It is 1847 and the only way Charlotte MacKinlay can achieve her dream of being a doctor is by learning Cherokee "green medicine," but she needs a teacher and the Cherokee Indians have all been forced West. Traveling back in time is her only answer. Unfortunately, her return
brings her face-to-face with her biggest challenge yet.... (More) 

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Return to Nowhere is the sequel to Gate to Nowhere. Leanna is currently working on the third book in the Gate to Nowhere series.

Magnolia Blossoms ~ Next Book in the Series!

Leanna's next mystery novel in the series, 'Magnolia Blossoms," will be available within a few months. Here's an excerpt from the new book:

BOOK EXCERPT - Maggie Poinsett, hard-nosed photographer for National Geographic magazine doesn’t look or act like a ‘Sweet Magnolia’—the name her mother gave her…nor does she believe in ghosts.

But while on vacation with her parents at Golden Apple Farm, a bed-and-breakfast inn located in the mountains of western North Carolina, something happens that will forever change the way she feels about anything supernatural…she meets the ghost of Thomas MacKinlay, Civil War soldier shot for the crime of desertion.

Gate to Nowhere ~ The First Book in the Series

Leanna's first mystery novel in the series, 'Gate to Nowhere" won the Fiction category in ForeWord magazine's 2008 Book of the Year Award.

BOOK EXCERPT - The massive bronze sculpture was at once so mesmerizing that everything else in the square became a blur, merging into a long tunnel with the statue at the end, bathed in light. Something was pulling her forward, or was that a gentle shove from behind? Either way, the sensation was dreamlike. Was she actually walking? It was more like floating. (More from Gate to Nowhere)