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FEATURED AUTHOR: AMANDA ROBERTS

It’s my pleasure to welcome Amanda Roberts as the featured author in The Coffee Pot Book Club Blog Tour being held between June 11th – 13th,  2025. Amanda Roberts is the author of the Historical Mystery / Suspense,  Lady of the Quay (Isabella Gillhespy Series, Book #1), published by the Hickory Press on May 9th, 2025 (256 pages).

Below are highlights of Lady of the Quay, Amanda Roberts’ author bio, and a snippet from her novel. 

Tour Schedule Page: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/05/blog-tour-lady-of-the-quay-by-amanda-roberts.html

HIGHLIGHTS: LADY OF THE QUAY

Lady of the Quay
(Isabella Gillhespy Series. Book 1)
By Amanda Roberts

Blurb:

Knowing she is innocent is easy … proving it is hard

1560, Berwick-upon-Tweed, northern England

Following the unexpected death of her father, a series of startling discoveries about the business she inherits forces Isabella Gillhespy to re-evaluate everything she understands about her past and expects from her future.

Facing financial ruin, let down by people on whom she thought she could rely, and suspected of crimes that threaten her freedom, Isabella struggles to prove her innocence.

But the stakes are even higher than she realises. In a town where tension between England and her Scottish neighbours is never far from the surface, it isn’t long before developments attract the interest of the highest authority in the land, Sir William Cecil, and soon Isabella is fighting, not just for her freedom, but her life. She must use her wits and trust her own instincts to survive.

Lady of the Quay introduces an enticing new heroine who refuses to be beaten, even as it becomes clear that her life will never be the same again.

From the author of the award-winning ‘The Woman in the Painting’.

Buy Link:

Universal Buy Link: https://books2read.com/u/317rQa

This title is available to read on #KindleUnlimited.

AUTHOR BIO: AMANDA ROBERTS

Amanda Roberts has worked as an Editor in business-to-business magazines for over 30 years, specialising in out-of-home coffee, vending and foodservice/catering, including Editor of the global gastronomy title: ‘Revue internationale de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs’.

She currently freelances, editing UK-based healthcare titles – HEFMA Pulse, Hospital Food + Service and Hospital Caterer. She is a member of the Society of Authors, the Historical Novel Society and West Oxfordshire Writers. She also volunteers for Tea Books (part of Age UK) to run a book club/reading group for elderly people in the community.

Author Links:

Website: https://amandarobertsauthor.co.uk/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095191090333

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amanda_roberts_author/

Book Bub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/lady-of-the-quay-isabella-gillhespy-series-book-1-by-amanda-roberts

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Amanda-Roberts/author/B0FC2L3CWF

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231816264-lady-of-the-quay

SNIPPET: LADY OF THE QUAY

‘Drink?’ I asked, gesturing towards the cabinet. He removed his hat, threw it onto a chair, and shook his head.

‘I’m here on business.’

That had never stopped him before. My heart had already sunk into my stomach, and his curt reply sent it plummeting to my feet. I had envisaged a cosy chat, me resting on my settle, him in his favourite chair, either side of the fire. A scene we had populated so many times in the past. But I already knew that was not going to happen. I did not sit down, but faced him, both of us standing somewhat awkwardly in the middle of the room.

‘Well?’ I challenged him to speak first. If we got the business out of the way we might be able to move on to resolve the more personal difficulties that stood between us, a wall as impenetrable as those surrounding Berwick. But like our town defences, every wall has its gates. I just needed to find Will’s gate.

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