A Free eBook!

Today would have been my sweet mom’s 88th birthday—she’s celebrating this one in heaven—and I’m celebrating here on earth with a free eBook for my readers.

A Vow to Cherish was my very first novel. It has been through many, many variations, was made into a movie, was my first mass market-size book, has been translated into Dutch, Swedish, German, and several other languages, and has had more covers than I can remember! (The most recent in the images above were designed by my talented husband, Ken Raney.)

I hope you’ll get the free ebook, and while you’re there, maybe grab a copy of the sequel, Within This Circle, or the audiobook, or a print copy, too.

I’ll leave you with this precious photo of my parents, taken in 1951 when they were teenagers. My parents met when they were 8 years old and my dad was sitting on a fence rail showing off. It was love at first sight and love “till death do us part.” This picture makes me smile big, thinking how they had no idea when the photo was snapped that their love would turn into a family of five children, twelve grandchildren, and at least twice that many great-grandchildren (I’ve lost count!) Happy birthday in Heaven, Mothe.

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Deborah Raney

DEBORAH RANEY's first novel, A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title and launched Deb’s writing career. Forty books later, she's still creating stories that touch hearts and lives. Her novels have won RWA's RITA Award, the ACFW Carol Award, the National Readers Choice Award, and the HOLT Medallion. She is also a three-time Christy Award finalist. Deb is on faculty for several national writers’ conferences and served on the executive board of the 2,500-member American Christian Fiction Writers organization for 18 years before retiring in 2022. She is a recent transplant to Missouri, having moved with her husband, Ken Raney, from their native Kansas to be closer to kids and grandkids. They love road trips, e-biking, Friday garage sale dates, and breakfast on the screened porch overlooking their wooded backyard.

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