About the Book
Book: Mara, In The Face of Battle (The Victory Series Book Two)
Author: Blossom Turner
Genre: Christian Suspense/Spiritual Warfare
Release date: April 22, 2025
She escaped the darkness once… but will she survive its clutches yet again?
Despite scars both seen and unseen from her unimaginable past, Mara returns to the home that once imprisoned her in secrets, lies, and abuse. This time, she’s no longer a victim—she’s a young woman transformed by faith and driven by love. Mara is determined to share with her siblings the hope she’s found in a God who saved her life and filled it with purpose.
Reminded of her past with every look in the mirror, Mara’s heart finds a home in Lucas, a man who loves her beyond appearances. With him, she steps into a new life of joy, ministry, and the promise of forever.
But an unseen battle rages. Mara discovers the enemy who comes to steal, kill, and destroy is closer—and far more dangerous—than she imagined. Armed with prayer and the Holy Spirit, Mara must confront the forces that seek to crush everything she holds dear. When an unimaginable failure shakes the foundation of her faith, Mara faces her greatest test yet.
Can she trust God is good when life is not? Or will the shadows of her past pull her under once more?
A gripping story of faith, love, and resilience. Turner takes us on a journey that will inspire and challenge readers to find hope in their own darkest moments.
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About the Author
Blossom Turner is an award-winning novelist who loves to jump out of planes, garden, and sing… all for fun. She is published in a variety of anthologies, a former newspaper columnist on health and fitness, and a personal trainer. With a passion for words this gifted author brings to life this new series on spiritual warfare with thought-provoking plots and twists that will keep you guessing. Love and deep relationships sprinkled with hope permeate her novels. Check out the award-winning Shenandoah Bride Series about five sisters and their love stories. She and her husband, David, have two grown children and live in beautiful British Columbia, Canada, with their Shepherd/Bernese dog named Lacey.
More from Blossom
Have you ever felt like something, or someone is watching you? Have you ever experienced darkness in a fully lit room? Or wondered if a malevolent force was working against you?
We all love stories on angels and God’s love and protection, but we also have an enemy…a living, breathing adversary. Ephesians 6:12 says…For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (NKJV)
This story, Mara, In The Face of Battle… is the second in the Victory Series. The series found me. My genre is historical romance. I was building a following, won some awards, and loved what I was doing. But as I finished up my last series the Holy Spirit made it very clear that Mara would be my next project. From my own personal experience of spiritual warfare where Satan has come to steal, kill, and destroy, (as Jesus warned in John 10:10), I was to write a series on a character named Mara from birth to death. I think this approach is unique in and of itself. But then to weave in the unseen, how angels fight to protect, and the darkness seeks to destroy, adds a whole new and deep dimension.
If you would enjoy a read that is a cross between Frank Peretti books, and Francine Rivers’ character Angel, in Redeeming Love, then you’ll love Mara, In The Face of Battle. In this powerful trilogy, discover a world where spiritual warfare is brought to life, prayer is a weapon, and faith is tested. Expect to be impacted in a way that will change your life story.
You will be entertained, (nothing wrong with that) but you will also come away with a greater appreciation for prayer, for Christ, and His work on the cross. You may even view the trials of your life in a new encouraging way. The battle is real but the One by our side is victorious.
I’d like to end by enclosing an endorsement from bestselling suspense author, Creston Mapes…
“I’ve been watching and waiting for a powerful new voice in Christian fiction, and I’ve finally found it in Blossom Turner and her new thriller, Mara – The Unseen Battle. With spiritual warfare comparable to Frank Peretti, this book was powerfully spiritual and chillingly realistic. It had everything I love in a good novel — tension throughout, great pacing, unexpected twists and turns . . . I can’t wait to read the second book in the series.” — Bestselling Author Creston Mapes
MY REVIEW
This book picks up from book one so if you haven’t read it, I highly recommend doing it. I love Mara and her strength as she is forced back home. Her mother is evil to the core. I couldn’t believe the many ways her mother used to belittle her, torture her and try to destroy her. The demons are back and ready to finish their job in this epic adventure of good vs evil.
Mara’s life is surrounded in lies and secrets. But she knows that God has a reason for her to be back home. A spiritual warfare is happening and Mara finds comfort in knowing scriptures to pray. Her neighbor is a Godsend as she helps Mara go to church and get involved in the youth group. It was so upsetting to read about one of her sisters going through a very sensitive subject. I do want to warn readers that some subject matter may be a trigger so read with caution.
Mara shared her faith with her siblings while praying for them everyday. Even though her mother has treated her so bad, she continues to pray for her as well. Forgiveness is illustrated very well in this story as Mara forgives those who treated her wrong. As doors open for her to share her testimony, her siblings begin to worry. They have lied over the years about what their mother did to Mara. They are worried that it will reflect badly on them when the truth comes out. Her sister tries to tell Mara if she tells the truth her family will disown her again. Mara knows that her testimony will help others and all the pain she has suffered is for others to find healing. Mara is very well versed and is able to fight off anything that will quiet her voice.
I liked how the author illustrated how temptation came in and grabbed Lucas. It would have been so easy to continue trying to profit from their shows without giving back. Mara stands firm and through her obedience to God the enemy starts to work overtime. A crack in their marriage finds Mara fighting for her husband. The enemy will try anything to try to destroy us. Excellent book with a great illustration of forgiveness, trust, redemption and spiritual warfare. The emotions are raw and I loved how Mara shows how the enemy can cause you to ravel out of control when faced with hurt and betrayal.
I can’t wait to read the last book in this series. The ending will leave you anxiously waiting for the final book. This has been a heart wrenching realistic look at how the enemy slips in and tries to destroy faith.
Fear and doubt destroy faith.”
I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is
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Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Blossom is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon Gift Card and an autographed copy of the book!!
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Allen Brokken is a teacher at heart, a husband and father most of all. He’s a joyful writer by the abundant grace of God. He began writing the Towers of Light series for his own children to help him illustrate the deep truths of the Bible in an engaging and age appropriate way. He’s dedicated 15 years of his life to volunteer roles in children’s ministry and youth development. Now that his own children are off to college he’s telling stories and sharing clean humor on social media and through his blog.