Deborah Raney

Deborah Raney is an American author that writes Christian fiction. Raney came to fame with 'A Vow to Cherish’, her first novel which was adapted into a television film. +Biography Deborah Raney was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1955. She spent her childhood on a farm.

The best place to start is the Natalie Camfield Legacy series, the earliest of Deborah Raney's multi-book series: it opens with Beneath a Southern Sky (1996) and runs to 3 books across 1996–2022, ending with Breath of Heaven (2022). Deborah Raney's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Deborah Raney has 80 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1996 and 2026. 56 of them belong to 10 named series — the largest being the Chicory Inn series with 5 books — and 24 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Deborah Raney's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Natalie Camfield Legacy (1996–2022, 3 books), A Vow to Cherish (1999–2007, 2 books) and Clayburn (2007–2009, 3 books), plus 5 more.

This guide splits Deborah Raney's 80 books into 10 named series and 24 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Chicory Inn (5 books, 2014–2017); Natalie Camfield Legacy (3 books, 1996–2022); Clayburn (3 books, 2007–2009); Hanover Falls (3 books, 2010–2012); Chandler Sisters (3 books, 2018–2020), plus 5 further series.