A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
In this sexy modern-day fairytale from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician share a soul mate connection told through the history, art, and the magic of Harlem.
The daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, Ricki Wilde is the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. In her bones, Ricki knows that somewhere, a different, more exciting life awaits her. When she moves into a Harlem brownstone, she leaves behind her family, wealth, and chaotic romantic decisions to realize her dream of opening a flower shop. One evening Ricki encounters a handsome, deeply mysterious stranger who knocks her world off balance in the most unexpected way.
Set against the backdrop of modern Harlem and Renaissance glamour, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is a swoon-worthy love story of two passionate artists drawn to the magic, romance, and opportunity of New York, and whose lives are uniquely and irreversibly linked.
Includes a Reading Group Guide.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Get ready to luxuriate in an utterly magical romance. Headstrong Ricki Wilde doesn’t want to follow her Atlanta family into the funeral business. So she follows her dreams, moving to Harlem to run a quirky flower shop and surrounding herself with chosen family instead of the disappointed clan she left back in Georgia. Things heat up when she meets Ezra, a jazz musician who gets Ricki feeling all sorts of tingly. But there’s something strange about Ezra. And that just may have something to do with how this romantic fantasy keeps sliding back and forth between the present and the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, which Tia Williams renders with so much style and colour you’ll want to stay in those fashionable glory days. Williams makes strong but subtle points about race and family, and she peppers both timelines with snappy exchanges tailor-made for a movie. Narrators Mela Lee and Preston Butler bring Ricki and Ezra’s worlds to vibrant life with so much warmth and verve you won’t want to leave. This heady mashup of love, magic, and history is a delight.
