Welcome to the Blog Tour for Right Before Their Eyes by Carrie Walker, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
About the Book
Right Before Their Eyes by Carrie Walker
Series: Faith Endures #2
Publisher: Mountain Brook Ink
Release Date: February 5, 2025
Genre: Romantic Women’s Fiction
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 is an award-winning author who lives in Michigan with her husband and seven children. As an avid reader, she pens what she loves to read, stories that bring hope to a hurting world. Besides writing, Carrie enjoys board games, time with family and counting down the days ’til Christmas.
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Excerpt
Excerpt One
Please, don’t let this be what I think it is.
She snatched the paper and continued running. With Grandma Dottie hacking in Mason’s arms, they reached the porch, where two paramedics stood. A giant red firetruck blocked the driveway. The paramedics ushered her grandma through the rain to the ambulance, instructing Clare to wait as they assessed Grandma Dottie. She paced a few feet away, heart pounding.
Mason came up beside her. His tender gaze traveled over her body, as if convincing himself she was alive before settling on her face. “You okay?”
She shook her head, lips pursed as tears fought their way out. She blinked them back. “I’ve never been so scared in my life.” The paper fluttered between her fingers, luring her. She lifted the torn white page.
Grandma. Don’t Cook! written in bold black letters, stared back at her.
“Ugh. She’s never taken down my signs before.” Clare waved the note.
Not good. Her episodes were getting worse.
Excerpt Two
Mason took in a long, shaky breath and released it. “Theo, buddy . . . you know I never want to leave you, right?”
Silence.
“Thing is, I’ve been working hard to be a doctor, so I can help kids like you. You inspired me to do that.” He pursed his lips, and his vision blurred. “Well, I’ve applied to medical school. That’s doctor school. I’m kinda scared where it’ll lead.”
He rotated Theo so he could see his face. He had to see his eyes. So trusting, so peaceful. “I applied to the University of Minnesota’s Medical School, and I hope it works out because I could still live at home and see you all the time. Nothing would change.” He studied the boy and his quiet way.
“But doctor school is super expensive. Way more than college. I already sold my car and took another job to help pay for tuition.” Mason swallowed. “Most of my friends graduated last year, because I took classes at the rate I could afford them.”
The next words stuck in his throat. He hadn’t spoken them to anyone who might offer an opinion—that would make them real.
“I also applied to a school in . . . New York. My counselor pushed me to apply in case the University of Minnesota doesn’t work out. They have a pilot program for full-paid tuition, but it’s far away.Our park days probably wouldn’t happen very often if I go there.”
There. He’d said it.
Excerpt Three
Lucia lifted the hem of her T-shirt to her nose and inhaled lavender, all that remained of Mrs. Wilkens’s last hurried hug. As the car drove away from the Wilkens’s—her most recent “Mom and Dad,”—she steeled herself against another loss.
She bit her lip and stared at the house until the car turned a corner and stole the comfortable brick ranch from view. The para-medics had whisked her out of the way so fast she barely got to say goodbye. A lump clogged her throat. Mr. Wilkens.
Would she ever know if he was okay?
Would anyone care enough to tell her?
Miss Martin reached across Lucia’s garbage bag of belongings and brushed her arm. “Honey, Mrs. Wilkens feels awful. They intended to give me another month to find you a different foster home.”
Lucia glanced at her social worker’s glassy eyes. She’d come here during her time off. “It’s not your fault, Miss Martin.” She dropped her chin to her chest. “Sorry to interrupt your evening. I—”
“Don’t you dare apologize.” Miss Martin lifted her hand from the steering wheel, waving away the idea. “This is why I gave you my number. And, honey, call me Clare. This is such a shock. They were in good health, even at their age.”
Waves of nausea rose as Lucia replayed the last few hours. “Everything was fine. Then Mr. Wilkens said he couldn’t see right. His skin got so pale . . . his words slurred, half of his face drooped, and he stumbled . . .”
The screaming.
The frantic calls.
I’m so sorry, sweetie. It wasn’t supposed to happen like this.
Tour Giveaway
(2) winners will each receive a print copy of Right Before Their Eyes as well as a $20 Amazon gift card!
Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight February 11, 2025 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on February 18, 2025. Winners will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
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