Seven Days in June
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4.4 • 2K Ratings
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Publisher Description
Two writers get a second chance at love in this romantic, sexy-as-hell New York Times bestselling novel by the author of A Love Song for Ricki Wilde.
"Smart, sexy. I absolutely loved it." —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper
“Gutting, arousing, and sparklingly witty … a love story with depth.” —Vogue
Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer. Shane Hall is a reclusive, award-winning novelist. When the two meet at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their buried traumas, but the eyebrows of the Black literati. What no one knows is that when they were teenager, Eva and Shane spent one crazy week madly in love. They can pretend they've never met, but they can’t deny their chemistry—or the fact that they’ve been secretly writing to each other in their books through the years.
With its keen observations of creative life in America today, as well as the joys and complications of being a mother and a daughter, Seven Days in June is a hilarious starcrossed romance.
A Best Book of the Year: NPR • Kirkus Review • Marie Claire • PopSugar • New York Public Library • Bustle • Reader’s Digest • Literary Hub
A Best Book of the Summer: Harper’s Bazaar • Oprah Daily • Shondaland • The Los Angeles Times • CBS News • PureWow • Good Housekeeping • BuzzFeed • theSkimm
A Best Romance of 2021: The Washington Post • USA Today • Vulture • Goodreads • BookPage • BuzzFeed • Happy Mag
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Williams (The Accidental Diva) explores how trauma affects relationships in this emotional romance. When Eva Mercy and Shane Hall met as teens, their instant attraction was so explosive that the relationship burned itself out before it had a chance to get off of the ground. Now Eva is a bestselling erotica author and Shane is a literary darling—and the pair are thrown back together in New York City. But will they be able to make their relationship work as adults or will their dark pasts get in the way? Growing up, Eva was neglected and frequently preyed upon by her mother's boyfriends, resulting in serious abandonment issues; meanwhile, Shane struggles with guilt over surviving the car crash that killed his foster mother. To be together, they'll have to find a way to mend past hurt. Williams has a knack for realistically portraying how childhood trauma lingers into adulthood. In her exploration of how people cope, she also delivers hope: psyches can be mended and relationships can help to resolve pain. Williams doesn't shy away from the darker aspects of human experience, and her characters are fully formed and believable as a result. This is a winning romance.
Customer Reviews
Worth the read
This is my second book by Ms. Williams. I am pleasantly surprised. This book started off slow but hang in there until about page 70. The plot hits its momentum and Carrie’s throughout. I really like this.
Ms. Williams has a way of telling a great story in rhythms that bounce from current to historical, while stopping at other times in between. It’s not too “Millennial - Gen Z” that I need a translator, nor is it so ancient it reads like a text book lesson.
I won’t spoil by talking about the characters or the story - read it and see for yourself! Excellent book, Ms. Williams.
Dare I say, my first five star of the summer!
I really enjoyed these characters and their lives. Highly recommend. This is my second Tia Williams and I look forward to reading more of her stories.
Must read
It started off a little slow for me, but once I made it a couple chapters in, I was so pleasantly surprised by this book. It’s so hard for me with current books to find a writing style I like, and it’s even harder with current romances to find a pair I really root for. Despite their unhealthy past, their younger selves did the best that they could for each other at the time, and the current versions of the two characters have so much unconditional love and respect for each other. I loved both main characters, as well as Eva’s daughter, and I procrastinated finishing it because I didn’t want to leave their world yet. My only complaint would be that the end felt a little rushed after everything, but I was still happy with it. There are a couple of sexual scenes, for anyone who wants to know that ahead of reading, but they aren’t a focus of the book and fit in very naturally in the characters’ story. The characters were so vivid and it was the most beautiful book I’ve read in a while. First book I’ve read by this author, but I will definitely read more.