Donut Be Easy

A Standalone Romantic Comedy

Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller Kristen Hope Mazzola serves up a sweet, steamy, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about fresh starts, flaky exes, and the pastry chef who turns everything around.

On his fortieth birthday, Ryder Bennett’s wife walked out with two suitcases and a parting shot: “I’m gone.”
Not exactly the celebration he had planned.

Rock bottom hits hard—but sometimes it tastes suspiciously like powdered sugar.
Because in the wreckage of his not-so-happily-ever-after, Ryder discovers two things:

1. He’s finally free to chase the dream he buried years ago.

2. The world’s cutest pastry chef works at the donut shop where he’s picking up the pieces.

Skye Brennan is sunshine in an apron—sweet, determined, and blissfully unaware of the way Ryder’s heart does backflips every time she smiles. She’s everything his ex wasn’t, everything he didn’t know he needed, and everything he’s terrified to ruin.

But life is short. Donuts are warm.
And falling for Skye might just be the best bad idea he’s ever had.

Donut Be Easy is a charming, feel-good romantic comedy about second chances, midlife glow-ups, and the magic that happens when you stop trying to hold your life together… and let it rise.