Dolly All the Time: The new unmissable swoonworthy romance and instant New York Times bestseller
May 2026 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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'A luminous story of love, duty and the tension between the two, Dolly All the Time is so beautifully rendered... I never wanted to leave' - CARLEY FORTUNE, bestselling author of Every Summer After
'Beautiful, sexy, and escapist, Dolly All the Time is my new favourite Annabel Monaghan book. I adored it!' - BETH O'LEARY, bestselling author of The Flatshare
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 It's a Love Story
If they begin by pretending, can they end with something real?
Dolly Brick is a woman you can rely on. She's never met a problem she couldn't solve. Not when her mom left when she was ten, and not at thirty-nine when she returns to her hometown of Whitfield, Rhode Island to help her dad and brother from losing the family home.
So when she sees 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 what Stewart asks of Dolly ends up being more than either of them bargained for. As public dinners and high society benefits turn into sunset boat rides and kisses that give her butterflies, Dolly starts to feel something more than helpful. She's never relied on anyone besides herself, can she really start now?
PRAISE FOR DOLLY ALL THE TIME:
'Packed full of chemistry, and Monaghan's signature humour and charm, this is going to be the must read rom com of the summer' SOPHIE COUSENS
'Annabel has such a tender way of crafting her characters... The perfect book to soak up the summer sun with' BK BORISON
“Quick, witty, and an absolute triumph, Dolly All the Time is escapism at its very best!' PAIGE TOON
'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
''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... I have fallen in love with Dolly' CATHERINE NEWMAN
'This book isn't just brilliant, it's exceptional... It might be my favourite love story of all time' ROSIE WALSH
'Beautiful, sexy, and escapist, Dolly All the Time is my new favourite Annabel Monaghan book. I adored it!' - BETH O'LEARY, bestselling author of The Flatshare
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 It's a Love Story
If they begin by pretending, can they end with something real?
Dolly Brick is a woman you can rely on. She's never met a problem she couldn't solve. Not when her mom left when she was ten, and not at thirty-nine when she returns to her hometown of Whitfield, Rhode Island to help her dad and brother from losing the family home.
So when she sees 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 what Stewart asks of Dolly ends up being more than either of them bargained for. As public dinners and high society benefits turn into sunset boat rides and kisses that give her butterflies, Dolly starts to feel something more than helpful. She's never relied on anyone besides herself, can she really start now?
PRAISE FOR DOLLY ALL THE TIME:
'Packed full of chemistry, and Monaghan's signature humour and charm, this is going to be the must read rom com of the summer' SOPHIE COUSENS
'Annabel has such a tender way of crafting her characters... The perfect book to soak up the summer sun with' BK BORISON
“Quick, witty, and an absolute triumph, Dolly All the Time is escapism at its very best!' PAIGE TOON
'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
''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... I have fallen in love with Dolly' CATHERINE NEWMAN
'This book isn't just brilliant, it's exceptional... It might be my favourite love story of all time' ROSIE WALSH
'A luminous story of love, duty and the tension between the two, Dolly All the Time is so beautifully rendered... I never wanted to leave' - CARLEY FORTUNE, bestselling author of Every Summer After
'Beautiful, sexy, and escapist, Dolly All the Time is my new favourite Annabel Monaghan book. I ad...
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Indah Pradnya
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October 20, 2026
This was probably my first time reading a fake-dating trope, and I loved it! It was fun, breezy, and filled with salt air. The heroine was a single mother and caretaker; she had a lot of responsibilities for her family, but she handled them with ease. The way they fell in love for real was inevitable. Even an independent woman needed a break and someone she could rely on when things got overwhelming. The story could use more spice, but that was just for me.
Damla Kızıltoprak
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September 7, 2026
Read this a month ago and for some reason can’t stop thinking about it. Highly recommend.
Reem M
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October 14, 2026
very fun read
About the author
Annabel Monaghan is the author of IndieNext and LibraryReads pick Nora Goes Off Script and Same Time Next Summer, 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. She lives in Rye, New York, with her family.
Annabel Monaghan is the author of IndieNext and LibraryReads pick Nora Goes Off Script and Same Time Next Summer, 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....
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