Dolly All the Time A GMA Book Club P..., Annabel Monaghan
Dolly All the Time A GMA Book Club P..., Annabel Monaghan
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Dolly All the Time: A GMA Book Club Pick

Author: Annabel Monaghan

Narrator: Julia Whelan

Unabridged: 9 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 05/26/2026


Synopsis

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

A hardworking single mom returns to her seaside hometown and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a wealthy, workaholic scion, from the New York Times bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script.

“A luminous story of love, duty, and the tension between the two, Dolly All the Time is less like a novel and more like a place I never wanted to leave. This might be my new favorite!”—Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author

If they start by pretending, can they end with something real?

Dolly Brick has never met a problem she couldn’t solve. Not when her mom left when she was twelve, and not at thirty-nine when she moves with her son back to Whitfield, Rhode Island, for the summer to keep her dad and brother from losing the family home.

So when she comes across Stewart Whitfield—annoyingly handsome scion of the Whitfield family—with a flat tire and at the wrong end of a very public, very humiliating breakup, it’s in her nature to help. But Stewart’s proposed arrangement ends up being more than either of them bargained for, because as public dinners and high-society benefits turn into sunset boat rides and kisses that hit her bloodstream like a ghost pepper, Dolly starts to feel something more than helpful. She’s never relied on anyone besides herself—can she really start now?

“This book is like a spicy margarita…sweet and a little salty, tart and hot…I have fallen in love with Dolly and with funny, fizzing Annabel Monaghan!” —Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich

About The Author

Annabel Monaghan is the New York Times bestselling and Library Reads Hall of Fame author of It’s a Love Story, Summer Romance, Same Time Next Summer, and Nora Goes Off Script, as well as two young adult novels and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?, a selection of laugh-out-loud columns that appeared in The Huffington Post, The Week, and The Rye Record. After twenty-five years in the suburbs of New York City, she now splits her time between Connecticut and Florida. Her novels have been translated into twenty-three languages.


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A Town & Country Best New Romance Novel to Read this Year
A BookBub Best Romance of the Year
A Scary Mommy Most Anticipated Book of the Year
A Kirkus Hottest Read of Summer
An E! News Best Beach Read for Memorial Day Weekend

“Less like a novel and more like a place I never wanted to leave. This might be my new favorite!”
—Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After

“I couldn't help but tumble head over heels for Dolly and Stewart and their fake-dating-turned-very-real romance. The perfect book to soak up the
summer sun with, I can’t wait for readers to get their hands on this enchanting story.”
—B.K. Borison, New York Times bestselling author of Good Spirits

“I have fallen in love with Dolly. And with funny, fizzing Annabel Monaghan. And with love itself! This book is like a spicy margarita or a magic ice cream cone, the way it's sweet and a little salty and tart and hot and just the tiniest bit bitter. And then also deeply, surprisingly nourishing. What an absolute treat is what I'm trying to say. I wish I could read it again for the first time. (Lucky, lucky you!).”
—Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich and Wreck

“All hail the return of Annabel Monaghan, our reigning romance queen.”
Harper’s Bazaar

“In the sunny world of 5-star beach reads, Annabel Monaghan pens some of the best! Dolly All The Time is a picture-perfect rom-com!”
Woman’s World

“Sexy, funny, and full of relatable observations about caregiving, it’s ultimately a tender story about letting yourself be nurtured when you’re used to being the one who does it all.”
Real Simple

“A WARM HUG OF LOVE IN A BOOK. Annabel Monaghan is an auto-read for me, and Dolly All The Time was just *chef’s kiss.* No one writes a leading man like her.”
Scary Mommy

“I finished Dolly all the Time last night—I think I nearly died. It might be my favorite love story of all time. This book isn’t just brilliant, it’s exceptional. I loved it with all my heart.”
—Rosie Walsh, New York Times bestselling author of The Love of My Life

“Everything I want in a love story! Dolly and Stewart’s chemistry is off the charts, and their summer romance grips you from the very first page and sparkles like the sun.”
—Elle Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author of The Graham Effect

“Monaghan creates an impossibly winning story with a charming, lovable heroine. Dolly is capable, hardworking, and will do anything for the people she loves . . . It’s also refreshing that, even though Dolly must learn to allow other people to help her, she never views her caretaking responsibilities as burdens. She deeply loves her family, and that love carries through the entire story. A charming love story that absolutely radiates warmth.”
Kirkus (starred)

“No one writes funny, lovable women like Annabel Monaghan. She’s the closest we have to a modern-day Nora Ephron. Her characters sparkle.”
—TODAY.com, Maurene Goo

“Equal parts comforting and inspiring, Dolly All the Time had me grinning from ear to ear, from beginning to end. With a delightful cast of characters and a romance worth kicking your feet over, Annabel Monaghan has written a winner.”
—Brooke Averick, author of Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It

“[A] heartening summer romance . . . Monaghan’s sunny tale expertly balances the joy of falling in love with the realities of making difficult life decisions…. Throw this one in the beach bag.”
Publishers Weekly

“[Monaghan] has written some of my very favorite summer/beach reads of all time, including . . . her latest book, which I am declaring my favorite romance of summer: Dolly All the Time.”
—Caro Chambers, author of What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking

“[Monaghan’s] writing is a grounded yet butterfly-inducing romance unicorn, and her next novel, Dolly All the Time, is one of my most-anticipated releases of the year.”
Club Bubbly by Beach Reads & Bubbly

“Monaghan frames the story around independence, vulnerability, and the uneasy shift from self-sufficiency to partnership.”
Town & Country

“Quick, witty, and an absolute triumph, Dolly All the Time is escapism at its very best! I laughed out loud and swooned at the chemistry. I can’t get enough of Annabel Monaghan, she’s a star storyteller.”
—Paige Toon, internationally bestselling author of Seven Summers

“Beautiful, sexy, and escapist, Dolly All the Time is my new favorite Annabel Monaghan book. I adored it!”
—Beth O’Leary, bestselling author of The Flatshare

“A fresh take on fake dating and a cheeky wink to Pretty Woman, this is a love story for the eldest daughters, who hold the weight of the world on their shoulders and just want to be held in return. My face hurt from smiling when I finished this book.”
—Iman Hariri-Kia, author of A Hundred Other Girls

“Sometimes when you start to fake it, you end up making it (literally.) Events between Dolly and Stewart evolve into much more than either one bargained for. The rollicking, spicy ride that follows, and Dolly’s decision about what to do next, makes this an enjoyable summer read.”
—Lee Woodruff

“Monaghan has done it again. She has written one of the best rom-coms of the summer.”
Red Carpet Crash

“Whenever I’m in a reading rut, Annabel Monaghan always pulls me out of it.”
BestLife