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            Life turns upside down for Jessamyn Whitfield one winter night when she is fifteen. Her mother, victim of a violent crime, is plunged into a coma, and she is forced to leave her home, along with her twin brother Jeremy and little sister Lily. Her father, Darren, seeks refuge for the family at the mysterious Delahaye, a massive estate in the country, where her "Aunt Phyllida" offers hospitality in their time of need.

            Over the next year, Jessamyn and Jeremy discover that the estate has many secrets. The strange cast of the Delahaye includes a charming man named Mark, who prefers that his connection to the estate remain unknown; Stan, the solitary, knowing caretaker in his isolated cabin in the forest; the laughing chef, Martin, and his intriguing son, Damon; and Phyllida’s silent, fearful daughter Annette, who seems to be lost in her own past.

            Falling Leaves, the first of four books in the Whitfield Saga, is a romantic thriller in the vein of V.C. Andrews’s best work. It deals with shocking, shattering family secrets, closeted skeletons, and sinful passions too strong to be denied.