Right Before Their Eyes: Q&A with Carrie Walker + Giveaway

 

 

About the Book

Book: Right Before Their Eyes

Author: Carrie Walker

Genre: Romantic Women’s Fiction

Release Date: February 5, 2025

Sometimes the love you need most looks different than you imagined.

Clare Martin thought nothing of agreeing to live with her dementia-ridden grandmother when her parents left on mission. Balancing that with her job as a social worker and the expectations of her career-driven boyfriend proved doable—until Grandma started a house fire.

Mason Hughes has loved Clare for years, but the time was never right to tell her and now she’s dating someone else, fixing Mason firmly in the friend zone. He’s working to be a pediatric neurologist, a dream inspired by a special boy with a terminal brain condition, and must choose a medical school. Finances are so tight he’s forced to consider a program across the country, a troubling fact he’s kept secret.

Lucia Roberts, a seventeen-year-old on Clare’s caseload, loses her foster home and is placed in an unwelcoming group home. At every turn she’s met with rejection and becomes desperate for any proof she has value—enough to make choices that could affect the rest of her life.

When Grandma Dottie and Lucia’s paths take a dangerous turn, Clare frantically tries to save them. As their lives knit together, will they find the love that’s right before their eyes?

 

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About the Author

Carrie Walker lives in Michigan with her husband and seven children. From her ten years serving as a high school youth minister, adventures around the globe, and raising a family, many stories have been knit within her heart.

As an avid reader she pens what she loves to read, contemporary stories that bring hope to a hurting world. Weaving romance among story lines of characters in struggle, she aims to show God working in all situations. When she’s not playing board games with her husband, shuttling kids in the Walker bus or wishing for snow, Carrie can be found at the keyboard bringing those stories to life.

Carrie’s writing has been recognized in many contests. Her debut novel, Emma’s Hero, won the IAN Book of the Year for Christian Fiction, was a double finalist in the International Book Awards, placed in the ACFW Crown Award, Monroe Walton Center for the Arts Award, and won the 2020 ACFW First Impressions Contest.

More from Carrie

When I was writing “Emma’s Hero” I had a few readers that took an early peek at it, before it was completed. More than once, I was informed “This is not the only book, right?” And so, this story was a reality in my mind, before it was even thought of. This book just was. And the characters helped tell the story. Mason grew a lot in Emma’s Hero, but he has a lot more growing to do, especially in the realm of relationships, communication and figuring out how to live this newfound faith. Grandma Dottie is a character inspired by a combination of both my grandmothers, and there is a story she tells to Mason almost halfway through the story that is a true story borrowed from my own grandparents 🙂 That’s all I’m telling you, you’ll have to find it. But I just love that a part of their love story made it into mine.

Author Interview

Can you tell us a little bit about what readers can expect from your books? 

My books best fall in the Romantic Women’s Fiction genre. You can expect stories to be told from three point-of-view characters: A male and female who follow a typical romance arc, along with a third cross-over character. Their storylines will affect each other. You can also expect a faith thread and depth, but also light moments.  

What is the greatest advice you have ever been given about writing? 

Write what you are inspired to write, don’t try to write what you think readers want because that will always change. I’d also say “Write what’s fun for you to write” because it takes a lot of time and work to craft a novel and if it’s not fun or inspiring, the chances of finishing it are slim 

What book made you fall in love with reading? 

It would probably be the Babysitter’s Club Series that I read as a child. I started the first book and read every single one, from there I always needed to have a book in my hand :) 

Can you share something interesting or surprising you learned while researching for the book? 

I spent a lot of time talking with social workers who worked in the foster care system while writing this book. I learned that there isn’t a technical legal minimum age that children must be to be left home alone. That was shocking to me.  

What do you hope readers will take away from the book? 

That God is working in your life even when you can’t see Him or feel Him. 

 

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Fiction Book Lover, September 18 (Author Interview)

Tell Tale Book Reviews, September 19 (Author Interview)

Blossoms and Blessings, September 20 (Author Interview)

Happily Managing a Household of Boys, September 21

Jodie Wolfe – Stories Where Hope and Quirky Meet, September 22 (Author Interview)

A Reader’s Brain , September 23 (Author Interview)

A Modern Day Fairy Tale, September 24 (Author Interview)

The Bookish Pilgrim, September 24

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Carrie is giving away the grand prize of a $40 Amazon gift card and a copy of the book!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

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