The Fortune Keeper: Deborah Swift

Welcome
to a stop on the Coffee Pot Book Tour for The Fortune Keeper by Deborah Swift,
their book of the year for 2023!

The Details:

Book
Title: The Fortune Keeper
Series:
Italian Renaissance Series
Author:
Deborah Swift
Publication
Date: 24^th November 2022
Publisher:
Quire Books
Pages:
412
Genre:
Historical Fiction

Blurb:

Count your
nights by stars, not shadows ~ Italian Proverb

Winter in
Renaissance Venice

Mia Caiozzi is
determined to discover her destiny by studying the science of astronomy. But
her stepmother Giulia forbids her to engage in this occupation, fearing it will
lead her into danger. The ideas of Galileo are banned by the Inquisition, so
Mia must study in secret.

Giulia’s real
name is Giulia Tofana, renowned for her poison Aqua Tofana, and she is in
hiding from the Duke de Verdi’s family who are intent on revenge for the death
of their brother. Giulia insists Mia should live quietly out of public view. If
not, it could threaten them all. But Mia doesn’t understand this, and rebels
against Giulia, determined to go her own way.

When the two
secret lives collide, it has far-reaching and fatal consequences that will
change Mia’s life forever.

Set amongst
opulent palazzos and shimmering canals, The
Fortune Keeper is the third novel of adventure and romance based on the
life and legend of Giulia Tofana, the famous poisoner.

‘Her
characters are so real they linger in the mind long after the book is back on
the shelf’

~
Historical Novel Society

NB This is the
third in a series but can stand alone as it features a new protagonist. Other
two books are available if reviewers want them.

Trigger
Warnings:

Murder
and violence in keeping with the era.

Buy Links:

This
title is available to read on #KindleUnlimited.

Universal
Link: https://mybook.to/FortuneKeeper

Audiobook Buy Links:

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/audiobook/fortune-keeper-the

Audio:
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Fortune-Keeper-Audiobook/B0C63R95WM

Author Bio:

Deborah Swift is a
USA TODAY bestselling author who is passionate about the past. Deborah used to
be a costume designer for the BBC, before becoming a writer. Now she lives in
an old English school house in a village full of 17th Century houses, near the
glorious Lake District. Deborah has an award-winning historical fiction blog at
her website www.deborahswift.com.

Deborah loves to
write about how extraordinary events in history have transformed the lives of
ordinary people, and how the events of the past can live on in her books and
still resonate today.

The first in her
series about the Renaissance poisoner Giulia Tofana, The Poison Keeper,
was a winner of the Wishing Shelf Book of the Decade, and a Coffee Pot Book
Club Gold Medal, and the latest in her WW2 Secret Agent series, Operation Tulip, is coming soon.