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What The Land Leaves
Paperback
Series: Taravale, Book 2
Publisher Price: $24.95
ISBN13: 9781764503112
Publisher: Southern Ground Press
Published: Feb 4 2026
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When Alice returned to Taravale, she believed the hardest part would be claiming the land she'd inherited. She was wrong.
A discovery she was never meant to make begins to unravel a history the town has quietly agreed not to examine. The pressure comes softly at first - concern disguised as kindness, offers framed as help, the unspoken expectation that she will let the past settle again.
As interest sharpens and attention reaches beyond Taravale, Alice finds herself increasingly alone in the work of holding ground - not just against the land's demands, but against the people who benefit from forgetting. The man she loves steps out of sight to protect what matters most, leaving her to face the consequences without the comfort of standing together.
Then fire cuts through the valley, stripping Taravale back to its bones.
In the aftermath, nothing can remain hidden.
What the Land Leaves is a rural romantic suspense novel about consequence, restraint, and the kind of love that doesn't hold tighter - it steps back. It is the second book in the Taravale Series, following What the Land Keeps, and leads into What the Land Reveals.
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