A Hillendale Novel Series

Eighteen-year-old Brynn Taylor eagerly heads for college, ready to escape the aunt and uncle who resented being saddled with their orphaned niece. Her excitement to be on her own quickly turns to dismay when a hit-and-run accident totals her car, she discovers her aunt has stolen her college fund, and her credit card is maxed out. Stranded in a throwback Wisconsin town, Brynn meets an aunt she didn't know she had. With nowhere else to turn, Brynn reluctantly accepts her new-found Aunt Nora's offer for temporary room and board. Rumors abound, and Brynn fears her aunt might be a witch—and that Brynn herself might share this unexpected family legacy. Are the goods made from Nora's garden—the ones she sells in her gift shop—more than herbal remedies and homemade bath products? Brynn finds in Nora the family she's been missing since her parents died and allows Nora to teach her the art of alchemy passed down from one generation to the next. But past sins catch up to both Brynn and Nora, threatening their relationship and their lives.

Brynn Taylor works side by side with her Aunt Nora mixing targeted therapeutic herbal remedies from their garden for their customers at the gift shop, but the recipes are only chemistry to Brynn.   Beware of strangers. Something evil lurks in Hillendale. A shadowy man watches their shop door, setting Brynn's nerves on edge. A beautiful tourist uses Brynn's signature scent to seduce Brynn's boyfriend, sending the town gossips into a frenzy. An indigenous silversmith friend tells Nora "her time has come." A prophecy of doom?   Unintended consequences. When Brynn weaves a wish to circumvent the evil, things spiral out of control. Alone and miserable, Brynn refuses to do the magic's bidding. The Spirit Walker is the only one who can help her understand there's more to her gift than science.      

After coming to terms with the extraordinary things she can do, Brynn Taylor finally has her life on track—her own house, a new direction for her business, and a promising future with the man she loves. Thanks to her aunt, Brynn has learned to control the mystical powers that are part of her legacy. When a young cousin exhibits powers at an early age, Brynn is ready to take her turn in mentoring the next generation, but the child's father refuses to acknowledge their legacy and warns Brynn to stay away from his family. Brynn turns to a hidden grimoire for guidance, but the spell it shows her comes with dire consequences.

A stranger comes to Brynn Taylor looking to overcome a streak of bad luck, but when Brynn agrees to help, the hex transfers from the stranger to Brynn's fiancé, Kyle Jakes. Four months ago, Kyle was laid off from the Hillendale Police Department. He's postponed the wedding, taken a "filler" job out of town, and has grown sullen and irritable. While their relationship has eroded, Brynn vows to redirect the hex to its rightful owner. Her business is suffering, and once the town gossips get hold of the information she and Kyle—the town's golden boy—have broken up, she may have to close her doors permanently. After a steamy encounter with a man at a grocery store, her gift for alchemy has gone on the fritz. Either the spell that transferred to Kyle stripped her of her talents or the man from the grocery store is responsible for her interrupted magic. They only have two weeks to thwart the terms of the hex, the consequences of which could cost Kyle his future in law enforcement. How is she supposed to reverse the hex when her magic isn't working?

After a near-death experience when locating a strangling victim, psychic police consultant Madeleine Stephens is content to keep to herself and redecorate her new house. The community of Hillendale, Wisconsin has been quiet, but the spring weather brings out the neighbors, who want to learn more about her and her knack for finding things that are lost. ​When Deputy Kyle Jakes and his K-9 approach her to help find a missing person, Madeleine is hesitant—particularly if the woman might have had a fatal accident—not to mention she wiped Kyle's memory of their first encounter before he could reject her. But finding missing persons is what she does—her gift—and the possibility the current missing woman is in danger is low. Needing to ease back into her skills, she accepts the case, but avoids Kyle to prevent shaking loose the memory of their interlude. ​After Madeleine's initial consult, the missing woman is found, but goes missing a second time. Madeleine teams up with Kyle, whose repressed memory isn't buried as deeply as she'd hoped. They struggle with trust issues while they pursue leads, but Kyle isn't the only one who recovers a hidden memory. When reviewing the vision that hospitalized her, Madeleine inadvertently reveals herself to the strangler. She must trust Kyle to keep her safe, while keeping him safe at the same time.