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Verona Gay Youth Chronicles Books in Order

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Explore the Verona Gay Youth Chronicles by Mark A Roeder in order, with quick summaries, series background, and help picking your first book.

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Verona Gay Youth Chronicles books in publication order

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1

Someone Is Watching

by Mark A Roeder

1999

Seventeen-year-old Ethan is a wrestler trying to hide that he is gay when a mysterious tormentor starts closing in. The blackmail hook drives the plot, but the real tension comes from Ethan learning to face himself.

2

Someone Is Killing the Gay Boys of Verona

by Mark A Roeder

2000

Sean is drawn into a supernatural murder mystery when gay boys in Verona start turning up dead. Ghosts, old violence, and fierce loyalty make this one of the darker and stranger entries in the series.

3

A Better Place

by Mark A Roeder

2001

Brendan is the golden football star and Casper is the invisible poor kid no one notices until Brendan does. Their unlikely bond becomes a heartfelt story about class, cruelty, and the search for somewhere safer to belong.

4

Do You Know That I Love You?

by Mark A Roeder

2001

The lead singer of a hugely popular boy band has fame, attention, and almost no privacy. Behind the pop glamour is a story about secrecy, real affection, and how hard it is to trust love when everyone is watching.

5

The Soccer Field Is Empty

by Mark A Roeder

2001

Mark and Taylor are athletes, boys in love, and far more vulnerable than they want to admit. Roeder uses their story to explore romance, loyalty, and the terrible cost of a town that learns compassion too late.

6

Keeper of Secrets

by Mark A Roeder

2002

On the run and in deep trouble, Avery ends up at Graymoor Mansion, where the past refuses to stay silent. A ghostly connection forces him to rethink his anger, his fear, and the kind of person he wants to be.

7

The Summer Of My Discontent

by Mark A Roeder

2003

This ensemble summer novel weaves together several Verona lives at a time of longing, heartbreak, and change. It is less about one big plot than the emotional crosscurrents that shape a community.

8

This Time Around

by Mark A Roeder

2003

Old hurts and unfinished business make it hard for familiar Verona characters to move forward cleanly. This is a later-series story about trying again, even when the past still has a grip on you.

9

Masked Destiny

by Mark A Roeder

2004

Skye steps into the role of protector, balancing normal teen life against something much larger and stranger. It is part superhero fantasy, part coming-of-age drama, and all Verona in tone.

10

Altered Realities

by Mark A Roeder

2006

Marshall wants to help his friends, but the forces gathering around Verona are no longer easy to understand or control. This installment pushes the series deeper into the supernatural without losing sight of friendship and redemption.

11

Dead Het Boys

by Mark A Roeder

2007

Marshall's ghostly troubles lead him toward Graymoor Mansion and a fresh wave of violence. Meanwhile, the boys of Verona become suspects and targets in a dark, suspenseful story where revenge and fear are never far away.

12

Disastrous Dates & Dream Boys

by Mark A Roeder

2007

Several boys from earlier Verona stories are back, each chasing love while wrestling with family pressure and old wounds. It is an ensemble novel about fathers and sons, boyfriends and best friends, and learning to risk happiness.

13

The Graymoor Mansion B&B

by Mark A Roeder

2008

Turning a haunted mansion into a bed-and-breakfast sounds charming until the ghosts start making themselves known. Roeder mixes reunion drama, romance, and old murder-house atmosphere into one of his most distinctive Verona tales.

14

Christmas in Graymoor Mansion

by Mark A Roeder

2010

The holiday season arrives at Graymoor Mansion with all the warmth, ghosts, and emotional complication that implies. This seasonal entry blends reunion, romance, and a haunted-house glow.

15

Just Making Out

by Mark A Roeder

2010

What starts with adolescent desire quickly becomes something more emotionally tangled. This is a close-up Verona story about young lovers learning that intimacy is never as simple as it looks.

16

Shadows of Darkness

by Mark A Roeder

2010

After Skye comes close to death, Devon returns to life as a mortal teenage boy and faces the wreckage of his past. It is a supernatural turning point that still keeps its focus on guilt, hope, and forgiveness.

17

The Heart of Graymoor

by Mark A Roeder

2011

Graymoor is more than a spooky address, and this book digs deeper into what the mansion means to the people tied to it. Expect secrets, lingering spirits, and emotional stakes that go well beyond the supernatural setup.

18

Scarecrows

by Mark A Roeder

2012

A Halloween mood gives way to something more unsettling as Verona brushes up against the supernatural again. It is a brisk, eerie story about whether a seasonal scare is only a prank, or something far worse.

19

Scotty Jackson Died... But Then He Got Better

by Mark A Roeder

2012

Scotty is a gay boy in trouble, caught between family pressure, faith, and events that do not fit any normal explanation. Roeder uses the wild premise to tell a story about survival and second chances.

20

Brandon

by Mark A Roeder

2013

College gives Brandon room to experiment, but freedom comes with confusion and consequence. This Bloomington story is about desire, identity, and the thrill of realizing you are not done changing.

21

Brandon & Dorian

by Mark A Roeder

2013

This paired Bloomington story follows Brandon as college opens up new desires and Dorian as love gets more complicated once adult life begins. It is about freedom, uncertainty, and how quickly independence can get messy.

22

Dorian

by Mark A Roeder

2013

Dorian enters college already carrying a serious relationship, which only makes the transition harder. Roeder follows him through distance, loyalty, and the pressure of trying to grow without losing what matters.

23

The Antichrists

by Mark A Roeder

2013

Elijah wants to make the football team and hold onto his faith, but homophobia in his church and his own awakening push him into painful questions. It is a blunt, compassionate story about belief, illness, and belonging.

24

Dead Boys of Verona

by Mark A Roeder

2014

Verona's old wounds refuse to stay buried, and the town is once again forced to face death, memory, and fear. This is a darker series entry where grief and mystery sit close together.

25

Devon

by Mark A Roeder

2014

Devon is determined to build a new life, but the past still shadows him. This Bloomington installment leans into reinvention, asking how much a person can really change and what redemption is supposed to look like.

26

Nathan

by Mark A Roeder

2014

Nathan steps into college eager for something bigger, but excitement does not erase loneliness or uncertainty. It is a thoughtful campus story about independence, desire, and starting over.

27

Nathan & Devon

by Mark A Roeder

2014

Two linked Bloomington stories follow Nathan as he steps into college life and Devon as he tries to build a better future for himself. Together they show how exciting and scary starting over can be.

28

Ugly

by Mark A Roeder

2014

Julian thinks everyone can see how ugly he is, inside and out. Then soccer, music, a secret admirer, and the feeling that someone may be trying to kill him push him off the sidelines of his own life.

29

Casper

by Mark A Roeder

2015

Casper has waited a long time to join Brendan in Bloomington, and being together does not magically solve every problem. This is a tender college-era story about love meeting real life.

30

Lawn Boy

by Mark A Roeder

2015

A summer job, a powerful crush, and the gap between fantasy and reality drive this intimate Verona story. It is about wanting someone you may never truly have and learning how much that can cost.

31

Scotty

by Mark A Roeder

2015

At Indiana University, Scotty is trying to balance romance, identity, and the daily pressure of growing up. It is a focused Bloomington character study with warmth, friction, and real emotional stakes.

32

Scotty & Casper

by Mark A Roeder

2015

These connected college stories follow Scotty as he balances school and romance, and Casper as he finally joins Brendan in Bloomington. Both boys are chasing happiness, but growing up does not make love easier.

33

Skye & Colin

by Mark A Roeder

2015

This linked story follows two important figures from the wider universe as loyalty, adulthood, and old supernatural threads continue to shape their lives. It is a later-series volume with both tenderness and long memory.

34

Beautiful

by Mark A Roeder

2016

Cory seems to have the perfect life until a revelation and an accident leave everything shaky. Roeder uses his point of view to explore what happens when the town's golden boy can no longer trust the image everyone sees.

35

Brendan & Casper

by Mark A Roeder

2016

One of Roeder's central couples returns in a story about building a life that can survive family wounds, memory, and the long aftershocks of adolescence. It is heartfelt, domestic, and still full of tension.

36

Brendan & Casper: Older & Better

by Mark A Roeder

2017

Brendan and Casper have been through enough to know that adulthood brings new problems, not fewer. This follow-up revisits them with affection, showing how love changes when the boys are no longer boys.

37

Come Back to Me

by Mark A Roeder

2017

Loss hangs over this Verona story, but so does the stubborn hope that love can return in some form. Roeder keeps the focus on grief, longing, and the difficult work of staying open to connection.

38

Light in the Darkness

by Mark A Roeder

2017

This later Verona installment leans into hardship without giving up on tenderness. It is a story about searching for hope when fear, memory, and old pain make that search feel almost impossible.

39

Marshall Mulgrew's Supernatural Mysteries

by Mark A Roeder

2017

Marshall has become one of the universe's go-to boys for ghosts and strange happenings. This volume gathers his eerie side, blending mystery, humor, and the supernatural energy that runs through the Graymoor books.

40

The Fat Kid

by Mark A Roeder

2017

Henley is tired of living on the sidelines until jock Axel unexpectedly offers to help him get in shape. Their uneasy friendship becomes a sweet, sharp story about body image, compassion, and hidden motives.

41

Transitions

by Mark A Roeder

2018

As the title suggests, this is a story about change and the uneasy spaces between old life and new life. Roeder keeps it personal, letting emotional shifts carry as much weight as plot.

42

Dream Lives

by Mark A Roeder

2020

Zac in 1983 and Isaac in 2018 begin dreaming vividly about each other, and neither understands how that could be possible. Roeder turns the premise into a tender, strange time-crossed romance.

43

Three Months

by Mark A Roeder

2020

Huntley looks like the kind of boy who already has everything figured out, but appearances are misleading. Over the course of a short, charged stretch of time, love and loss force him to see life differently.

44

Wicked Intent

by Mark A Roeder

2020

Rhett is juggling attraction to a girl, two boys, and the growing fear that a killer is hunting teens near Verona. It is a messy, suspenseful mix of desire, jealousy, and serial-killer paranoia.

Verona Gay Youth Chronicles books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Someone Is Watching"

    Someone Is Watching

    by Mark A Roeder

    1999Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Someone Is Killing the Gay Boys of Verona"

    Someone Is Killing the Gay Boys of Verona

    by Mark A Roeder

    2000Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "A Better Place"

    A Better Place

    by Mark A Roeder

    2001Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "The Soccer Field Is Empty"

    The Soccer Field Is Empty

    by Mark A Roeder

    2001Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Do You Know That I Love You?"

    Do You Know That I Love You?

    by Mark A Roeder

    2001Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Keeper of Secrets"

    Keeper of Secrets

    by Mark A Roeder

    2002Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "The Summer Of My Discontent"

    The Summer Of My Discontent

    by Mark A Roeder

    2003Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "This Time Around"

    This Time Around

    by Mark A Roeder

    2003Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Masked Destiny"

    Masked Destiny

    by Mark A Roeder

    2004Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Altered Realities"

    Altered Realities

    by Mark A Roeder

    2006Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Disastrous Dates & Dream Boys"

    Disastrous Dates & Dream Boys

    by Mark A Roeder

    2007Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Dead Het Boys"

    Dead Het Boys

    by Mark A Roeder

    2007Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "The Graymoor Mansion B&B"

    The Graymoor Mansion B&B

    by Mark A Roeder

    2008Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 13
  14. Book cover for "Just Making Out"

    Just Making Out

    by Mark A Roeder

    2010Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 14
  15. Book cover for "Shadows of Darkness"

    Shadows of Darkness

    by Mark A Roeder

    2010Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 15
  16. Book cover for "Christmas in Graymoor Mansion"

    Christmas in Graymoor Mansion

    by Mark A Roeder

    2010Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 16
  17. Book cover for "The Heart of Graymoor"

    The Heart of Graymoor

    by Mark A Roeder

    2011Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 17
  18. Book cover for "Scarecrows"

    Scarecrows

    by Mark A Roeder

    2012Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 18
  19. Book cover for "Scotty Jackson Died... But Then He Got Better"

    Scotty Jackson Died... But Then He Got Better

    by Mark A Roeder

    2012Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 19
  20. Book cover for "The Antichrists"

    The Antichrists

    by Mark A Roeder

    2013Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 20
  21. Book cover for "Brandon"

    Brandon

    by Mark A Roeder

    2013Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 21
  22. Book cover for "Brandon & Dorian"

    Brandon & Dorian

    by Mark A Roeder

    2013Bloomington Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 7
  23. Book cover for "Dorian"

    Dorian

    by Mark A Roeder

    2013Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 23
  24. Book cover for "Devon"

    Devon

    by Mark A Roeder

    2014Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 24
  25. Book cover for "Nathan & Devon"

    Nathan & Devon

    by Mark A Roeder

    2014Bloomington Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 9
  26. Book cover for "Nathan"

    Nathan

    by Mark A Roeder

    2014Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 26
  27. Book cover for "Dead Boys of Verona"

    Dead Boys of Verona

    by Mark A Roeder

    2014Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 27
  28. Book cover for "Ugly"

    Ugly

    by Mark A Roeder

    2014Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 28
  29. Book cover for "Skye & Colin"

    Skye & Colin

    by Mark A Roeder

    2015Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 29
  30. Book cover for "Scotty"

    Scotty

    by Mark A Roeder

    2015Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 30
  31. Book cover for "Casper"

    Casper

    by Mark A Roeder

    2015Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 31
  32. Book cover for "Scotty & Casper"

    Scotty & Casper

    by Mark A Roeder

    2015Bloomington Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 11
  33. Book cover for "Lawn Boy"

    Lawn Boy

    by Mark A Roeder

    2015Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 33
  34. Book cover for "Beautiful"

    Beautiful

    by Mark A Roeder

    2016Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 34
  35. Book cover for "Brendan & Casper"

    Brendan & Casper

    by Mark A Roeder

    2016Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 35
  36. Book cover for "The Fat Kid"

    The Fat Kid

    by Mark A Roeder

    2017Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 36
  37. Book cover for "Come Back to Me"

    Come Back to Me

    by Mark A Roeder

    2017Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 37
  38. Book cover for "Light in the Darkness"

    Light in the Darkness

    by Mark A Roeder

    2017Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 38
  39. Book cover for "Brendan & Casper: Older & Better"

    Brendan & Casper: Older & Better

    by Mark A Roeder

    2017Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 39
  40. Book cover for "Marshall Mulgrew's Supernatural Mysteries"

    Marshall Mulgrew's Supernatural Mysteries

    by Mark A Roeder

    2017Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 40
  41. Book cover for "Transitions"

    Transitions

    by Mark A Roeder

    2018Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 41
  42. Book cover for "Three Months"

    Three Months

    by Mark A Roeder

    2020Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 42
  43. Book cover for "Dream Lives"

    Dream Lives

    by Mark A Roeder

    2020Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 43
  44. Book cover for "Wicked Intent"

    Wicked Intent

    by Mark A Roeder

    2020Verona Gay Youth Chronicles, Book 44

Series background & context

Verona is the emotional heart of Mark A Roeder's fictional universe. It is a small Indiana town, and Roeder uses that size to his advantage. Everyone seems close enough to watch everyone else. Reputations stick. Secrets travel fast. A football field, a church, a locker room, or a front porch can become the place where a life changes.

That pressure shapes almost every Verona book.

The early stories are rooted in high school life and the fear of being seen too clearly. The Soccer Field Is Empty, Someone Is Watching, and A Better Place set the tone with sports, secrecy, first love, bullying, and the ache of wanting a safer world than the one the boys have been given. These books are earnest and direct, and they do not pretend that growing up gay in a small town is simple.

As the series grows, Verona gets bigger without losing that close, watchful feeling. Roeder follows boys like Brendan, Casper, Sean, Avery, Julian, Cory, and Skye through heartbreak, family conflict, danger, loyalty, and the slow building of community. Some books are intimate character pieces. Others widen out into ensemble stories where several boys carry the emotional weight at once. You start to feel the town itself as a network of friendships, old wounds, crushes, enemies, and people who keep turning up when someone needs help.

Then the supernatural side starts to creep in. Someone Is Killing the Gay Boys of Verona, Keeper of Secrets, Masked Destiny, Altered Realities, The Graymoor Mansion B&B, and related books bring ghosts, haunted houses, murder mysteries, and near-mythic defenders into the mix. Graymoor Mansion becomes one of the major landmarks of the wider saga, a place where history refuses to stay quiet. Even so, the strange elements never fully take over. The books stay grounded in how the characters feel about one another.

Verona is where Roeder's world learns how to endure.

That is especially clear in later books, where earlier teens become adults and the series begins to ask what happens after survival. Love stories deepen. Families change shape. Old grief does not vanish, but it becomes something people carry together. Couples who once hid in fear start trying to build homes, careers, and steadier lives. The town still holds pain, but it also starts to hold memory, loyalty, and a real sense of chosen family.

If you want the fullest version of Roeder's style, Verona is usually the place to start. It has the sports stories, the coming-of-age drama, the emotional directness, the social cruelty, the tenderness, and the supernatural detours that make the larger universe feel so distinct. Expect boys trying to become themselves while the whole town seems to be looking over their shoulder, and expect Verona itself to keep changing with them.

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