About the Book
Book: With Mercy’s Eyes
Author: D.T. Powell
Genre: FICTION/ Christian / Contemporary
Release Date: June 16, 2025
He turned his back on God a long time ago. But God never forgot him.
Six months after struggling actor Lane Harris lost his husband in a tragic accident, he lands a movie role guaranteed to put him on the Hollywood map. But one producer holds the power to shut down his shot at stardom—and she’s a Christian. If she finds out he’s gay, it’s over. Lane is careful not to say too much around her.
When an alcohol-fueled tryst with his co-star ends in humiliation, and his landlord hands him an eviction notice, Lane looks for someone to talk to. He finds a confidant in the Christian producer. After a night of too little sleep and not enough coffee, he lets slip his sexual orientation. Instead of a verbal flogging, the woman recounts recently losing her own husband.
The only Christians Lane knows condemn him upon learning he’s gay. But this one is different. She doesn’t embrace his sexuality, but instead of treating him with disdain, she offers compassion. Christians are supposed to hate people like him. So, why doesn’t she?
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With Mercy’s Eyes by D. T. Powell is an issue-facing Contemporary novel for adult churched Christians. It addresses homosexuality and same-sex attraction from a Biblical perspective without falling into the trap of the extreme responses we too often see from modern churches. It holds similar views to Jackie Hill Perry, Becket Cook, Rosaria Butterfield, and Christopher Yuan.
Excerpt
Lane did as instructed before reviewing the material for three characters Tina had thought he might be interested in auditioning for. The first was the female lead’s boyfriend, the second a police chief, and the third a forensics specialist.
Stacey liked the book this movie was based on, Vic Garrison’s Evident.
Lane had perused a few chapters, and Garrison seemed a good writer. Apparently millions of others shared that opinion, because Evident had landed on the New York Times’ Best Seller list for a solid eighteen months after it had released.
One by one, auditioners took their turn and left.
“Next.” A woman wearing a headset motioned Lane forward. “Three minutes. Time starts as soon as you walk on screen.” The woman shut the door, attention on the tablet in her hand.
Lane took the ten feet to the green screen in three long strides. “Lane Harris,” he said to the camera, “auditioning for Grayson Field, Hunter West, or Terrance Fitzpatrick.”
He settled into character for the first set of lines, but each word drained an ounce of will, and by the time he finished the last sentence, he slumped, spent.
Lane didn’t bother to use his umbrella on the way back to his car.
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About the Author
D. T. Powell has loved stories since before she can remember, and it was one of those stories that God used to change her life and prompt her to start writing. In addition to writing book reviews for a magazine as well as original contemporary and speculative fiction, she has actively contributed to the fanfiction community since 2013. Her original work has been published by Writers Digest, Clean Fiction Magazine, Twenty Hills Publishing, The Order of the Pen Press, Wolrdsmyths, and Cadence Writing. She enjoys reading, playing pickleball, and playing an occasional video game. You can find her online as dtill359.
Her favorite verse is Psalm 126:5, “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”