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THE DOUBLE STANDARD SPORTING House
Selling points:
· For fans of The Gilded Age and The Alienist
· Brothel nurse becomes fearless heroine.
· Secrets, scalpels, and sisterhood unite.
· Powerful men, dangerous double standards.
· Particularly apt for the Epstein era…
If Caleb Carr's The Alienist had a scalpel-wielding sister with a heart for justice, she'd be Nell Hastings. Set in the raw aftermath of the Civil War, The Double Standard Sporting House slices through Gilded Age hypocrisy with surgical precision. Nancy Bernhard's brothel nurse-turned-clinic founder doesn't just treat wounds-she exposes the rot beneath New York's glittering facade. Think Carr's forensic thrill with a feminist pulse, where healing is rebellion and every stitch is a stand against the system
A high-class brothel that entertains New York’s most powerful men, the Double Standard Sporting House funds a free clinic for women. When the Tammany Hall criminal syndicate takes over the city in 1868 and starts kidnapping girls, the house’s owner Nell “Doc” Hastings cannot stay quiet—especially after sixteen-year-old Vivie arrives at the clinic bruised and bleeding.
Resolving to seek justice for Vivie and girls like her, Doc builds an unlikely alliance with religious reformers, a rare honest ward cop, and an alluring newspaper publisher she can’t seem to keep away from. Even with their help, Doc will have to use her sharpest tools—secrets, guile, and a surgical blade—to prevent a dark turn in the sex trade.
Full of intrigue, friendship, and love, this timely story of a heroine erased from history by the sexual double standard reminds us that women help and heal one another, even when shameless criminals come to power.
About the author: Nancy Bernhard is an author, journalism historian, and yoga teacher whose work explores the intersections of trauma, healing, and storytelling. She is particularly interested in how survivors of political and sexual violence find resilience through narrative and movement. She lives in Somerville, Massachusetts. Visit her at https://www.nancybernhard.com.
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