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Deborah Swift

@deborahswift.bsky.social

Northerner. Author of #HistoricalFiction - formerly known as @swiftstory on that other place - 21 books, keep changing historical eras, currently residing scarily in the 1940's - LAST TRAIN TO FREEDOM out now!

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Ready to take a trip to Renaissance Naples?
BookViral Book of the Year.
Wishing Shelf Book of the Decade.
'Utterly irresistible' Coffee Pot Book Club
★★★★★
💙📚 #HistoricalFiction #Booksky #Renaissance
mybook.to/PoisonKeeper

27.06.2025 10:22 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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'A fast-paced, riveting plot with fascinating characters' - Coffee Pot Book Club
Discover the fake news radio station in the depths of the English countryside, giving false information to the N@zis. #BargainBook £3.00 or 99p on Kindle. #KindleDeal #WW2
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mybook.to/RadioLies

20.07.2025 13:13 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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#WW2 #Adventure #Romance
'bone-chilling danger, intrigue, romance, and characters to love and fear…Last Train to Freedom has it all. Don’t miss the ride!' LANCASHIRE POST
Luggage label from the Holocaust Museum.
📚⌛ #HistoricalFiction
mybook.to/TransSiberian

03.07.2025 07:52 — 👍 2    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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#WW2 #Adventure #Romance
'bone-chilling danger, intrigue, romance, and characters to love and fear…Last Train to Freedom has it all. Don’t miss the ride!' LANCASHIRE POST
Luggage label from the Holocaust Museum.
📚⌛ #HistoricalFiction
mybook.to/TransSiberian

03.07.2025 07:52 — 👍 2    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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The Quiet Librarian
by Allen Eskens
4.25 ⭐️s
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When her best friend is murdered, a quiet Minnesota librarian must resurrect her deadly past to protect a child and stop a killer.

#alleneskens #fabledbookshop #allthingsmurderful #currentlyreadingbookishfriends #heartsanddag #bookstagram #booksky

01.07.2025 23:52 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you for the shout out!

03.07.2025 07:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Books I Read in June 2025 Left on the Shelf Book Blog Book Reviews Book Information Recommendations Writing Reading Books for Children Books for Adults Books for Teens Fiction

😀 Happy Monday Everyone!

On the blog this morning is my book list of all the books I read during June 📚

#authors @deborahswift.bsky.social @mofanning.co.uk @asakoyuzuki.bsky.social and more
#booksky

30.06.2025 08:33 — 👍 27    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 2
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Book Review: Last Train to Freedom, by Deborah Swift "A compelling narrative that combines elements of a thriller with the poignant reality of wartime struggle and sacrifice."

tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/06/blog...

@deborahswift.bsky.social #WW2 #HistoricalFiction #BookReview

30.06.2025 12:17 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

40 years in the book industry... I've seen immense changes. #books

27.06.2025 20:05 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

Thank you! Loved writing it!

27.06.2025 10:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ready to take a trip to Renaissance Naples?
BookViral Book of the Year.
Wishing Shelf Book of the Decade.
'Utterly irresistible' Coffee Pot Book Club
★★★★★
💙📚 #HistoricalFiction #Booksky #Renaissance
mybook.to/PoisonKeeper

27.06.2025 10:22 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Blog Book Tour | Conversing with Deborah Swift about her #HistFic novel “Last Train to Freedom” Acquired Book By: When I initially joined this blog tour – I was betwixt and between the medical crises of my mother – from asthmatic attacks to emergency surgery – long before my…

"Tragedy can strike on a train and you still can’t get off – there is no way to escape yourself and your suffering, but also no way to escape other emotions like love and passion." — @deborahswift.bsky.social, The Last Train to Freedom
#noescape #booksky
jorielovesastory.com/2025/06/16/b...

18.06.2025 22:46 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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New Historical Fiction - The Herb Knot by ‪@janeloftus.bsky.social‬ - epic adventure set in medieval Winchester. #NewRelease #Apothecary #Medieval #HistoricalFiction #14thCentury deborahswift.com/spotlight-on...

18.06.2025 08:47 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you so much, don't get buried under that toppling pile of books!

27.06.2025 10:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Secrets of Rose Briar Hall, a Novel, by Kelsey James, sitting on a pine table. The cover shows a woman walking with a lantern at night with trees and a house in the background and golden floral scrolling in the foreground

Secrets of Rose Briar Hall, a Novel, by Kelsey James, sitting on a pine table. The cover shows a woman walking with a lantern at night with trees and a house in the background and golden floral scrolling in the foreground

Secrets of Rose Briar Hall by Kelsey James is first up in my library haul. A gothic, historical thriller, this story is set in 1908 Long Island and promises lots of twists and turns
#BookSky #Bookreview #thriller #mystery #BookTok #Bookstagram #BookTube #gothic #library #summerreadingclub
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18.06.2025 01:08 — 👍 16    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
Time and Tide by J.M. Frey. The cover is lavender with the silhouettes of two women, one in Georgian era clothing and the other in a shirt and trousers. A paper and quill, sail ship, teapot, book, airplane, and watch are around the edges. Purple, white, and pink flowers are around the cover, as well.

Time and Tide by J.M. Frey. The cover is lavender with the silhouettes of two women, one in Georgian era clothing and the other in a shirt and trousers. A paper and quill, sail ship, teapot, book, airplane, and watch are around the edges. Purple, white, and pink flowers are around the cover, as well.

Time and Tide by @jmfrey.bsky.social is a time slip, historical fiction that sees a modern bi woman thrown back into 1805 via a plane crash. It's my next library read
#BookSky #Bookreview #romance #timeslip #histfic #queer #LGBTQIA+ #BookTok #Bookstagram #BookTube #library
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18.06.2025 01:19 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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#StepBackIntoThePast with author Deborah Swift
#Holland 1944 Undercover British agent Nancy Callaghan a key member of the Dutch resistance has been captured and must play the role of a wealthy Nazi to win over a notorious SS officer
ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2024/10/step...

08.10.2024 12:02 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Read my review of Unspoken by @jannalextx.bsky.social - set in the Texas Dust Bowl of the 1930's - hard-hitting, inspiring and full of historical detail. #ARC #Review #NewRelease #Americana #NetGalley deborahswift.com/unspoken-by-...

18.06.2025 08:50 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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#BookBargain #99p #99c
Just released -
'I seldom give books of this type five stars, but this one fully deserves it for bringing something new and refreshing to the genre.' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Based on true events -
Join Zofia on the #WW2 Trans -Siberian Express.
mybook.to/TransSiberian

18.06.2025 08:56 — 👍 11    🔁 17    💬 1    📌 0
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Secrets at the Ambrose Cafe by Carryl Church ☕️ SECRETS AT THE AMBROSE CAFE by CARRYL CHURCH ☕️ A beautifully written historical love story that took me by surprise. Secrets at the Ambrose Café had me completely hooked. The chemistry, the emotional tension, the sense of place - everything came together with elegance and heart. Della and Alice will stay with me for a long time. #CarrylChurch #SecertsAtTheAmbroseCafe #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours 👩🏻‍💻 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (MoMoBookDiary 2025)

I just reviewed Secrets at the Ambrose Café by Carryl Church — a beautifully written historical romance full of heart and quiet rebellion. Once it had me, I couldn’t put it down. Five stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #HistoricalFiction #BookReview

18.06.2025 11:04 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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#NewRelease Inspired by a True Story.

She left Mull to mourn. But war had other plans.
Now Eliza is tangled in secrets, spies, and a legacy of hidden power she never asked for.
🕯️ Her Darkest Hour is out now.

mybook.to/HerDarkestHour
#histfic #readingcommunity #WW2 #WitchLit

18.06.2025 11:07 — 👍 9    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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'5⭐The historical setting, with all of its rich diversity, is beautifully portrayed by the author, Nina Romano.'

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'Lives propelled by an unshakable, enduring love!'

#romance #lovestory #histfic #China #trilogy #Kindle #bookX #books #ebooks

18.06.2025 11:21 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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#writingskills #writers #authors #writeaway #writinglife

18.06.2025 12:30 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Feel free to use any of it in marketing stuff. Great atmospheric book.

18.06.2025 12:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Herb Knot: A gripping, epic Medieval historical fiction quest adventure perfect for fans of Kate Mosse, new for 2025 eBook : Loftus, Jane: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store The Herb Knot: A gripping, epic Medieval historical fiction quest adventure perfect for fans of Kate Mosse, new for 2025 eBook : Loftus, Jane: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Good morning yes yes I'm going to have to self promote again, sorry, sorry. Buy my book but, more to the point, if you do, PLEASE leave a review. Can't stress how important that bit is. Otherwise, it's very good and you know you want to.

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13.06.2025 10:53 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Favourite source of medieval research is the book Cooking and Dining in Medieval England. As well as alerting me to the existence of a recipe for Cream Bastard, it now informs me of the names dairymaids gave their cows which were entered on record.

That kind of stuff is just lovely. Go on, it is.

17.06.2025 11:04 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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📚💙 #Booksky #NewRelease #KindleUnlimited #HistoricalFiction #WW2 'An epic journey across the Siberian wilderness that will keep you guessing until the end...captivating and unforgettable'
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐
Pic-luggage label from the Holocaust Museum
mybook.to/TransSiberian

15.05.2025 08:15 — 👍 12    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 0
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WWII Historical Fiction Spotlight: Last Train to Freedom by Deborah Swift – The Heroism of Chiune Sugihara #HistoricalFiction #Review #WW2 #NewRelease - SUZY HENDERSON Book Description: 1940. As Soviet forces storm Lithuania, Zofia and her brother Jacek must flee to survive. A lifeline appears […]

WWII Historical Fiction Spotlight: Last Train to Freedom by Deborah Swift – The Heroism of Chiune Sugihara #HistoricalFiction #Review #WW2 #NewRelease suzyhenderson.com/wwii-histori...

17.05.2025 14:55 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Blog Tour Book Review: Last Train to Freedom, by Deborah Swift tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/06/blog... @swiftstory.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social #CoffeePotBookClub #HistoricalFiction #BookReview #Booksky 💙📚

09.06.2025 19:15 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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#BookBargain #99p #99c
Just released -
'I seldom give books of this type five stars, but this one fully deserves it for bringing something new and refreshing to the genre.' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Based on true events -
Join Zofia on the #WW2 Trans -Siberian Express.
mybook.to/TransSiberian

18.06.2025 08:56 — 👍 11    🔁 17    💬 1    📌 0

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