Seven Days in June by Tia Williams5/28/2023 ![]() Eva has a history of self-harm, and an early scene depicts an attempted sexual assault. Shane entered foster care as a child and is now in Alcoholics Anonymous. But this isn’t a light romance by any means, especially during flashbacks. Chosen family is a strong central theme in the novel, and characters like Eva’s spunky daughter, Audre, and book editor, CeCe, bring warmth to the pages. Seven Days in June is a slow burn as Shane and Eva attempt to heal old wounds, their love affair made all the more delicate by Eva’s history of abandonment. ![]() ![]() The Black literary world doesn’t know that Eva and Shane were teenage lovers-or that they’ve been communicating to each other through their books for years.ĪLSO IN BOOKPAGE: Summer reading 2021: 9 books to soak in this season The “time bomb” is Shane Hall, a literary novelist and former paramour who unexpectedly reappears in Eva’s life at a book festival. The “grown woman” is Eva Mercy, a 32-year-old romance novelist and single mom in Brooklyn. Teenage girls couldn’t wait to be ruined.” So writes Tia Williams, author of the smart and steamy Seven Days in June. ![]() “Grown women knew better than to attach themselves to time bombs. ![]()
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