Alexandria Books in Order

The Alexandria books share a world with the Union Street Bakery novels but shift the spotlight to a new set of women whose lives are knotted together by family, addiction, and a few unsettling relics from colonial Virginia. The stories are set in and around Old Town Alexandria, with its narrow brick streets, waterfront warehouses, and a quirky architectural salvage business called Shire Architectural.

At the Corner of King Street begins with Addie Morgan, who grew up in a family overshadowed by mental illness, financial chaos, and a lingering sense that the women in her line are somehow cursed. Addie has built a calm, orderly life working at a Shenandoah Valley vineyard and falling for its owner, Scott. When her sister gives birth to a baby she cannot care for, their Aunt Grace calls Addie home to Alexandria, asking her to step in where the rest of the family has failed.

Back in the city she tried to leave behind, Addie finds herself juggling midnight feedings, old resentments, and the daily grind of helping run her aunt’s architectural salvage yard. A sealed bottle unearthed in a crumbling hearth—part of a trio of so‑called “witch bottles” created in the 1700s—suggests that the idea of a family curse may be rooted in very real fears and bargains made generations ago.

The second book, The View from Prince Street, turns toward Rae McDonald, a psychologist whose teenage sister died in a car accident. Rae coped by numbing out, giving up a baby for adoption, and building a life where she keeps emotions at arm’s length. Lisa Smyth, who survived the same crash, has her own secret guilt and a long‑standing dependence on alcohol. When the salvage company uncovers more artifacts that link the Shire, McDonald, and Smyth families, the past refuses to stay politely buried.

Taylor threads in glimpses of eighteenth‑century Alexandria through letters, legends, and the history behind the witch bottles. There are moments that feel almost supernatural—ghosts in old houses, curses that might or might not be real—but the heart of the series is the slow, awkward work of forgiveness and repair.

Readers can expect emotional storylines about sisters, mothers and daughters, and old friends who have drifted apart, all set against a backdrop of antique bricks, river fog, and creaky historic homes. The Alexandria novels are less about solving a single mystery and more about watching several generations confront the damage they’ve inherited and decide what to keep, what to let go, and how to move forward.