My first giveaway in my Australia Day, Aussie Author Giveaway!
Share with me in the comments section your favourite dessert/pastry/cake and be in the running to win a copy of the fun, decadent, riotous, witty and delicious historical romp set in the colonial days of Tasmania “The Scandalous Life of Sasha Torte.” by Lesley Truffle ( review coming soon) **Giveaway open to Australian residents only. Giveaway ends midnight 28 January 2017. Winner will be randomly selected.
Description:
A wild romp of dastardly deeds, intrepid protagonists, dark villains, wild gangs, luxurious hotels…and mouth watering treats.
Revenge, redemption … and pastry. The witty new novel from the author of Hotel du Barry, for fans of Jonas Jonasson.
In the winter of 1912 on the wild West Coast of Tasmania, Wolfftown’s most notorious heiress and murderess, Sasha Torte, tells the tale of her own spectacular downfall.
Forsaken by her parents and raised by criminals and reprobates, Sasha becomes a world-famous pastry chef at the tender age of seventeen. Entanglement with the disreputable Dasher brothers leads to love, but also to a dangerous addiction.
Behind bars in Wolfftown’s gaol, Sasha sips premium champagne as she recalls a life of seduction, betrayal, ghosts, opium and an indiscreet quantity of confectionary – and plots her escape.
The Scandalous Life of Sasha Torte: revenge, redemption and pastry, is a novel of dastardly deeds, intrepid protagonists, dark villains, wild gangs, luxurious hotels … and murder.
About Lesley Truffle:
While exhibiting her art photography in Melbourne galleries Lesley realised she wanted to create imaginary stories and interior monologues, and returned to writing.
Her fiction piece ‘A Man of Fashion’ was published in ‘Scarlet Stiletto:The Second Cut’ in 2011, and ‘Memoir of a Trollop’ was performed by Baggage Productions: Madwomen Monologues in 2013. ‘Memoir of a Trollop’ will be performed again as part of the Madwomen Monologues retrospective in November 2016.
Lesley’s first novel, ‘Hotel du Barry’ was published in 2016 and ‘The Scandalous Life of Sasha Torte’ was published by Harper Collins January 23 2017.
**Thanks to HarperCollinsPublishers Australia and Lesley Truffle for generously providing this book for the giveaway.
Reading, Writing and Riesling 
Oh Carol this does sound like a fun book – I love a cozy mystery – and another new Australian author too, they are coming out of the woodwork!! My old favourite cake was definitely Black Forest Cake, but in the last few years I am partial to a lovely moist Red Velvet Cake – not as sweet and very American 😊🍰
It was all things Janine – a little bit of mystery, history, wit and humor and a tinge of sadness. I think you might enjoy this – I did.
Love Australian Authors, hopefully one day I might be amongst them. Who knows! My favorite would have to be anything chocolate.
Mine…Princess Cake . And good luck with your writing.
Yum and thank you x
Set in Tassie. Love it. 🙂 My fave dessert would have to be Apple pie or Apple Crumble
Apple Torte? 🙂
Hummingbird cake 😍😋
Another favourite:)
Ooh…that sounds fun, and yum! My favourite dessert?….without doubt Baked Cheesecake (with a hint of nutmeg).
Baked Ricotta cheesecake – yes please 🙂
My favourite dessert is ice-cream.
Ice cream is always a winner Tracey
So hard to narrow down one favourite dessert – but since it’s Australia Day, I’ll say pavlova with strawberries, mango and passionfruit! Thanks for the opportunity to enter – sounds like a good book!
What a great combination of fruits! YUM!
Banana cake homemade and then my daughter pipes cream cheese frosting onto the cupcakes. Yum! This one looks like a bit of fun, doesn’t it!
Full of wit humour and sauciness…but with some serious issues woven into the narrative Suzanne
I ordered a strawberry shortcake, beautifully decorated for a special birthday and it was delicious and a smash hit – so I think that is my current favourite cake.