Celebrate Lit / January 29, 2025

Mara The Unseen Battle

About the Book Mara The Unseen Battle

Book: Mara The Unseen Battle (The Victory Series Book One)

Author: Blossom Turner

Genre: Christian Suspense

Release date: January 21, 2024

A mother’s love should be a given…

Growing up in1970s small-town Canada, Mara Howland strives to meet her mother’s impossible demands—yet the sting of failure always follows. Each punishment leaves another wound to hide, another cruelty to hush, until that dark summer evening. Now, she holds a secret she must bury…if she wants to survive.

But more is happening than meets the eye.

The mystery of the supernatural unfolds as Mara’s guardian angel and the sinister forces of evil battle for her well-being—and her soul. A place where rulers of the darkness prey on the innocent and unwary.

Will Mara’s spirit be crushed by the malevolent powers that fuel her mother’s cruelty, or is there a loving God who has a plan for her life?

In this gripping first book of a three-part series, Mara’s life journey brings startling awareness of our daily spiritual battles. Step with Mara behind the veil of the visible world, into a realm where prayer is a weapon, faith is tested, and all must choose between hatred and revenge, or love and forgiveness.

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My Thoughts on Mara The Unseen Battle

I want to start by saying I love this author. She writes amazing historical fiction. Maybe this qualifies as pseudo historical fiction since it takes place in the 1970s but it’s also a different type of fiction. This type of fiction brings in the supernatural. It delves into the spiritual battles happening around us. Because yes I do believe that there are angels and demons fighting around us all the time vying for the souls of people. But in the end, it is still the person’s choice which voice they will listen to.

This book contains Blossom’s writing style. It flows smoothly and the characters reach out to you. You will feel like you are in the book. And yes, you will be looking over your shoulder thinking you feel the breath of a demon on you. Or at least I was.

We’re in the 1970’s. I wasn’t actually born until 1985 so I’m not sure about the authenticity of that portion but the author was so I trust that it’s all fact there. But in truth, there is more fact than fiction in the story I think. The author writes from a place of experience with the abuse. I never suffered abuse as a child. But I saw it. I felt the effects of it. And now as an adult, I fight for the little ones without a voice. I want to just love and give them all a home. Since I can’t do that I do what I can.

And maybe I need to share more about the book though!

This is a book of faith. If you have an issue with faith don’t read this novel. Or do and have your mind changed. This is also the first book in a trilogy. So, if you’re not going into it knowing that it won’t be resolved at the end you need to reframe your brain because you will be left without full resolution and yearning for the next book.

Mara is the youngest of seven children. As a mom of 13, I love seeing books with large families! They get such a bad rap. I’m not sure that this one helps the large family stereotypes but it’s still an amazing book.

Our father in the story is good. But the mother has a thing about Mara. She wishes she wasn’t born and makes no bones about it. it makes me wonder if she struggled with postpartum depression and blames Mara. And then with the evil influences it makes a lot more sense if that was the case. Because yes one small thought can turn into a huge deal.

I have to say well done to Blossom with the spiritual side of this novel. A lot of people could write a novel about the people and the hard but it takes a special person with a gift to write about spiritual warfare and to do it this well. Highly recommend and yes I will be reading the other two books.

I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Celebrate Lit. All views expressed are only my honest opinion. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC regulations.

About the Author of Mara The Unseen Battle

Blossom Turner is an award-winning novelist who loves to jump out of planes, garden, and sing… all for fun. She is published in Chicken Soup and Kernels of Hope anthologies, is a former newspaper columnist on health and fitness and personal trainer. With a passion for words, this gifted author brings to life thought-provoking stories of love and relationships sprinkled with God’s hope.

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 of angels and God’s love and protection, but we also have an enemy…a living, breathing adversary, who comes to steal, kill and destroy. 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, The Unseen Battle… 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 experiences of childhood abuse, I added enough fiction to protect the not-so-innocent and created a story that reveals the unseen spirit world that preys on the innocent and vulnerable.

As sweet Mara suffers under an abusive mother, we discover evil forces are plotting her death. The odds are against her, yet she does not fight alone. In this first book of a three-book series, Mara comes face-to-face with the evil behind her mother’s attacks and must choose whether to enter that darkness or turn toward the light. Her birth-to-death story unfolds in a unique, riveting, and page-turning experience that will alert you to events taking place in the unseen spirit world.

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 life in a new encouraging way. The battle is real but the One by our side is victorious.