At the Corner of King Street

Alexandria, Book 1

By: Mary Ellen Taylor

Narrated by: Kate Marcin, Elle Newlands

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.

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 attention: 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 edition: This edition of At the Corner of King Street includes editorial revisions.

©2015, 2025 by Mary Burton. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

a mix of old and new

loved the mix of old stories with new stories. a little history to go with the present time. I could read this one again.

A kind of bland listen

the story was ok, if really predictable. Girl with dysfunctional family has a boyfriend who takes advantage of her caretaking behaviors, and later in the story does a strikingly terrible thing that seems to be portrayed as little more than a breach of politeness. The past story was underdeveloped. I didnt dislike it, but I couldn't recommend it.