Sony's 3000 Pictures and Temple Hill Entertainment have acquired film rights to "Dolly All the Time," a bestselling summer novel by Annabel Monaghan, with screenwriter Gemma Burgess attached to adapt it. The deal, secured in a competitive bidding situation, marks a notable win for Burgess, whose career rebounded after Amazon cancelled her UK-based series "My Lady Jane" despite strong reviews.

The romantic novel follows Dolly Brick, a 39-year-old woman who returns to Whitfield, Rhode Island, to help save her family's home and ends up in a fake-dating arrangement with wealthy local Stewart Whitfield that develops into real romance. Temple Hill's Annika Patton will oversee production, while Burgess juggles a packed slate including adaptations of "Crash Landing on You" for Netflix and Skydance, "Doomed" for Netflix, and "Red, White & Royal Blue 2" for Amazon. 3000 Pictures, led by Elizabeth Gabler, and Temple Hill, run by Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, have a strong track record of book-to-film successes, including "Where the Crawdads Sing," "The Fault in Our Stars" and "Love, Simon."