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Right Where They Belong (and a Giveaway!)

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[THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED. AND THE WINNER IS… Amy M.!! Congrats, Amy! Please send me an email with your snail mail address to debraney@mac.com and I’ll pop your books in the mail to you! Thanks so much for all the nice comments. I loved Amy’s “going Dutch” comment. 🙂 ]

Gather ’round, friends! I want to share a fun story today that begins back in 2016. Actually, longer ago than that… Maybe around 2008. Anyway, once upon a time… (Doesn’t every good story begin that way? 🙂 )

…these three authors met at a conference and became very good friends. At some point, they decided it would be fun to write a novella collection together.

So they did! They had a blast with three charming stories that became the collection called Right Where We Belong. (The book is still available in print! Click on the cover to order your copy!)

After a year or so, they each published the novellas from Right Where We Belong separately as ebooks—and with cute new covers. The three authors thought that was the end of their writing partnership.

But then! One day (just a couple of weeks ago, in fact!) to their great surprise, they discovered they had a brand new book out together. Never mind that they couldn’t read that book since none of them speak Dutch, but they were thrilled nonetheless to have their names on a brand new collection, a Dutch translation, that will come out in The Netherlands next month! That title translates: Don’t Make Love Wait.

The sweet collection of “drie winterse verhalen” (or three wintery stories) contains Deb’s novella from O Little Town, Courtney’s A Match Made at Christmas, and Melissa’s One Enchanted Christmas. Now isn’t that fun!?

You can order these novellas ( in English!) at these links:
O Little Town: ow.ly/S4kv50KUQnh
A Match Made at Christmas: http://ow.ly/9Brv50L0cO6
One Enchanted Christmas: http://ow.ly/NrYp50L0cRf

And they all lived happily ever after! ❤

And to celebrate, Deb is giving away one copy of Right Where We Belong and one copy of O Little Town to one lucky reader of Inspired by Life…and Fiction. For a chance to be that one lucky reader, simply comment on this blog post and we’ll name a winner tomorrow, here on this post.

P.S. Janyre, Amanda, and I were thrilled to learn last week that O Little Town made the Parable Stores bestseller list!

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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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  3. What fun to have new books created from combinations of novellas by different authors! I enjoy reading novellas because they take less time to complete a story. Thank you for the opportunity to win such books.

  5. How fun to be published in another country! Enjoy all these author’s books.

    I would love the opportunity to read and review “Right Where We Belong” and “O Little Town”. Thank you for the chance to win copies of both!

  8. Since Dutch was my first language, I’d love to read that version! Alas, I was 1.5 years old when we emmigrated, so English would be better.
    Thanks for the opportunity, Deb!

  12. Thank you for doing a giveaway!! Would love to read these stories! Have a blessed holiday season!!

  14. Together again in a Christmas collection! That’s so much fun, Deb! I’ve been fortunate to have my novels translated into Dutch. The reading community there is so supportive!

  16. I would love to win either of these book’s as I Love to read the print book’s Thank you for the chance to win !

  20. I would like to leave an encouraging comment in Dutch… but my Dutch is rusty and was never as good as my German. English will have to do. I like the Dutch cover… and what a surprise to find out about the Dutch novella collection! I’d love to read both the English-language collections in this giveaway!

  21. I would love to read these books. Thanks for the giveaway and the opportunity to enter your giveaway.

  24. Congrats to everyone! I love these authors and haven’t read Right Where You Belong so that’s on my list now! I’m excited that I have O Little Town ready and waiting to be read soon!

  26. Such a cool story! I’d love to read anything from these amazing authors! I’ll be sure to check these out. Thanks for the opportunity!

  29. I believe I’m right here where I belong, transplanted from the nutmeg state to the sunflower state.

  31. Novellas are fun to read and I don’t know the other two authors that well. It is always fun to find new authors! Thanks for the chance to win.

  32. I need a Little Christmas, right this very moment…would be such a delight to win and read these books. Thank you for the opportunity to win.

  33. So exciting to read 3 of my favorite authors in one book. Congratulations on your new book – in Dutch!

  34. That is so awesome! It would be amazing to one day become an author and write a short story collection with friends. 🥰 Beautiful looking books and congratulations on getting it printed in Dutch!!!💕

  38. So nice to have dear friends. Would love to read. Thank you for sharing. Blessings!

  39. Congratulations on your Dutch novel! It’s fun to see the cover art of all of these stories too. 😁

  40. I’ve enjoyed reading many books by all three of these authors. Both of the giveaway books are on my wish list. Thanks for the chance to win them.

  42. I love to read novellas! Especially, when they have been written by some of my favorite authors.

  43. They look very interesting. I’ll consider them an early Christmas present or a belated birthday gift if I win them.

  44. I love your books and especially when you partner with other authors on books as I love to find new authors to read 💕

  47. I have only read one of the stories from the Dutch translation and have not read the books you are giving away, so it looks like my “to get” list is going to grow! Thank you for the opportunity to enter your giveaway.

  49. AND THE WINNER IS… Amy M.!! Congrats, Amy! Please send me an email with your snail mail address to debraney@mac.com and I’ll pop your books in the mail to you! Thanks so much for all the nice comments. I loved Amy’s “going Dutch” comment. 🙂

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