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‘Readers’ Favorite’ Book Review of “Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy”

“Till My Last Breath by Deborah Swenson is book one of a new western series hitting the shelves of your device soon! Travel back to 1880, Yuma, Arizona. Gunslingers, gamblers, and trouble abound in the desert hills. Caleb Young, a refined Boston lawyer turned cowboy, falls into a precarious situation involving two brothers and a showdown in the middle of nowhere. Wounded and alone, he believes it to be the end. His regrets are too big to overcome.

First Review of Till My Last Breath

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  I’m so excited that I just have to share this good news. It’s every author’s hope & dream that 1) the book that you’ve poured your heart and soul into will sell, and 2) you receive favorable reviews from readers. Well, within 30 minutes of posting the availability of pre-ordering the e-version of my […]

Now Available : “Till My Last Breath”

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I am thrilled to announce that my debut novel, “Till My Last Breath” Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy is available in e-book on November 2, 2020, at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other websites. CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR COPY NOW The paperback version will be available on December 24th so stay tuned […]

“Abercrombie Trail, A Novel of the 1862 Uprising” by Candace Simar

Author Candace Simar, a native Minnesotan, breathes life into her characters by giving the reader a glimpse of Minnesota’s early frontier. As a Spur and Willa award winning author, member of Women Writing the West and Western Writers of America, Ms. Simar commences her main character, Evan Jacobson’s journey as he arrives in Minnesota with little but the clothes on his back. Poignantly describing Evan’s hopes, dreams, and challenges of becoming his own man, a husband, father, landowner, and farmer, Candace leaves no prairie stone unturned in telling this well-written story.  

“Till My Last Breath” Coming in October 2020

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I am super excited to finally announce my debut novel, Till My Last Breath, will be released in October 2020. Till My Last Breath is a Western Romance of passion that knows no boundaries, and centuries divide two lives destined to be together. This is where their story begins . .

“The Sons of Philo Gaines” by Michael R. Ritt

The Sons of Philo Gaines by Michael R. Ritt

The Sons of Philo Gaines by Michael R. Ritt. Published by Gale, A Cengage Company.  Available November 2020. Many years ago, my father shared his Louis L ’Amour and Zane Gray books with me, instilling a love and fond relationship with Westerns. I can honestly say he would have loved reading The Sons of Philo […]

“The Unexpected Gift, Profiles in Courage from Cancer Survivors”

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“The Unexpected Gift, Profiles in Courage from Cancer Survivorship” by Novant Health, 2020. This book contains twentyone first-person essays that profile courageous men and women with various forms of cancer. From diverse backgrounds, ages, and cultures, they tell of their personal journey and the importance of staying connected to one’s faith, family, and community. This […]

“Till My Last Breath” by Deborah Swenson

The Wait Is Almost Over After years of breathing life into Emily and Caleb, they are finally ready to take the leap into the literary world in my debut novel, Till My Last Breath. As Betty D. might say, “It’s been a bumpy ride.” Still, during all this time, I never fell out-of-love with my […]

Words No Bars Can Hold, Literacy Learning in Prison, by Deborah Appleman

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Words No Bars Can Hold, Literacy Learning in Prison by Deborah Appleman, W.W. Norton & Company, 2019. [box] “This is the creative life – what Oscar Wilde called the long lovely suicide. If prison is a trapdoor at rock bottom, then writing is the mortar in between the brick you must pry in order to […]