their own lives.

Cleaning lady Daisy Silverman wins a fortune and travels to London hoping to meet Prince Charles. In this alternate-world romantic comedy, mutual attraction develops before the royal family fully understands her background, bringing class differences and misunderstandings into their relationship.

Great Dane detective Sherlock Bones continues sharing a home with reluctant surgeon Dr. Jane Catson and her turtle housekeeper. Their next investigation involves murder and Utah, testing the mismatched animal partners' methods as they tackle another human mystery.

Retired feline surgeon Dr. Jane Catson finds her peace disrupted by Sherlock Bones, a Great Dane claiming detective brilliance. He moves into her home and draws her into investigating a suspicious human death, despite their clashing personalities.

In 1969, ten-year-old Mamie writes to Michael Collins as Apollo 11 prepares for its lunar mission. When family members gradually leave her alone, the letters become a source of comfort as she considers responsibility, loyalty, and who stays behind.

Mona invites her husband's famous musician brother to share a summer holiday with their family in Connecticut. His presence exposes the unequal careers of the two brothers and complicates relationships, raising questions about jealousy, fame, and what relatives conceal.

In 1920 England, the Clarke sisters and their household expect familiar problems of status, romance, and proper conduct. A zombie outbreak forces aristocrats, servants, and neighboring villagers to cooperate, testing social divisions against an enemy none anticipated.

After his owners separate, dog Gatz divides his week between two homes and plots to reunite them. His risky matchmaking grows more urgent when a new man enters his female owner's life, threatening the reunion he believes they need.

Gatz wants happiness for both owners who share custody of him, but their new relationships encounter trouble. Job loss shakes one household while professional rivalry unsettles the other, leaving the devoted dog to navigate another round of human complications.