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Deborah Swift

@deborahswift.bsky.social
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Northerner. Author of #HistoricalFiction - formerly known as @swiftstory on that other place - 21 books, keep changing historical eras, currently in WW2 Shanghai - THE ENEMY'S WIFE is out now!

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maryanneyarde.bsky.social 💙📚📜 @maryanneyarde.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
⭐📚 If you love WWII fiction filled with courage, resistance, danger, and unforgettable characters, don't miss The Lifeline by Deborah Swift. 📚 Read with #KindleUnlimited maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... 🦋 #HistoricalFiction #WW2 @deborahswift.bsky.social
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maryanneyarde.bsky.social 💙📚📜 @maryanneyarde.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
💛 The occupation was only the beginning - how far would you go to save your best friend? Only 0.99 on #Kindle for a Limited Time. The Occupation by Deborah Swift is a #mustread for fans of WW2 #HistoricalFiction maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... 💙📚 @deborahswift.bsky.social
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
📚⌛ #99p #KindleDeal Read a different WWII story. The Enemy's Wife is set in the 'Pearl of the Orient' -wartime Shanghai. If you enjoyed the film Empire of the Sun, this one's for you. mybook.to/EnemysWife
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
This weekend 16/17 May only! #Free on #Kindle. Award-winning historical fiction. Enter the life of Giulia Tofana, a legend in her own lifetime and long after - for her poison Aqua Tofana, which killed 600 men in Renaissance Italy. #HistoricalFiction 💙📚⌛ mybook.to/AquaTofana
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goldenbridgesbooks.bsky.social @goldenbridgesbooks.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
"Love has the power to make us do things we never thought we were capable of doing." Safe within a small California town in 1944, nineteen-year-old nurse Adina Robbins finds her world upended when she encounters a kind German POW. #WWIIFiction #HistoricalRomance #BookRecommendations #SaturdayReads
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Bookish Spotlight 📚 @bookishspotlight.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
One small act can change everything. Courage often goes unseen. But its impact can be lasting. mybook.to/vforvictor... Read V for Victory by John McKay A World War II #Thriller #Free #Kindleunlimited @JohnMcKay #WW2 #resistance #histfic #resistance #France #bookworm #mustread
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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Secrets. Power. Betrayal. Penelope was no ordinary Elizabethan lady. ‘Tony Riches brings to life a woman navigating ambition, loyalty, and danger in one of history’s most fascinating eras.' mybook.to/PenelopeTudo... #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook
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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Big #BookSale! In the glittering courts of Europe, the story of Anne Boleyn begins... Book 1 #Free for 5 days for #kindle! Books 2&3 just 99c/p each for 7 days! Links 👇 La Petite boulain (UK) amzn.eu/d/068AIrex La Petite Boulain (USA) a.co/d/06ylJqD7 #AnneBoleyn #Tudor #Histfic #Bluesky 💙📚💙📚💙📚💙📚
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maryanneyarde.bsky.social 💙📚📜 @maryanneyarde.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
"Enheduanna's Song From the Sands" by Ellen Rachlin is a novel of intrigue, danger, and worship set against a richly detailed backdrop of ancient history. thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/05/book... #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #mustread 💙📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social
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Alison Little @alisonlittle.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
📚 Set in the Rawdon Reading Rooms on Breck Road, Between the Pages brings Anfield’s past to life through story, memory, and the power of shared spaces. 👉alisonlittle.blog/20... #HistoricalFiction #AnfieldHistory #LiverpoolLiterature
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Diane Wordsworth 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (she/her/mrs) @dianewordsworth.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Friday 15 May 2026: Lost in blogs #blog #blogging #skywriters #writinglife #writingcommunity 
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Friday 15 May 2026: Lost in blogs
We had a much better morning yesterday. The poet was working from home, so no stupidly early start. And by lunchtime (or our midday breakfast time), I’d slowly plodded through every single one of the morning’s tasks or chores.  I had my reading hour over my not-so-dirty cuppa, but I didn’t read a book or a magazine, I read things on the internet again and caught up on social media.
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Please spread the word! #FREE for this weekend only! Read the story of Renaissance poisoner Giulia Tofana. BookViral Book of the Year, Wishing Shelf Book of the Decade. 📚⌛💙 #HistoricalFiction #Renaissance mybook.to/AquaTofana
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
📚⌛Books, books, books. Free books! Historical Fiction, Mysteries and Romance. Fill your kindle with something new. Click to Browse. #Mystery #Romance #HistoricalFiction books.bookfunnel.com/freehistoric...
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Free Historical Fiction Romance & Mysteries
Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Please spread the word! #FREE for this weekend only! Read the story of Renaissance poisoner Giulia Tofana. BookViral Book of the Year, Wishing Shelf Book of the Decade. 📚⌛💙 #HistoricalFiction #Renaissance mybook.to/AquaTofana
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Left on the Shelf Book Blog @leftontheshelf1.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
On the blog today is my book review of The Enemy's Wife by #author @deborahswift.bsky.social It's a fabulous book and I gave it ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #booksky 💙📚 leftontheshelfbookblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...
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The Enemy's Wife by Deborah Swift - #bookreview
Left on the Shelf Book Blog Book Reviews Book Information Recommendations Writing Reading Books for Children Books for Adults Books for Teens Fiction
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
📚⌛Books, books, books. Free books! Historical Fiction, Mysteries and Romance. Fill your kindle with something new. Click to Browse. #Mystery #Romance #HistoricalFiction books.bookfunnel.com/freehistoric...
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Free Historical Fiction Romance & Mysteries
Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
✨#99p✨ UK offer #KindleDeal #BargainBook #HistoricalFiction 'A gorgeous novel that will truly pull at your heartstrings' CARLY SCHABOWSKI Experience the melting pot of WW2 Shanghai. mybook.to/EnemysWife
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Nuna Toodles @nunatoodles.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Book forty-five: The White Octopus Hotel, by Alexandra Bell, audio performed by Mei Mei MacLeod 💙📚⏳️📚🌶📚🎧
Cover of The White Octopus Hotel, by Alexandra Bell. Illustration of a turquoise, five-story hotel flanked by the black silhouettes of two sitting rabbits. Above it, the title text in yellow, art deco- style block print. Above that, a turquoise clock face dangles from an octopus tentacles which also holds a golden key. The background is lavender and features additional art deco-style motifs.
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A good book 'n a brew 📚 ☕ @natterblog.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
My review of this dual-time novel set on the salt marshes of North Norfolk. As Elise begins to restore the murels inside Marsh House, she is drawn to a picture of a young boy, reminding her of her own son and her sad loss. Where The Sea Lavender Grows by @kittyjohnsonbooks.bsky.social #booksky ⏳📚
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Where The Sea Lavender Grows by Kitty Johnson
About the book Elise, an artist grieving the loss of her son and a fracturing marriage, is in North Norfolk to restore Marsh House to its former glory, its walls adorned with the fading murals and paintings of its long-ago owner, Lilias Carter-Brown. Elise makes an immediate connection to the house, to Sam—a carpenter and a comfort—and to history itself when an old photograph draws Elise into Lilias’s heartbreaking past.
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Jillianne Hamilton @jilly.ca · 27/04/2026
I’ve been rewatching GENTLEMAN JACK. Holy shit, it’s so, *so* good. It deserved far more episodes than it got. #costumeDramas #periodDramas
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a woman wearing a top hat is featured in a gentleman jack ad
Alt: Anne Lister waggles her eyebrows at the camera while wearing a top hat and masculine-looking Victorian garb
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Eeva Lancaster 🌸 The Book Khaleesi @eevalancaster.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
One small act can change everything. Courage often goes unseen. But its impact can be lasting. mybook.to/vforvictor... Read V for Victory by John McKay A World War II #Thriller #Free #Kindleunlimited @JohnMcKay #WW2 #resistance #histfic #resistance #France #bookworm #mustread
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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Book Review: “The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton” by Jennifer N. Brown adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/05/03/b... @hmalagisi.bsky.social #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #BookReview
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Samantha Ward-Smith Writer @samwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
What no-one tells you about writing.... #writer #writingjourney #workinprogress #historicalfiction #writingcommunity
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JW Given @jjbluiz.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
These baby Eastern blue #birds fledged today. I will miss them but I expect the tree swallows trolling their house for weeks will move in quickly
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RR Cara Clayton @rrcaraclayton.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Bk 3 came out on Friday but have you read the beginning of the series yet? Good reviews. getbook.at/MistressManor A grasping uncle, a misguided monk and enough battles, castles and knights to ensure an immersive read.
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Elizabeth St.John 📚💙📜Author and Historian @elizabethstjohn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Deborah Swift’s new novel, The Enemy’s Wife, takes place in Shanghai during WWII and is an eye-opening and fascinating read. More on my website, and my 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟review. #CoffeePotBookClub #GreatHistoricalFiction @cathiedunn.bsky.social @deborahswift.bsky.social www.elizabethjstjohn.com/guest-author...
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The Enemy's Wife | Deeply Moving WWII Historical Fiction by Deborah Swift | My Five Star Review - Elizabeth St.John
The Enemy’s Wife by Deborah Swift ‘A fast-paced, beautifully written, and moving story. Refreshing to read a book set in a different theatre of war. Wartime Shanghai jumped off the page’ CLARE FLYNN A...
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
📚⌛ #99p #KindleDeal Read a different WWII story. The Enemy's Wife is set in the 'Pearl of the Orient' -wartime Shanghai. If you enjoyed the film Empire of the Sun, this one's for you. mybook.to/EnemysWife
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
In the shadow of war, she must choose a side. Read a different side to #WW2. If you liked the film Empire of the Sun, this is for you. #NewRelease #Booksky #HistoricalFiction 📚⌛ mybook.to/EnemysWife
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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Welcome to the final day of our #blogtour for ༻*·The Enemy's Wife·*༺ by Deborah Swift! Check out our last stops, sharing exciting reviews, moving excerpts, and interesting article on 1940s Shanghai! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog... #HistoricalFiction @deborahswift.bsky.social
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
✨#99p✨ UK offer #KindleDeal #BargainBook #HistoricalFiction 'A gorgeous novel that will truly pull at your heartstrings' CARLY SCHABOWSKI Experience the melting pot of WW2 Shanghai. mybook.to/EnemysWife
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Carolyn Hughes - Author @carolynhughes.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
On my blog today, read an #excerpt from THE ENEMY'S WIFE, the latest novel from Deborah Swift in her WWII series Survivors of War, set in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. @cathiedunn.bsky.social @deborahswift.bsky.social #TheCoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour carolynhughesauthor.com/2026/05/01/d...
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
📚⌛'I didn’t expect The Enemy’s Wife to be this emotionally rich. While it begins as a wartime story in Japanese-occupied Shanghai, the novel evolves into an exploration of how war distorts people’s sense of identity, loyalty, and love.' Read review: yourbooksoryourlife.blogspot.com/2026/04/book...
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maryanneyarde.bsky.social 💙📚📜 @maryanneyarde.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A poignant historical read 💔 •´¸.•*´¨)✯ ¸.•*¨) ✮ ( ¸.•´✶ The Enemy's Wife By Deborah Swift *´¨✫) maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-... #HistoricalFiction #WW2Fiction #BookSky
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
📚⌛'I didn’t expect The Enemy’s Wife to be this emotionally rich. While it begins as a wartime story in Japanese-occupied Shanghai, the novel evolves into an exploration of how war distorts people’s sense of identity, loyalty, and love.' Read review: yourbooksoryourlife.blogspot.com/2026/04/book...
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The Book Bandit @bookbandit21.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
📚 Book Review 📚 The Enemy’s Wife by Deborah Swift - 📚📚📚📚📚⭐ = A book in a million Read my review in full here: yourbooksoryourlife.blogspot.com/2026/04/book... #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #WW2 @deborahswift.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social
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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Shanghai was invaded by Japanese troops in 1941. The comfortable lives of the Westerners living in the city’s International Settlement were over. Deborah Swift, author of The Enemy's Wife, looks back at the history of 1940s Shanghai at historiamag.com/hanghai-int-settlement @deborahswift.bsky.social
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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Welcome to Day 2 of our #blogtour for ༻*·The Enemy's Wife·*༺ by Deborah Swift! Check out today's tour stops, with tempting excerpts, a fascinating guest post, and three fabulous new reviews! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog... #HistoricalFiction #WWII @deborahswift.bsky.social
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
In the shadow of war, she must choose a side. Read a different side to #WW2. If you liked the film Empire of the Sun, this is for you. #NewRelease #Booksky #HistoricalFiction 📚⌛ mybook.to/EnemysWife
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Left on the Shelf Book Blog @leftontheshelf1.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The lovely #author Deborah Swift is my guest on the blog today. Deborah's latest book is The Enemy's Wife and looks like a great read. @deborahswift.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social #booksky
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The Enemy's Wife by Deborah Swift - #guestpost #blogtour
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Book Nook Shenanigans @booknook21.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"If you like character driving historical fiction then this one needs to be on your to-read list." booknookshenanigans.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-... #TheEnemysWife #SurvivorsOfWar #DeborahSwift #HistoricalFiction #WW2 #Shanghai #BlogTour @deborahswift.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
In the shadow of war, she must choose a side. Read a different side to #WW2. If you liked the film Empire of the Sun, this is for you. Pic - Nanking Road before the Japanese invasion. #NewRelease #Booksky #HistoricalFiction 📚⌛http://mybook.to/EnemysWife
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
In the shadow of war, she must choose a side. Read a different side to #WW2. If you liked the film Empire of the Sun, this is for you. Pic - Nanking Road before the Japanese invasion. #NewRelease #Booksky #HistoricalFiction 📚⌛http://mybook.to/EnemysWife
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Out now - brand new! Experience the cultural melting pot of wartime Shanghai. Danger, deception, daring. Plus a little romance. 'Wow what a stunning read this was … All the moments in this book held me'-Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #WW2 #Shanghai #HistoricalFiction mybook.to/EnemysWife
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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Out now - brand new! Experience the cultural melting pot of wartime Shanghai. Danger, deception, daring. Plus a little romance. 'Wow what a stunning read this was … All the moments in this book held me'-Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #WW2 #Shanghai #HistoricalFiction mybook.to/EnemysWife
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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Book Review: Operation Tulip, by Deborah Swift tonyriches.blogspot.com/2024/09/book... @deborahswift.bsky.social #WW2 #HistoricalFiction #BookReview
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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
WWII Historical Fiction Spotlight: Last Train to Freedom by Deborah Swift – The Heroism of Chiune Sugihara #HistoricalFiction #Review #WW2 #NewRelease suzyhenderson.com/wwii-histori...
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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 […]
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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Welcome to our exciting new #blogtour for ༻*·The Enemy's Wife·*༺ by Deborah Swift! Check out our first stops, with a bright spotlight, tempting excerpts, and insightful post about the characters! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog... #HistoricalFiction #WWII @deborahswift.bsky.social
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