The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe

'Funny, heartbreaking and rich with characters, grit and determination. A page-turner.' Susan Duncan, bestselling author of Sleepless in Stringybark Bay 'A sparkling novel with a tender heart, The Bittersweet Bakery Caf offers a delicious take on reinvention. Who would have guessed that a fortune cookie could transform your life?' Sophie Beaumont, bestselling author of The Paris Cooking School Audrey Sweetman wakes up one morning excited for the promotion she's been working towards for years. But by nightfall, both her advertising career and her marriage are in tatters. Audrey escapes to the seaside village of Whitehaven Bay, but her plan to hide is derailed by her meddlesome new neighbours. The Coffin Cheaters bikie gang. Shez, the dubious 'CEO' of the holiday flats. A cranky pensioner with a habit of naked swimming. A mouthy teen who's nothing but trouble. And a handsome yet elusive retiree, Dr Flood. When Audrey learns she's facing financial disaster, the villagers help her launch the haphazard Bittersweet Biscuits . Targeting divorce parties for Sydney's elite , Audrey begins selling fortune cookies that tell the bitter truth. With a little help from her unpredictable friends, Audrey might just be able to make the outlandish business work-if the law doesn't catch up with her first.