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FEATURED AUTHOR: KELLYN ROTH

I am delighted to feature Kellyn Roth as part of The Coffee Pot Book Club Blog Tour being held from September 8th  – November 10th, 2021. Kellyn Roth is the author of the Christian Historical Romance, At Her Fingertips (The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy, Book 3), which was released by Wild Blue Wonder Press on17th July 2021 (300 pages).

Below are highlights of At Her Fingertips, Kellyn Roth’s author bio, and a post that provides additional background information on the Victoria Era London Season. 

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HIGHLIGHTS: AT HER FINGERTIPS

At Her Fingertips

(The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy, Book 3)

By Kellyn Roth

She’s willing to do anything to follow her plan.

Debutante Alice Knight is ready for her first social season in London. She’s determined to impress society and her mother with an affluent match, at last escaping her past and embracing a future of her own making.

Peter Strauss, an American reporter visiting England, isn’t exactly what Alice had in mind. However, his friendship proves invaluable as Alice faces the challenges of her debut. Almost immediately, she attracts the attention of a well-born gentleman—perfect save for the simple fact that he’s not a Christian.

The life she longs for is finally at her fingertips, but between her own heart and the convictions of her faith, she isn’t sure she ought to grasp it.

At Her Fingertips, a romantic women’s fiction novel, is the third novel in Kellyn Roth’s Christian family saga, The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy.

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AUTHOR BIO: KELLYN ROTH

Kellyn Roth is a Christian historical women’s fiction & romance author from North-Eastern Oregon who has independently published multiple novels, the most notable being The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy series. You should definitely call her Kell.

Kell lives on family-owned property outside an unmemorable but historical town with her parents, two little brothers, precious border collies, a dozen cows, and lots of chickens. She also possesses a classic, vintage aesthetic which does not at all speak to her country girl side, but such is life.

When not writing, Kell likes to blog, work as a virtual assistant for authors and other small business owners, and spend lavish amounts of money on Dairy Queen french fries. She also likes to talk about her books (and occasionally Keira Knightley) way too much. You’ve been warned.

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GUEST POST: KELLY ROTH

When I started rewriting At Her Fingertips, I realized I’d missed out on a huge opportunity in the first drafts …

I hadn’t maximized the fact that my novel was centered around the London Season!

When you write books set in the Victorian era, you’re pretty familiar with this social time when people of the upper class met in London, officially for Parliament but unofficially to marry off their daughters and show off to their peers.

However, I just wasn’t showing as much of the interesting, and unique, events that took place. So I set out to do my research and rewrite my book in such a way that allowed readers to be immersed in the London Season.

Today I’m going to tell you about a few events I researched for my novel!

Presentation at Court

One of the main reasons this wasn’t included in my early drafts is because I didn’t think I would be able to have my protagonist, Alice Knight, a mere “Miss,” be presented at court.

However, after doing some research, I realized that the fact that Alice’s father is a squire, combined with the fact that my novel is set in the late Victorian era, entitled her to be presented at court!

When I realized this, I knew I had to include it in the story. So Alice was presented to Queen Victoria as a debutante, along with her best friend, Cassie. This was one of the more entertaining segments to write in the novel. I loved weaving in all the little details about the dress requirements, the order of events, and so on.

The Royal Academy of Arts

Since my main character, Alice, enjoys painting, I knew I had to introduce the Royal Academy of Arts to my Season lineup!

During the Season, one of the important events was the official opening of the Royal Academy of Arts. You can read a bit more about that here, but I essentially used it as an opportunity to point out certain traits of Alice’s suitors through conversation and observation since it was otherwise, to me at least, a rather dull event.

The Epsom Derby

However, of all the details I researched and wrote into the story, Derby Day was absolutely my favorite of all time. I love horses, and it was so much fun doing the research and learning about the winner (and runners-up) for this race.

The 1880 Derby was actually an interesting one because there was some controversy, later on, about the winner. Bend Or, the horse who won, was supposedly a colt born to a mare named Rouge Rose, but it was later discovered that the horse was actually born to a mare named Clemence.

Rouge Rose’s colt was likely switched with Clemence’s at some point in the first few years of his life, meaning the Derby was actually won by a colt named Tadcaster.

This did cause me some issues while doing the research, but thankfully, this controversy didn’t emerge at the time, so I didn’t have to work it into the novel. Which is a good thing, because it wasn’t solved until recent years, through genetic testing, and it would’ve been hard to leave a plot thread like that unresolved!

Since Alice is widely enthusiastic about horses, it was a lot of fun to write her joy over the day without having to worry about DNA!

Thank you so much for having me here today!

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