Why You'll Love This
A single mom fixes a billionaire's flat tire and accidentally becomes his fake girlfriend — and somehow that's the least surprising thing about her.
- Great if you want: a warm, witty romance with a capable, grounded heroine
- The experience: breezy and quick-moving with genuine emotional depth underneath
- The writing: Monaghan writes snappy dialogue and characters who feel immediately real
- Skip if: fake-dating setups feel too familiar to hold your interest
About This Book
Dolly Brick is the kind of woman who fixes things—flat tires, failing family homes, other people's worst days—even when her own life is barely holding together. When she strikes an unlikely arrangement with the infuriatingly attractive heir to Whitfield's most prominent family, what starts as a practical solution quickly becomes something neither of them planned for. Set against the backdrop of a Rhode Island summer, this is a story about the walls people build to stay safe and the moments that quietly dismantle them—funny, warm, and more emotionally honest than it has any right to be.
Monaghan writes with the kind of ease that makes 400 pages feel like a long weekend on a porch. Her dialogue crackles without trying too hard, her characters carry genuine complexity beneath their charm, and she has a particular gift for pacing romantic tension so it lands when it should rather than where you expect it. Readers who loved her earlier work will recognize the signature blend of wit and heart, but Dolly All the Time feels a little sharper, a little more lived-in—the work of a writer who knows exactly what she's doing.
