Book Review of
Dolly All the Time

Author: Annabel Monaghan

Genre(s): Rom-Com

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Book Summary:

Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan is a rom-com book published in 2026.

Dolly Brick hasn’t met a problem she couldn’t solve. When her mom left when she was twelve, she took on the responsibilities of a mom. At thirty-nine, she moves back to Whitfield, Rhode Island, with her son for the summer to help her dad and brother avoid losing the family home after a fire.

When Stewart Whitfield, a handsome scion of the Whitfield family, gets a flat tire, Dolly fixes it. Stewart is at the wrong end of a very public, very humiliating breakup. 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. Is it real or is it fake? Dolly starts to feel something, but she’s never relied on anyone besides herself.

Lynn's Review

Dolly All the Time is Annabel Monaghan’s 2026 summer release.

Dolly is a problem solver. She has been taking care of her family for years. She fixes everything for her family. If there is a problem, she is there to fix it.

That is exactly what she did when Stewart Whitfield needed help with his flat tire and dead cell phone.

She is such a great fixer that Stewart hires her to help him overcome the bad press he has recently gotten. All she has to do is pretend to be in a relationship with him.

I read and loved Annabel Monaghan’s 2022 release, Nora Goes Off Script. I have several of her other books in my to be read stack, but I decided to get Dolly All the Time on Kindle for a recent plane ride home from visiting my family in Oregon.

It was a great plane read. I think Dolly All the Time will make a great summer or beach read for fans of Annabel Monaghan. It is getting great reviews.

I like that Annabel Monaghan’s characters have depth. They have real problems and circumstances that they are trying to overcome.

I thought this book was a little over the top, in an unrealistic way. Especially when it came to Stewart. I struggled to like Stewart at times.

Dolly All the Time was also a bit more of an open door romance than I like as well. I described Nora Goes Off Script as a cracked door. I would definitely say Dolly All the Time was open door, which I didn’t love.

I will definitely read more of her books, especially since I own several of her backlist books.