Sydney author’s erotica novel references ‘sexual stuff’ with a child, police officer tells court

A book written by a Christian charity marketing executive contained references to “sexual stuff” with a young child, the police officer tasked with reading the novel has said.

Lauren Ashley Mastrosa, 34, is fighting child abuse charges brought over the book Daddy’s Little Toy which she wrote under the pen name Tori Woods.

The Sydney woman issued a pre-release of the novel to 21 advance readers in March before a complaint about its content was made to New South Wales police.

The book was about an 18-year-old woman named Lucy who worked in a toy store and who role-played as a child with an older man, Blacktown local court was told during a hearing on Thursday.

Mastrosa is fighting allegations that she possessed, disseminated or produced child abuse material.

On Thursday, her barrister