Deborah Raney Books In Order

A Vow to Cherish

You’ve Seen The Film Now Read the Book!The World Wide Pictures feature length film of A Vow to Cherish is bringing this poignant story before the eyes and hearts of millions of viewers across the country. If you were one of them, you saw the powerful acting by Barbara Babcock and Ken Howard as they brought the characters to life. The film, however, covered only one half of the novel now you can read the ‘rest of the story’ in this beautiful new edition with a movie tie in cover. Focusing on the sacredness of marriage and the struggle that one couple goes through after a tragic medical diagnosis, A Vow to Cherish is sure to capture your heart as one man learns the true meanings of commitment, love, and responsibility.

Within This Circle

After a tumultuous courtship, John and Julia Brighton have a second chance at happiness! With tragedy behind them and their children grown, they’re looking forward to a new and promising era in their lives. Only, such a promise is never guaranteed. And life can change in a moment. The Brightons’ lives are turned upside down when John’s daughter Jana abandons her husband, Mark, and three year old daughter. John and Julia reach out to young Ellie, to give the young couple time to heal, but how can they help this child, so confused and longing for Mommy? And how much sorrow and stress can both fledgling marriages endure?

Two very different couples, each with only their love and faith to guide them, can only pray that it will be enough.

Beneath a Southern Sky

‘Deborah Raney reminds us that God’s ways are not our ways…
but His paths lead to fulfillment and joy.’ Angela Elwell Hunt author of The Note and The Heirs of Cahira O’Connor series Her Second Husband Healed the Sorrow of a Tragic Loss. Her First Has Just Returned from the Dead. Which Man Has the Right to Claim Daria’s Heart? After two years of serving as a missionary in a remote area of South America, Daria Camfield has returned to the States to mourn her husband, reportedly killed while providing medical aid to a neighboring Colombian village. One family discovers how God can redeem any tragedy. At first, Daria finds comfort only in the daughter born to her after Nate’s tragic death. As she begins to heal, she also finds a listening ear and a tender heart in her new boss, veterinarian Colson Hunter. Determined to move forward with life, Daria ignores the still small voice calling her to wait and accepts Cole’s marriage proposal. But after the wedding, Daria’s new dream life turns into a nightmare with the arrival of an unbelievable telegram:’Nathan Camfield found alive. Flying into K.C. Int’l. via Bogota…
‘ Now two men have the right to her daughter, her life, and her love. Will Daria return to her beloved first husband, abandoning Cole? Or will she reject Nate and choose the only man her daughter has ever called ‘Daddy’ a man she has come to cherish with all her heart?

After the Rains

Long ago, Natalie’s mother faced an agonizing choice between the two people she loved most, and the difficult resolution to her predicament affects Natalie throughout her young life fueling a season of teenage rebellion that results in the death of her best friend. As a young woman, Natalie attempts to put her troubles behind her, ultimately finding solace in the arms of a man with close ties to the tragedy. Yet neither time nor love can liberate her from the past. Determined to confront her terrible guilt, Natalie embarks on a journey that will take her thousands of miles from home and straight into the life and heart of a man unlike any she has ever known. Confronted with a decision that echoes the one her mother faced so many years before, Natalie finds herself drawn to two men each of whom holds a claim to her heart. But the sins of her past must be confronted, and an escape from her guilt found, before her heart will be free to find its home. Showing that God can forgive the gravest of sins, After the Rains beautifully illustrates that his forgiveness comes purely through loving mercy and grace, not by our human efforts to earn it.

Remember to Forget

One morning changed everything about her life But could it also set her free? Maggie Anderson Graphic designer Maggie Anderson has lived under her boyfriend’s tyranny for nearly two years…
until she’s carjacked in New York. Will this terrifying experience be the end for Maggie or the beginning of a freedom greater than she dares imagine? To gain that freedom, she’ll have to Remember to Forget everything about her old life…
Trevor Ashlock is existing, day by day, in the little town of Clayburn, Kansas. Surrounded by too many painful reminders of all he’s lost, he fills his time with work, trying desperately to forget. Then a compelling and lovely stranger shows up in Clayburn and turns Trevor’s world upside down.

Leaving November

Eight years ago, Vienne Kenney moved away from Clayburn and all its gossip to pursue a law degree in California. But now she has failed the bar exam again. Is she destined to be stuck forever, a failure just like her father in this two horse Kansas town?Nine months ago, Jackson Linder left Clayburn with no explanation to anybody. Now he, too, is back. He isn’t sure he’s ready to face the rumors and well meaning questions of the town’s busybodies. Yet he’s determined, once more, to make his art gallery a success in spite of the secret that haunts him every day…
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Yesterday’s Embers

On Thanksgiving Day, Douglas DeVore kissed his beloved wife good bye, unaware that it would be the last time he’d see her or their precious daughter Rachel. Left with five kids to raise on his own, and already juggling two jobs to make ends meet, Doug wonders how he’ll manage moment by moment, much less day after day, without Kaye’s love and support. When Mickey Valdez, a daycare teacher, hears of the tragedy, she offers to lend a helping hand. After all, it isn’t like she has a family of her own waiting for her at home. Her brothers are all happily married, but love seems to have passed her by. Then a spark ignites…
but will the flame be too hot to handle?

Almost Forever

Unearthing a lost memory may cause her to lose everything she holds dear but could it also set her free? Bryn Hennesey, a volunteer at the Grove Street Homeless Shelter, was there the night the shelter burned to the ground and five heroic firefighters died at the scene. Among them was her husband, Adam. Like the rest of the surviving spouses, Bryn must find a way to begin again. But Bryn must do so living with a horrible secret. Garrett Edmonds’s wife, Molly, was the only female firefighter to perish in the blaze. As her husband, it was his job to protect the woman he loved. How can he go on in the face of such unbearable loss and guilt? And what started the fire that destroyed the dreams and futures of so many? Investigators are stumped. But someone knows the answer .

In the Still of Night

‘I began and finished In the Still of Night in almost one sitting what a book! The unforgettable drama and emotions in this story are still with me.’A CBA MARKETPLACE reviewerWith the busy years of motherhood and nurturing fulfilled and her daughters settled in college, Anna Marquette is now free to pursue her long held dream of a career in counseling. With a few days off from studying at semester break, Anna accompanies her husband, Paul, on a business trip and mini vacation to Orlando. And then the night that would forever change their lives Their love for God and for each other faces the ultimate test as they consider the unimaginable options before them. In the sweltering heat of August, in a nondescript Chicago parking lot, Paul and Anna suddenly know what they are to do. And for a season the painful choice they make will wrench them from each other’s arms. Can even this give new meaning to their love?

A Scarlet Cord

In the four years since her husband’s death, Melanie LaSalle s life has been consumed with managing the family design firm and caring for her five year old daughter, Jerica. The possibility of a new relationship is the last thing on her mind. But when Melanie meets Joel Ellington, a new staff member at her church, she is instantly attracted to his warm spirit.

As their friendship deepens, however, Melanie is troubled by something she can t quite understand or explain. Joel seems to be hiding something in fact, most areas of his past are off limits, even to her. Because of her growing feelings for him, Melanie pushes her doubts away. But when unsettling facts come to light and when Joel disappears, along with the contents of a church bank account she can no longer ignore her fears.

Now, torn between her feelings for Joel and evidence mounting against him, Melanie faces a heart wrenching decision: to forget the man who gave her reason to love again or to trust Joel enough to give him her heart.

Exploring the themes of the importance of truth, loyalty, and trust, A Scarlet Cord illustrates that who we are in Christ depends little on outward appearances and much on our relationship with him, and that through faith, we can find places of comfort, healing, and selfless love.

Playing by Heart

Who can work in a house that’s being remodeled? Not Maddie Houser, a novelist who gladly accepts the help of her eighty year old friend, Ginny, to arrange a stay in a charming bed and breakfast. As time pas*ses, Maddie never sees Ginny’s friend, the inn owner but a friendship blossoms as the two leave messages for each other. Before long, Maddie feels a deepening admiration for her unseen host…
and chagrin when she assumes she’s falling for a man she’s never seen. Which will she listen to…
her head or her heart?

A Nest of Sparrows

His Fianc e Was the One Woman He d Loved. Her Children Are All He Has Left. Reserved contractor Wade Sullivan never expected to fall in love with Starr Parnell or to love her three small kids as if they were his own. But that’s exactly what happened. As their wedding draws near, however, tragedy strikes and Wade must put aside his own grief in order to help Starr s children cope. As Wade focuses his efforts on caring for the children, he discovers that their tender, young lives give tremendous meaning to his own broken one. Then Starr s abusive ex husband shows up to claim the offspring who barely remember him and Wade prepares for the fight of his life. Will Anyone Believe His Claim to Love the Children More than Their Father Loves Them? A powerful novel of loss and discovery, courage and grace, A Nest of Sparrows masterfully illustrates one man s struggle to know when to fight, when to let go, and when to simply wait.

Over the Waters

‘Dr. Botox’ to the bored rich women of Chicago, plastic surgeon Max Jordan was shocked by his son Joshua’s decision to focus his medical talent on Haitian orphans. Embittered by Joshua’s sudden death, Max searched for resolution in the place his son called home. The selflessness of Joshua’s coworkers stunned Max. He was particularly taken with American volunteer Valerie Austin, whose dream of a tropical honeymoon had been crushed, replaced by a stint working in the impoverished orphanage. But Valerie’s view of Joshua’s sacrifice and her own challenged everything Max knew. Had the doors to his gilded cage finally opened?

Insight

She’s having a babyIt’s a blessing that brings comfort to newly widowed Olivia Cline. Yet with no insurance, no job and precious little money, how will Olivia care for herself and her child? The answer is a handsome and brooding artist seeking an assistant. Reed Vincent has recently regained his eyesight, thanks to a donor. And through his eyes, Olivia begins to see all the possibilities before her. Before them. Until, in a flash of Insight, she knows why his signature is so hauntingly familiar . The revelation could tear the couple apart or open their eyes to a new journey from sorrow to joy.

Above All Things

Expecting their first baby, Judd and Evette McGlin are thrilled to become parents. But the couple faces the ultimate test when Judd learns he already has a child: a six year old mixed race girl born amid secrets and lies. Now, Evette must decide if she can accept the child. She thought she was open minded until hidden prejudices threaten the future of an innocent little girl, Evette’s marriage and the very notion of who she thinks she is. Above All Things, this child needs acceptance and love. Needs Evette to discover what being a mother truly means. Needs Judd to face his past. And needs them to discover what it means to be a family.

Children’s Sermons to Go

Children’s Sermons to Go is a collection of 52 sermons for children. Each sermon first gives a Bible verse and then illustrates that verse with a short anecdote. Each sermon lists easy to find household materials the preacher or worship leader can bring to give a visual demonstration that illustrates the truths presented in the sermon. The distinguishing feature of this sermon collection, however, is the small, inexpensive gifts or trinkets mementos that each child carries away from the children’s sermon, thus giving the children a concrete object that helps them remember the message given in that day’s children’s sermon.

Someday a Blessing

Sophie Susana Stanski was born April 2, 1925, in Poznan, Poland. Sophie and her family endured the dictatorship under Hitler’s armed forces, as well as Sophie’s kidnapping by the Germans. Sophie spent five long years in slavery under the rule of a German family. She was rescued and liberated by the American allied forces in 1949, only to find her family behind the Iron Curtain. Too frightened to return to her homeland, Sophie obtained work at an American base in Simershausen, Germany. There, she met and fell in love with an American soldier who brought her to the United States, and then left her devastated and frightened in a new country with four children to raise alone. Sophie found herself sinking into a deep depression as she tried to maintain caring for her children, but losing at love and having to break her promises to her family back in Poland were almost more than she could bear. She tried to lean on God, but her depression and seclusion only kept her from letting in the only people who truly loved her: her family and friends. This is her story, of war, love, hope, and Someday a Blessing.

More Children’s Sermons to Go

More Children’s Sermons to Go: 52 Take Home Lessons About God offers a year s worth of children s sermons that feature small, inexpensive gifts or trinkets that help children better understand and remember the lesson of the sermon. Each of the sermon lessons in More Children s Sermons to Go includes a Materials section, a selected Scripture text, and a take home memento of the sermon lesson. These mementos are quick, inexpensive ideas that require 30 minutes or less of preparation time.