Seven Days in June, Tia Williams
Seven Days in June, Tia Williams
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Seven Days in June

Author: Tia Williams

Narrator: Mela Lee

Unabridged: 10 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2021


Synopsis

The instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon book club pick is "a heady combination of book love and between-the-sheets love.” (Ruth Ware)

“Tia Williams’s 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 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Two Ways and Small Great Things

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 Daysin June is a hilarious, romantic, and sexy-as-hell story of two writers discovering their second chance at love.

A Best Book of the Year: NPR • Kirkus • 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
 

About Tia Williams

Tia Williams is the author of several novels, including the acclaimed romance Seven Days in June. Her award-winning novel, The Perfect Find, will be adapted into a Netflix film starring Gabrielle Union. She had a fifteen-year career as a beauty editor for magazines, including Elle, Glamour, and Essence. In 2004, she pioneered the beauty blog industry with Shake Your Beauty. She is editorial director at Estée Lauder companies.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ebony on September 14, 2021

I gotta be cursed. Almost all of my incredibly anticipated 2021 releases are just not hitting for me. I know I'm the outlier with my rating on this book, but just hear me out. I see why folks loved this. In my view, it had an extremely strong start, and it had a lot of potential. It had the bones to......more

Goodreads review by Yun on March 15, 2025

Seven Days in June takes a second chance love story and manages to capture within its pages an entire spectrum of Black spirit, joy, humor, and redemption. Fifteen years ago in high school, Eva and Shane had a euphoric week together that left them forever changed. Since then, they've each gone on to......more

Goodreads review by Talia on June 14, 2021

Reading this book was like being sucked into a VORTEX OF EMOTION. You know those books that carve out a place in your memory forever, the kind you could see on a stranger’s shelf in twenty years and immediately recognise as That One Book? Seven Days in June is one of those. First of all, the heroine’......more

Goodreads review by Ayman on March 10, 2022

blood, sweat, and tears is what came out of me while reading this book! i fucking loved it so much. this books takes second chance lovers to whole other level yall. i was dragging my inner eyelids on concrete for these characters. 😭💖✨ Eva and Shane deserve the world. i really enjoyed how this book ga......more

Goodreads review by Kat on December 31, 2022

i closed the book and immediately threw it !! now there is a bruise on my shin that was not there before tia williams ripped my heart out of my chest and trampled it with this story. it was good & you should read it, then throw your book too so we can have matching shin bruises! that might be the rev......more


Quotes

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

Best Summer Book by USA Today, Harper’s Bazaar, PopSugar, and Shondaland

A Bustle Best Beach Read of 2021

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

“Gutting, arousing, and sparklingly witty… a love story with depth.”—Vogue