Deborah Raney is the award-winning author of several novels, including A Scarlet Cord and the RITA award-winning Beneath a Southern Sky.

Deborah’s first novel, A Vow to Cherish, was the inspiration for World Wide Pictures’ highly acclaimed film of the same title. (A Vow to Cherish is on bookshelves again—ten years after it first released. Steeple Hill Books published an updated, expanded format in Summer 2006 the anniversary of the debut originally released with Bethany House Publishers.

Known for her sensitive portrayal of family struggles and relationships, she has also written non-fiction books and articles, and often speaks on topics relating to marriage and parenting. She and her husband, illustrator/author Ken Raney, have four children and make their home in Kansas.

For a complete list of her titles visit her web site at www.deborahraney.com.
 

When his wife of thirty years receives a devastating diagnosis, John Brighton's love is tested as never before. While Ellen slips away from him day by day, a young widow, Julia Sinclair, becomes John’s confidante. She seems to understand his pain as no one else can, and John finds himself confronted with a weakness he never realized he had. Torn between doing what he knows is right and what his heart tells him can not be wrong, John soon discovers that the heart cannot be trusted where true love is concerned.

A Vow to Cherish was the inspiration for World Wide Pictures’ acclaimed motion picture of the same title. This edition of the novel from Steeple Hill is an updated and expanded version from the original published by Bethany House Publishers in 1996 and again in 1999 with a movie tie-in cover. The film is available on video in English and Spanish, and on DVD in 7 languages. Order from World Wide Pictures.

Steeple Hill (2006)