Seven Days in June

by Tia Williams

Eva Mercy is a single mom juggling her tornado of a tween, her career as a “vampire erotica” author, and a secret personal battle. 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 during a steamy Brooklyn summer, Eva and Shane secretly reconnect and despite the fact that Eva is very, very wary of the man who broke her heart, she really, really needs answers to the questions that have been haunting her for fifteen years…

Seven Days in June is funny and romantic and very real.  It doesn’t veer away from pain, childhood trauma and Black identity but its filled with warm friendships, creative fulfillment and its so, so sexy…

A smart, sexy testament to tragic romances that mature into second chances. I loved it. – Jodi Picoult

The well-crafted love story alone would delight readers, but Williams also explores motherhood, womanhood, and the fine line between romance and heartache. – Booklist

So spicy and romantic, I just could not stop turning the pages. – Reese Witherspoon June 2021 Book Club Pick