05/30/2026
GMA June Book Club Pick! And the best part?! Itâs in PAPERBACK! Perfect for throwing in a bag to hit the beach or pool! đ
If they start by pretending, can they end with something real?
Dolly Brick has never met a problem she couldnât 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 Whitfieldâannoyingly handsome scion of the Whitfield familyâwith a flat tire and at the wrong end of a very public, very humiliating breakup, itâs in her nature to help. But Stewartâs 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. Sheâs never relied on anyone besides herselfâcan she really start now?
âThis book is like a spicy margaritaâŠsweet and a little salty, tart and hotâŠI have fallen in love with Dolly and with funny, fizzing Annabel Monaghan!â âCatherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich