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The Novel Way Blog Tours with Mosaic Books

I’m delighted to be part of the Novel Way Blog Tours with The Mosaic Collection as we celebrate the release of Sara Davison’s latest Christian romantic suspense novel. (Keep reading to the end of this post for details about a $25 gift card giveaway).

My Review

Every Star in the Sky is a story about how God gives beauty for ashes. Starr, the heroine, has been in a living nightmare for the past eight years, ever since she was kidnapped and forced into prostitution. Night after night, her brutal handlers compel her to allow strangers to violate her body. If she doesn’t comply, her kidnappers punish her savagely.

As though that isn’t enough, Starr must also endure the psychological torture of seeing the other trafficked girls suffer the same abuse day after day.

When police officer Cole Blacksky goes undercover, his orders are to make contact with and extract a woman who will be willing to testify against the evil mastermind at the head of the human trafficking ring. Starr must decide in a split second whether she can trust Cole.

Their story is a sweet narrative of how, by God’s grace, love and healing can bloom out of even the worst circumstances. And it does bloom, unfolding in a tender, gentle manner that had me sighing with happiness. This book asks hard questions, such as how can an all-powerful and all-loving God permit such evil to happen. It’s a page-turning read, and I was deeply invested in how things would turn out for everyone.

If you’re like me, you’re curious about how authors get their inspiration for the stories they write, particularly a book like this one, which deals with such a hard subject. Sara Davison shares her thoughts below about how this story came to her heart.

Sara, Tell Us More!

Every Star in the Sky a novel by Sara Davison

A lot of Christian authors have recently released books on the theme of human trafficking. While it feels like a trend, I think it is a great deal more than that. I truly believe that El Roi, the God who sees, is revealing His heart for these precious women (and some boys and men).

When the idea for Every Star in the Sky came to me, I was in the middle of writing another book. I tried to shelve the new idea to work on when I finished my current project, but it refused to wait its turn. I had to set what I was working on aside and write Starr’s story out in its entirety before I was able to return to the original project.

This was a powerful lesson to me that it is God who is laying these stories on authors’ hearts, asking them to put names and faces—even fictional ones—to these beautiful, hurting, traumatized souls in order to bring them to the forefront of readers’ attention.

These stories are not only for entertainment. They are a call to action. After reading them and thereby gaining a deeper understanding of this heinous practice that exists and is prevalent in every corner of the world, including North America, readers may then feel compelled to do more. Our primary responsibility as believers is to pray. Pray that these modern-day slaves will be freed. That they will find healing in Jesus Christ and hope for their future. And that all those perpetuating this evil will be brought to justice.

While continuing to pray, some may also want to look into organizations that help those caught up in the sex trade to escape and begin a new life. I mention a couple of these organizations in my letter to readers at the end of Every Star in the Sky, but there are many others that are working—often at risk to staff or volunteers—to free involuntary sex workers and to support them in their journey of healing. Donating money or becoming involved in these organizations in other ways is a powerful response to God’s call to remember and to fight for these women and men that He loves.

My hope and prayer for this book and all others written on this topic is that God will use them as He sees fit to help accomplish these objectives. And that readers will not only be drawn to pray for the victims of trafficking but will also be reminded that the God who placed every star in the sky and knows each of them by name knows their names too.
The theme of the two sparrows for a penny series is the same as it is for all my books—that we are never alone. God has promised that He will not leave us or forsake us, whatever we are going through. May you be reminded and deeply impacted by that as you read Every Star in the Sky and as you pray for all victims of human trafficking, that they will experience the truth of that promise for themselves.

About Sara Davison

Sara Davison is the author of four romantic suspense series—The Seven Trilogy, The Night Guardians, The Rose Tattoo Trilogy, and Two Sparrows for a Penny, as well as the standalone, The Watcher. A finalist for more than a dozen national writing awards, she is a Word, Cascade, and Carol Award winner. She currently resides in Ontario with her husband Michael and their three mostly grown kids. Like every good Canadian, she loves coffee, hockey, poutine, and apologizing for no particular reason.

Get to know Sara better at:

Website: On the Edge Suspense – On the Edge Suspense (saradavison.org)
Facebook – Author Sara Davison
Twitter – Sara Davison (@sarajdavison)
Instagram – Sara Davison (@davisonsara)
BookBub – @saradavison1
Newsletter Subscription: On the Edge Suspense – On the Edge Suspense https://saradavison.org/connect/

About Every Star in the Sky

Author: Sara Davison
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: March 2, 2022

She is willing to testify against her trafficker. If she can stay alive that long.
“You’re safe here, Starr.”

How many times has Detective Cole Blacksky said that to her since helping her escape the life she’d been forced into eight years earlier?

Starr desperately wants to believe him, but she knows Brady Erickson, her former captor, too well. Although Cole has promised her protective custody on his family’s remote ranch, no place on earth is safe enough. Brady will stop at nothing to permanently silence her before she ever reaches the witness stand.

And he is powerful enough to do it.

Get Every Star in the Sky here.

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So many free books! 🤩 @janlimthompson has pulle So many free books! 🤩 @janlimthompson has pulled together a page of books available at no cost. But you’ll only be able to access the page until January 31st. I grabbed a few for myself, including ones by @dorahiers and @edwinakiernan.

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It’s Friday the 13th today. Are you superstitiou It’s Friday the 13th today. Are you superstitious?

I remember as a child picking my way along the pavement, convinced that if I stepped on a crack or a line, it would cause my mother a painful injury. “Step on a crack, break your mother’s back,” my schoolmates used to chant.

Staring at the ground as I walked sometimes brought other benefits, like spotting a copper coin I might otherwise have missed. Because we’d also say, “Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you’ll have good luck.”

But our biggest superstition was probably about Friday the 13th. A pop quiz? Tripping in the lunchroom and falling flat on your face in front of everyone? Throwing up all over your desk? Anything could happen on this “unlucky” day.

Since becoming a Christian, though, I’ve learned that “luck” doesn’t exist. My wellbeing isn’t influenced by rituals such as what to do when I spill salt or sneeze. Because God is in complete control. Even when terrible things happen, I learned that God has a plan and can work in all circumstances for our ultimate good, if we trust him.

People who are against belief in God often lump Christian faith and superstition together. But the two are very different. Superstition means believing that specific actions have the power to influence whether we’ll have good or bad luck. But Christian faith means trusting that God is sovereign over all, and not even Christian-looking rituals can manipulate him. Wearing a cross, attending services, and doing other pious acts don’t in themselves have any power. We’re saved and blessed not because of anything we do, but because of who we are in Christ and what he has already done for us—by his grace.

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@faithbooksromance FaithBooks is a service that cu @faithbooksromance FaithBooks is a service that curates excellent Christian romance novels, bringing you new releases and price deals. They've been working behind the scenes for months to put together this special promotion.

For one day only, you can get a wide selection of Christian romance absolutely free, with no strings attached. Just grab the ones you like, and load them onto your favourte reading device.

There are so many here I've been wanting to read for a while.

I've grabbed @elizabethmaddrey  Elizabeth Maddrey's A Splash of Substance and @valeriecomer.author Valerie Comer's Raspberries and Vinegar. I already had Evangeline Kelly's A Wedding to Cherish, which I found as delightful as everything else of hers I've read.

Did I mention these are only available for one day? 

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"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23

Happy new year!

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I read @tonishiloh's novel The Trouble With Love a I read @tonishiloh's novel The Trouble With Love a while ago and was excited to see that she's offering it free right now, but only for a limited time.

It's the first in her Faith & Fortune series, a contemporary romance trilogy about three celebrity friends each of whom is at the peak of her career, yet is also missing something in her life.

Book 1, The Trouble With Love, is about Holiday Brown, a music superstar who finds faith and love in the most unexpected way: through a man she can't stand and whom she always considered to be holier-than-thou.

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By God’s grace, 2022 was my most prolific year s By God’s grace, 2022 was my most prolific year since I became an author, with three books and one novella released. Have you read any of them?

What a blessing it’s been to collaborate with my sisters in @mosaiccollectionbooks and my editor @sarat0103  Sara Turnquist, a fantastic author in her own right.

Lost and Found is one of the stories in Mosaic’s spring anthology, All Things New, available on Amazon. 

Into the Flood, Through the Blaze, and Within the Storm are the first three books in my Seasons of Faith series, also under the Mosaic umbrella. God willing, there’s lots more to come! I have plans for two novels and a novella to round out the series in 2023. 

Besides that, there’s another project I am super-excited about that I’ll share about in due course. It may not be published in 2023, but I expect to be working hard on it. 😊

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Need a bargain book to read this romjula? What’ Need a bargain book to read this romjula?

What’s romjula, you ask? It’s the Norwegian word for the lazy hazy time we’re in now between Christmas and New Year’s when you’re never entirely sure what day of the week it is. Those days when everyone has eaten their favorite chocolates from the assorted collection box you got for Christmas, and all that’s left are the ones nobody likes, but you’re contemplating polishing them off, anyway. That lovely time is what we call romjula.

@valeriecomer.author Valerie Comer, an author friend who writes contemporary Christian romance, has put together an online portal with clean and faith-filled romance books, either free or 99 cents. The sale runs until Friday only.

Two of my books are included. Falling for the Foe is free, always. But for the first time, I’ve made Pushing Past the Pain 99 cents. The price goes up again on December 31st, so grab it while you can. 

Check out the link in my bio to find out where to get the books.

As we stand on the threshold of 2023, I pray you’ll enter the new year with hope and confidence in God’s love and provision. Enjoy the rest of romjula, and happy new year!

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@mosaiccollectionbooks The Mosaic Collection's fin @mosaiccollectionbooks The Mosaic Collection's final book of the year releases in just two days! 😊@angeladmeyer 's Where Joy Starts is a book I've been looking forward to ever since I read the last book about the Hannigan siblings. If you enjoy realistic stories about complex family relationships, healing, and redemption, check out this series.

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It's release day for my latest book with @mosaicco It's release day for my latest book with @mosaiccollectionbooks ! Within the Storm tells the story of a widow trying to protect her late husband’s legacy, and the brother-in-law who knows just how tarnished that legacy is.

I'm overwhelmed by the feedback from my early reviewers. 🥹

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It's release day for the third book in my Seasons It's release day for the third book in my Seasons of Faith series with @mosaiccollectionbooks . 😊 Within the Storm tells the story of a widow trying to protect her late husband's legacy, and the brother-in-law who knows just how tarnished that legacy is.

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Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)

We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK or Norway, but this is a holiday I can totally get behind. How awesome is it to hit pause and just give thanks for all our blessings, big and small? 😊

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it, and may the rest of us to whom this is just a regular Thursday still truly count our blessings.

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Coming your way from @mosaiccollectionbooks to rou Coming your way from @mosaiccollectionbooks to round out the year... four books! 🤩

Reposted from @brenda.s.anderson The Mosaic Collection books that are yet to release in 2022. All are available for pre-order!

A Whisper of Peace, A Mosaic Christmas Anthology (Eleanor Bertin, Lorna Seilstad, Sara Davison, Angela Reed Meyer, Stacy Monson): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFLJH79G/
Twice Sold Tales by Chautona Havig: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFHBVY25/
Within the Storm by Milla Holt: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BCQN8V8L/
When Joy Starts by Angela Meyer: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B629H2HG/

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He’s spent his life taking chances. But will she He’s spent his life taking chances. But will she risk it all to love him again? 

Through the Blaze, a second chance romance about a marriage in ruins, is available now on all online retailers! 

I'm so excited to share my second novel in collaboration with @mosaiccollectionbooks .

You can grab the ebook immediately, and the paperback will be ready for sale within a few days. Check out the link in my bio for where to get your copy.

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We were on a family day out to London today, and a We were on a family day out to London today, and at Hamley's Toy Shop at Regent Street I impulsively snapped this picture of a Lego sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II. Just hours later, we learned of her passing.

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Happy September! Two weeks from the launch of Thro Happy September! Two weeks from the launch of Through the Blaze, here’s another little teaser:

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This place was an emotional junkyard, strewn with broken hopes and wrecked dreams. Even her sweetest memories had sharp edges that could tear her heart. She’d better walk carefully so she didn’t trip and cut herself.

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Through the Blaze comes out on September 14th, and is a second chance romance about a couple whose marriage is all but over. More details if you follow the link in my bio.

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Here’s a little book teaser 😊: ============= Here’s a little book teaser 😊:

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“They don’t know what it takes to keep a marriage together,” she said. “It’s not all sunshine and rainbows.”

Kai looked away. “I know. You found that out the hard way, didn’t you?”

“We both found that out. Sometimes love just isn’t enough.” She added, her voice almost a whisper, “I wish it was.”

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I’ve been missing in action lately. And this book is why!

I’m in the final stages of preparing my next title for release, and I can almost taste the finish line.

Through the Blaze comes out on September 14th, and is the second book in my Seasons of Faith Christian romance series. And this time, I’ve written about a couple whose marriage has hit the rocks.

To read more about why I’m delving into a “marriage in trouble” romance, check out the link in my bio.

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International readers, @inspyromance hasn't forgot International readers, @inspyromance
hasn't forgotten you! You, too, have a chance to win a bundle of Christian romance novels (including one of mine) in our birthday bash. 😊 Check out the Inspy Romance Instagram profile to find out how to enter. 

Reposted from @inspyromance Are you an international reader who loves paperback books? *~*~* Win a print book bundle from Inspy Romance. *~*~* Register as an international entrant (mailing address outside USA) to enter the giveaway [link to website in profile]

Bundle #16 paperbacks (international only): 
An Unlikely Alliance by Toni Shiloh @tonishiloh
Romanced by the Hero by Liwen Y Ho @author.liwenho
Into the Flood by Milla Holt @millaholt
Their Unbreakable Bond by Deb Kastner @debkastner 

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Reposted from @inspyromance At the Inspy Romance Reposted from @inspyromance 

At the Inspy Romance blog, we're gearing up for a huge giveaway.

There are 19 book prize bundles to be won - including our fabulous GRAND PRIZE! 

Grand Prize (US only): 
Into the Flood by Milla Holt @millaholt
When I Found You by K Leah @kleahbooks
A Reason to Stay by Deb Kastner @debkastner
The Esther Paradigm by Sarah Monzon @sarahmonzonwrites
Preacher Man by Laurie Larsen @laurlars61761
Destination: Romance by Amy R Anguish #amyranguish

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I've partnered with @justreadtours for a paperback I've partnered with @justreadtours for a paperback and ebook giveaway of my book, Into the Flood. Someone will also win a giftcard to the bookstore of their choice. 🤩

To enter, check out @justreadtours here on Instagram. Best of luck! 😊 
 
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