Are You Aware of the Unseen Battle Around You?
Have you ever felt like something—or someone—was watching you? Ever sensed darkness in a well-lit room? Or wondered if a force beyond your control was working against you?
We love stories about angels, God's love, and divine protection. But we also have an enemy—a real, living adversary who comes to steal, kill, and destroy. As Ephesians 6:12 reminds us:
"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)
I never expected to write The Victory Series—though the story has been stirring in my heart for years. The genre I love writing is historical romance with feel good HEA. I was building a following, winning awards, and loving my work. But as I wrapped up my last series, the Holy Spirit made it clear: Mara's story was next.
Mara's story comes from that deep place shaped by my own experiences with childhood abuse and a marriage under fire. While I wove in enough fiction to protect real-life people, the core truth of the book exposes the unseen spiritual battles that rage around us—both good and evil.
Mara is a tender soul suffering under the cruelty of an abusive mother, unaware that dark forces are actively plotting her destruction. The odds seem stacked against her, but she is not alone, just as we are never alone. Her guardian angel stands ready for battle. In this first book of a three-part series, Mara comes face-to-face with the evil behind her mother's attacks. She must make a choice: just as all of us must do…step into the darkness or turn toward the light.
This story is raw, gripping, and eye-opening, offering a powerful glimpse into the spiritual realm. It challenges the cultural belief that demonic activity is a relic of ancient times. Even Jesus Himself was tempted by the Devil and cast out evil spirits. These are not just old fables—they are truth. The world we live in today is still shaped by unseen battles, but as believers we are not left defenceless but have great power in prayer.
"You are of God, little children, and have overcome them (the darkness). Because He (Jesus) who is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the world." 1 John: 4:4
Yes, reading Mara, The Unseen Battle will entertain you. But more than that, it will deepen your faith, ignite your prayer life, and remind you that, though the war is real, the One who stands with us is victorious. You may even begin to see life's trials in a new light—because in Christ, we already have the victory.
Here is what best-selling suspense author Creston Mapes had to say about Mara The Unseen Battle.
"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
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About the author
Blossom Turner is an award-winning novelist, and a free-lance writer published in Chicken Soup and Kernels of Hope anthologies, and former newspaper columnist on health and fitness. A Word Guild semi-finalist for Anna's Secret, Katherine's Arrangement, Amelia’s Heartsong, and a Word Guild winner for Best Romance for Lucinda’s Defender. She has found her home in the writing of historical fiction but is open to wherever God leads. The many 5-star reviews attest to the power of love and romance authentically woven into the Shenandoah Bride Series about five sisters and their five love stories.
Blossom lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her husband, David, of forty years and their dog Lacey named after Lacey Spring, Virginia, where this series takes place. A former businesswoman, personal trainer, and mother of two grown children she is now pursuing her lifelong dream of writing full-time. A hopeless romantic at heart, she believes all story should give the reader significant entertainment value. However, her writing embodies the struggles of real life. She infuses the reality of suffering with the hope of Christ to give a healthy dose of relatable encouragement to her reader. Her desire is to leave the reader with a yearning to live for Christ on a deeper level, or at the very least, create a hunger to seek for more.
Co-author Suzie Zanewhich
Suzie is a certified life coach, leader of emotional health, and resource specialist. She has found her niche as a soul coach.
Suzie finds purpose in empowering individuals to move towards growth, healing, and alignment with their authentic self. Suzie is driven by a calling to live authentically, as the person God created her to be, to reach her fullest potential and lead others to do the same. Her passion is to help others find meaning through discovering their strengths, gifts, personality, temperament and core values.
Suzie is a life-long learner, continuously immersing herself in new courses to learn more about human behaviour, relationships, psychology, child development, emotions, trauma and healing. Because of her craving to always learn more she has earned the title of resource specialist in the area of self-discovery.
Suzie Zanewich lives with her husband in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She has a patchwork family of four grown children, two daughters, two sons and three granddaughters.
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I want to read this book. In my personal life, recently, I’ve become increasingly aware of spiritual warfare all around me, often inflicted upon me by some of the people I’m closest to. Jesus talked more about demons than he did heaven or hell. Frank Peretti’s books were devoured by me, and never forgotten. The sulphur smell is everywhere. In each of our days, Satan’s fingerprints are spread all over; if he’s not present in the moment, he’s just been there. Greater is he that is in us (John 14) but we need to be as alert as we can possible be; like my cat with the birds!
Dear Diann,
Thank you for your response.
Yes, spiritual warfare is all around us and as you penned so authentically, often inflicted by people we love and care deeply for. The whole purpose of this series is to reveal the battle we are in. Although Satan's fingerprints are spread all over in this world, we, as believers are victorious and that is our resounding message of hope in this crazy world.