Alexandria Series by Mary Ellen Taylor

In this poignant story about the complex connections between family, one woman must decide what she wants her life to look like—and who she wants by her side.After a tumultuous childhood she couldn’t control, Addie Morgan is finally living her own life. She’s left her old pressures behind for a job in a country vineyard, and she finds more than just work with the vineyard’s owner, Scott. But as things are looking up, her family comes crashing down... moreIn this poignant story about the complex connections between family, one woman must decide what she wants her life to look like—and who she wants by her side.After a tumultuous childhood she couldn’t control, Addie Morgan is finally living her own life. She’s left her old pressures behind for a job in a country vineyard, and she finds more than just work with the vineyard’s owner, Scott. But as things are looking up, her family comes crashing down.When Addie’s sister gives birth to a baby she can’t raise, she leans on Addie for help. Unable to refuse in a time of crisis, Addie returns home to Alexandria to take care of everything she tried so hard to forget.As she learns to tend to her niece and her aunt’s architectural salvage yard, Addie stumbles across something else that needs her a history dating back to Colonial Virginia…and a witch bottle allegedly holding a generations-old curse.If Addie can follow the clues to uncover what’s plagued her family’s past, she might help save the future she’s only just started to build.Revised This edition of At the Corner of King Street includes editorial revisions. less

From the author of The Brighter the Light comes the story of two women connected by the grief they never got over and the journey they embark on to finally move forward.It’s been fifteen years since her sister died, and Rae McDonald still hasn’t recovered from the accident―or the ways she tried to cope with it. Not even a PhD in psychology has helped her deal with her feelings. It’s safer to shut them out... moreFrom the author of The Brighter the Light comes the story of two women connected by the grief they never got over and the journey they embark on to finally move forward.It’s been fifteen years since her sister died, and Rae McDonald still hasn’t recovered from the accident―or the ways she tried to cope with it. Not even a PhD in psychology has helped her deal with her feelings. It’s safer to shut them out. But that makes it difficult to connect with the son she gave up for adoption as a teenager.Lisa Smyth hasn’t fared any better. She was in the car with Rae’s sister that tragic night and keeps the truth of what really happened buried in her own grief. Still struggling, she drowns her guilt with glass after glass.But unresolved pain can’t be ignored forever. Sooner or later, it’s time to heal.Rae and Lisa reunite in their small hometown of Alexandria. Bolstered by the hope of finally moving forward, they confront the tragedy that haunts the familiar streets…and investigate the connection of a centuries-old curse.Revised edition: This edition of The View from Prince Street includes editorial revisions. less