Leanna Sain, Gate to Nowhere

Gate to Nowhere

Leanna Sain

Twilight Times, Apr 2008

ISBN: 9781933353012

In MacKinlay, North Carolina, thirty-four years old widow Emma Franklin follows the specific underlined directions of attorney Anthony Clark provided her to her late grandmother's Golden Apple farm. However the obvious oval sign that he claimed she would see at four and seven-tenth miles is not there; or anything remotely matching the photos she has with her. She parks her jeep to look around only to realize why she missed the opening. Thinking of her father's warning rhyme of 'leaves of three let them be'; she realizes poison ivy blocks the way into the farm she just inherited.

Emma finds a safe way through the vines before returning to MacKinlay to buy food and other necessities. No one seems to welcome her; in fact they are outright angry and hostile towards her. She returns to her new home stunned and begins a search of the house and the garden with its shut rusted gate. In a secret panel she discovers three journals from the 1820s in which she learns Gavin MacKinlay, who the town is named after, built her new home in the early nineteenth century and was obviously cherished and loved until a tragedy not explained happened and the entries abruptly stop. Outside the rusted gate has somehow opened up. Curious to where the gate leads, she will soon learn who loves Gavin and why the Indians called this area 'Nowhere.'

This is an action-packed time travel romance starring a wonderful somewhat bewildered heroine and a courageous hunk. The storyline is fast-paced from the moment Emma struggles to find the signpost and never slows down until the final confrontation. Although the lead couple reacts to everything thrown their way too easily, fans will want to walk through the 'Gate To Nowhere' to watch Emma's amazing adventure.

Harriet Klausner