A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
Tia Williams had a fifteen-year career as a beauty editor for magazines including Elle, Glamour, Teen People, and Essence. She's the author of The Accidental Diva, the It Chicks series, and The Perfect Find--now a Netflix film starring Gabrielle Union. Her novel, Seven Days in June, was an instant New York Times bestseller; and the June 2021 Reese's Book Club pick. A TV series adaptation is in development with Will Packer Productions. Her NAACP Image Award-nominated bestseller, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde, was named one of 2024's best romances by the New York Times and Amazon. Her YA romcom, Audre & Bash are Just Friends, releases in May 2025.
Tia lives with her daughter, son, and husband in Brooklyn.
Review Quotes:
"When romance and magical realism meet, you get this hauntingly beautiful story about a love that was one hundred years in the making... Intertwined with both modern and Renaissance-era Harlem, [Ricki and Ezra's] story is equal parts tender and epic."-- Ana Huang, #1 New York Times bestselling author, in Oprah Daily
Publisher Marketing:
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.
A New York Times Best Romance Book of 2024
A 2024 NPR Book We Love
A Library Journal Best Romance Book of 2024
A BookPage Best Romance Book of 2024
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2024
A 2024 Women's National Book Association Great Group Read
Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing.
Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn't one of them. As the impulsive, artistic daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, she's the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. Where they're long-stemmed roses, she's a dandelion: an adorable bloom that's actually a weed, born to float wherever the wind blows. In her bones, Ricki knows that somewhere, a different, more exciting life awaits her.
When regal nonagenarian, Ms. Della, invites her to rent the bottom floor of her Harlem brownstone, Ricki jumps at the chance for a fresh beginning. She leaves behind her family, wealth, and chaotic romantic decisions to realize her dream of opening a flower shop. And just beneath the surface of her new neighborhood, the music, stories and dazzling drama of the Harlem Renaissance still simmers.
One evening in February as the heady, curiously off-season scent of night-blooming jasmine fills the air, 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.
