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Pretty Woman, if the woman is a penniless single mother rather than a leggy L.A call girl

Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan

May 24, 2026 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars Thank you to NetGalley and G.P. Putnam’s Sons for this ARC. My opinions are my own. This book will be out on May 26th. Dolly Brick is a problem solver and has spent most of her life taking care of her family. When her mother left Dolly, her father and her siblings when Dolly was far too young to have to deal with it, she nevertheless ended up basically mothering her younger sister and mentally disabled younger brother. Now she’s a 39-year-old single […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Annabel Monaghan, Anxiety, ARC, cbr18, class divide, Contemporary Romance, Dolly All the Time, family, Malin, Motherhood, NetGalley, Pretty Woman, small town life

Malin's CBR18 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Annabel Monaghan, Anxiety, ARC, cbr18, class divide, Contemporary Romance, Dolly All the Time, family, Malin, Motherhood, NetGalley, Pretty Woman, small town life ·
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