Dirty Martini

A Romantic Comedy Standalone

Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller Kristen Hope Mazzola returns with a warm, witty, slow-burn Southern romance.

Cheers to messy families.
Cheers to small-town pressure.
Cheers to love showing up when life is anything but tidy.

Sawyer Henderson is a Southern belle with a bohemian soul, a camera in her hand, and parents who wish she’d chosen anything—literally anything—other than photography. Weddings are her bread and butter, drama is her daily side dish… but dating in her thirties? That’s the part she still hasn’t mastered.

Then Trace Hastings walks into her life—tall, devastatingly handsome, and the last man she should be noticing while trying to book his sister’s wedding. He’s polished where she’s chaotic, country-club raised where she’s stubbornly independent… and somehow entirely impossible to resist.

One dirty martini leads to one impulsive night.
One impulsive night leads to a life-changing surprise.
And suddenly Sawyer’s world flips faster than a bride having a meltdown over centerpieces.

Between overbearing families, a whirlwind romance, and a secret big enough to stop a wedding, Sawyer and Trace are about to learn that love doesn’t wait for perfect timing—it shows up messy, inconvenient, and exactly when it’s meant to.

Dirty Martini is a steamy, emotional, laugh-out-loud happy hour romance about fate, friendship, and falling hard when you least expect it.

Trace and Sawyer

Another adorable and sweet addition to this series. Trace and Sawyer are two people who were clearly meant to meet. They are perfect for one another. I enjoyed going on this fast paced journey with them.