Louis Bayard Books in Order

Patrick Beaton searches Washington's gay community for Scottie, an ideal man he may only have dreamed about. His friend Seth joins the quest, but conflicting desires and family complications make the pursuit of romance increasingly unpredictable.

Determined to have a biological child, Nick Broome begins looking for a woman willing to help him become a father. His growing attachment to Joe complicates that ambition, forcing him to reconsider what family and love might mean.

Adult Timothy Cratchit lives in a London brothel while trying to escape dependence on Uncle Ebenezer. Discovering girls marked by a sinister brand draws him into a dangerous investigation and a desperate effort to protect young Philomela.

A cadet's apparent suicide at West Point becomes a murder investigation when someone removes his heart. Detective Augustus Landor recruits young Edgar Allan Poe to uncover the academy's secrets as further violence threatens their search.

In Restoration Paris, detective Vidocq draws medical student Hector Carpentier into a murder inquiry. Their investigation leads toward the disputed fate of Louis XVII, an enigmatic survivor, and secrets connecting Hector's family to France's royal past.

Disgraced scholar Henry Cavendish is hired to recover a valuable letter allegedly stolen by his late friend. His dangerous search intertwines with the seventeenth-century life of Thomas Harriot, whose discoveries and hidden relationships leave an unsettling legacy.

During their Amazon expedition, Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit are captured by a tribe demanding that they kill an elusive beast. Their ordeal combines jungle danger with memories and family tensions that threaten their survival.

After her mother's death, fourteen-year-old Melia must protect her siblings and their Virginia gas station during the Depression. She recruits a wandering stranger to pose as their father while resisting an ambitious rival determined to take the business.

In 1840s Springfield, Mary Todd's courtship with Abraham Lincoln unfolds alongside his close friendship with Joshua Speed. Their intertwined perspectives explore ambition, intimacy, and the competing attachments surrounding the young lawyer's personal and political future.

Lem Billings helps his friend Jack Kennedy court Jacqueline Bouvier, then develops a close friendship with her himself. Looking back on their complicated alliance, he weighs loyalty against the sacrifices Jackie faces as a prospective political wife.

Oscar Wilde’s wife Constance begins to recognize his attachment to Lord Alfred Douglas during a family holiday. The resulting scandal reshapes her life and those of their sons, who must navigate loss and their father’s complicated legacy.