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Seven Days in June
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named A Best Book by USA Today • Harper's Bazaar • Oprah Daily • PopSugar • Shondaland • The Los Angeles Times • Bustle • Good Housekeeping • PureWow • CBS News • People • BuzzFeed • Reader's Digest
Named A Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by CNN • Essence • Travel + Leisure • She Reads • Scary Mommy
Seven days to fall in love, fifteen years to forget, and seven days to get it all back again...
Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award‑winning novelist, who, to everyone's surprise, shows up in New York.
When Shane and Eva meet unexpectedly 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 fifteen years earlier, teenage Eva and Shane spent one crazy, torrid week madly in love. While they may be pretending not to know each other, they can't deny their chemistry-or the fact that they've been secretly writing to each other in their books through the years.
Over the next seven days, amidst a steamy Brooklyn summer, Eva and Shane reconnect-but Eva's wary of the man who broke her heart, and wants him out of the city so her life can return to normal. Before Shane disappears though, she needs a few questions answered...
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, romantic, and sexy‑as‑hell story of two writers discovering their second chance at love.
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named A Best Book by USA Today • Harper's Bazaar • Oprah Daily • PopSugar • Shondaland • The Los Angeles Times • Bustle • Good Housekeeping • PureWow • CBS News • People • BuzzFeed • Reader's Digest
Named A Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by CNN • Essence • Travel + Leisure • She Reads • Scary Mommy
Seven days to fall in love, fifteen years to forget, and seven days to get it all back again...
Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award‑winning novelist, who, to everyone's surprise, shows up in New York.
When Shane and Eva meet unexpectedly 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 fifteen years earlier, teenage Eva and Shane spent one crazy, torrid week madly in love. While they may be pretending not to know each other, they can't deny their chemistry-or the fact that they've been secretly writing to each other in their books through the years.
Over the next seven days, amidst a steamy Brooklyn summer, Eva and Shane reconnect-but Eva's wary of the man who broke her heart, and wants him out of the city so her life can return to normal. Before Shane disappears though, she needs a few questions answered...
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, romantic, and sexy‑as‑hell story of two writers discovering their second chance at love.
Editorial Reviews
"Seven Days in June had me laughing out loud and crying with the characters as their hearts are broken and healed. Tia Williams' book is a smart, sexy testament to Black joy, to the well of strength from which women draw, and to tragic romances that mature into second chances. I absolutely loved it."
―Jodi Picoult, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Book of Two Ways and Small Great Things
"In Seven Days in June, Tia Williams conjures a seductive fantasy-rich friendships, star-crossed lovers, artistic fulfillment. But Williams, a canny anthropologist of contemporary urban life, is writing realism, exploring personal pain, family entanglements, and the negotiation of black identity in a world defined by whiteness. The result isn't escapism (though the book is a delight) but a vision of life at it truly is: complications and difficulties punctuated by profound joy."―Rumaan Alam, author of National Book Award finalist Leave the World Behind
"I can always rely on Tia Williams for a novel with a delicious plot, compelling characters, and all of the pop cultural references my heart desires. Seven Days In June is nothing short of a good time. It's funny, thoughtful in both a real and thotty way, and its protagonist Eva Mercy may not know it, but she is my new favorite pretend writer."―Michael Arceneaux, New York Times bestselling author of I Can't Date Jesus and I Don't Want To Die Poor
"[Seven Days in June is] filled with important observations and tidbits about Black life, giving the reader something that goes a step beyond the basic rom-com format."
―USA Today
"While this is a sumptuous, fun, romantic story about two authors who reunite at a conference, it's also an ode to anyone who goes through life wishing they were more normal."
―Good Morning America
"Sultry."
―Marie Claire
"A read as sultry as the summer heat."
―Harper's Bazaar
"Williams creates an entire world around the new Black literati…It's Black without apology, qualification, or race-related tragedy…It's rarer than you think."
―New York Magazine's The Strategist
"Steamy."
―Essence
"One of the most anticipated romance novels of the summer…Eva and Shane's story gets steamy, so be sure to read by the water so you can cool off."
―Oprah Daily
"If this cover doesn't raise your temperature a few degrees, the story will. Grab a fan before reading this one, because it really heats up."
―Good Housekeeping
"Very steamy…This one's going to be everywhere."
―The Skimm
"Seven Days in June is a beautiful ode to B...
―Jodi Picoult, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Book of Two Ways and Small Great Things
"In Seven Days in June, Tia Williams conjures a seductive fantasy-rich friendships, star-crossed lovers, artistic fulfillment. But Williams, a canny anthropologist of contemporary urban life, is writing realism, exploring personal pain, family entanglements, and the negotiation of black identity in a world defined by whiteness. The result isn't escapism (though the book is a delight) but a vision of life at it truly is: complications and difficulties punctuated by profound joy."―Rumaan Alam, author of National Book Award finalist Leave the World Behind
"I can always rely on Tia Williams for a novel with a delicious plot, compelling characters, and all of the pop cultural references my heart desires. Seven Days In June is nothing short of a good time. It's funny, thoughtful in both a real and thotty way, and its protagonist Eva Mercy may not know it, but she is my new favorite pretend writer."―Michael Arceneaux, New York Times bestselling author of I Can't Date Jesus and I Don't Want To Die Poor
"[Seven Days in June is] filled with important observations and tidbits about Black life, giving the reader something that goes a step beyond the basic rom-com format."
―USA Today
"While this is a sumptuous, fun, romantic story about two authors who reunite at a conference, it's also an ode to anyone who goes through life wishing they were more normal."
―Good Morning America
"Sultry."
―Marie Claire
"A read as sultry as the summer heat."
―Harper's Bazaar
"Williams creates an entire world around the new Black literati…It's Black without apology, qualification, or race-related tragedy…It's rarer than you think."
―New York Magazine's The Strategist
"Steamy."
―Essence
"One of the most anticipated romance novels of the summer…Eva and Shane's story gets steamy, so be sure to read by the water so you can cool off."
―Oprah Daily
"If this cover doesn't raise your temperature a few degrees, the story will. Grab a fan before reading this one, because it really heats up."
―Good Housekeeping
"Very steamy…This one's going to be everywhere."
―The Skimm
"Seven Days in June is a beautiful ode to B...
Readers Top Reviews
Bukola AkinyemiMoSJM
Love can be messy, only time will tell if a summer romance is the real thing or not. How about fifteen years for this test? Tia Williams has written a gripping novel that deals with serious themes like chronic illness, hidden disability, substance abuse, therapy, love, pain and white washing. The character development is very good and with two of the main characters being authors, we get to read about the characters they made up as well. I loved seeing names of other black authors like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, James Baldwin, Zadie Smith and other stars like Beyoncé mentioned in this book. Thanks for the reminder that black people exist and thrive in all spaces, realms and worlds.
Bree
This book is marinated with emotion. People who feel deeply, a wide range of emotions across many generations. They are deep feelers. Such people are wired to experience the world first and foremost through their emotions and every one in this book does. Something that the world is convinced black women do not posses. There's both personal and generational growth, almost a leap in Audre from the other women. Shane was a pleasure to read. His awareness, his persistence and resolve, his fear, his acceptance. I was glad he finally realised that his salvation and healing was his tether, John-vee-ev. I loved this book because I understand these characters. I recognise the aloofness in Lizette, the sheer determination in Eve to escape her ancestral destiny that Genevieve would become but I also share the significance of Shane for her life. This book touched me in so many ways. I started off loving the beautifully written lives of these people and the rich culture they live but ended up looking through their lives a a lens for mine. This book evokes feelings and that is the best kind there is. If you have faced a fork in the road that MADE you stand still, review and change your life (which is almost anyone), you will love this. No matter how it turned out for you. My favourite piece in the book is the idea of renting out James Baldwin's former home. Imagine doing this for the likes of Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker.....I'd be made.
KristinFullyBooked
I am beside myself with appreciation for these characters, these words, this book, this author. This story called to me and I felt like I needed to put my entire TBR aside and read it immediately. It was worth putting all other books on hold. I feel full. Full of love, laughter, warmth, and a dose of reality. This is what romance with substance looks like. When people put romance off for lacking depth, substance, or realness, I will present to them Seven Days in June as a testament to the opposite. This book is about pain, healing, love without condition. So many one liners that made me laugh and tender moments that touched my heart. I am not big on rereading books, but Genevieve (Eva) and Shane’s story is one I will revisit in the future.
action_jackson
Getting to know each of the characters in this book through their feelings was nothing short of amazing. I laughed, I cried, and yet this author left me wanting more. Each person was dynamic in their own right. The conflict surrounding the love that both Eva and Shane possessed for one another was supernatural and could be felt through pages that had nothing but simple text exchanges. I'm not even sure where to begin on young Audre and her high-powered & zestful personality. This book was totally worth the 24hr binge read.
TIFFANY R. PAYNE-GRI
Loving someone can be complicated but it’s always worth it in the end. This is a story of two very damaged and broken people who found love early on in life but never lost it, and the main characters were described in a was a raw and honest. Tia Williams wrote a quirky, witty, love story about family trauma, what it means to have an invisible disability, addiction, mental health, foster care, and how people have to give themselves permission to be loved. Eva and Shane, the main characters, are both famous writers (she, for her Twilight style series, and he, for his brooding series) had a brief (one week)teenage romance 15 years earlier, that changed the course of their lives. Eva is the divorced mom to a precocious 12year old daughter Audre, who attends a prep school where she counsels her classmates as if she were a professional therapist. Shane is the elusive darn near reclusive author who disappears from the spotlight but makes a surprise appearance at a local NY speaking engagement, much to the shock of everyone in attendance, including Eva. This is we’re the wild ride begins. The story shifts from the past to the present, but not in a weird and annoying way. It’s done so that we get the full scope of why Eva and Shane are tragic people, broken people, who are truly unique. I really enjoyed the setting (Trendy NY) and the modern cultural references (music, reality tv, fashion). Overall, it was a true love story.
