Spotlight on Deborah Raney & a Giveaway

This week I’m spotlighting one of my favorite Women’s Fiction authors, Deborah Raney. I met Deb at the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference in 2019 and have had the pleasure of running into her several times since at that same conference and others.

I hosted Deb on my blog in 2024, and if you missed that interview, you can find it HERE. In that post, we’re talking about her novella, Playing for Keeps. I recently finished reading the two stories in this novella collection and loved them! And look at that sweet cover.

Great news, the e-book of Playing for Keeps will be FREE beginning February 1 for a limited time, so mark your calendar to pop over to Amazon in a few days and snag your copy!

Deborah’s not only a wonderful Christian Fiction author but also teaches classes for writers and creates journals with gorgeous covers for a variety of occasions, which you can find HERE. Best of all, she’s a super sweet person.

I love following Deb on social media, enjoying amazing photos of adventures she and her husband, Ken, experience as they travel around the country in their motor coach and on their electric bikes.

Another fun fact … she’s a master at finding wonderful treasures at garage sales and incorporating them into her lovely home decor. Take a look at these photos, and I’m sure you’ll agree.

Aren’t those pics gorgeous?! I wish I had a fraction of her creativity.

Despite Deb’s busy schedule, she took time to read my debut novel and gave me a wonderful endorsement, which you can read below.

If you haven’t read any of Deborah’s novels, I really hope you’ll give them a try. Take a minute to check out her latest work, The God Who series. (For more info on the first two books, click their covers. Book three releases later this year)

This week I’m giving away US winner’s choice of any of Deborah’s novels in ebook format! Comment below to enter, and be sure to connect with Deb through her website and on social media.

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. Thirty years, forty-plus books, and numerous awards later, she’s still creating stories that touch hearts and lives.

A four-time Christy Award finalist and winner of the RITA® Award, Carol Award, National Readers Choice Award, and HOLT Medallion, Deb is represented by Steve Laube of the Steve Laube Agency. She served on the executive board of the 2500-member American Christian Fiction Writers for eighteen years and teaches at writers conferences around the country. She blogs on Inspired by Life…and Fiction.

Deb is a Missouri transplant, having moved with her husband, Ken Raney, from their native Kansas. They love road trips, Friday garage sale dates, time with their family, and breakfast on the screened porch overlooking their wooded backyard.

Connect with Deborah: Website / Facebook / X / Instagram / Pinterest / BookBub

Deb’s endorsement for Stronger than the Storm:

“Deena Adams’s debut novel offers up a family that readers will fall in love with—not despite their flaws, but because of them. The Holbrooks endure heart-wrenching circumstances, but they discover the hope Christ can give in the fiercest storm, and that makes all the difference for generations to come.”

Join the conversation. Are you a Deborah Raney fan? What’s your favorite book or series of hers? Does her endorsement for Stronger than the Storm pique your interest in my novel?

Comment below by February 3 for a chance to win your choice of Deborah’s novels! US only; ebook format.

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If you missed Barbara Blythe’s Zoom interview last week about her Historical Romance, Far Grander than Paradise, FIND IT HERE.