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.

Review

This book has left me completely speechless, and a sobbing mess. Not only was it beautiful, but it was so delicate and heartfelt. And it’s messy because these are real characters who are flawed and human. Oh, my gosh, I loved it. Top ten book of the year. Automatic five stars! I can’t say enough good things about this book.

Eva and Shane are both writers, who met each other when they were teenagers. Teenagers who were struggling in this cruel world, who had no guidance, who were screaming so loudly but no one heard them. They only knew each other for a short amount of time, but the impact they had on each other was huge. Flashforward 15 years later, they are still writers, but they still carry their heavy past on their back, and they still have the imprint of each other on their skins. They are fated to be together, but they are older, and more cautious now.

I adored both Shane and Eva and reading them as teenagers was an absolute dragger to the heart. They were in so much pain, and it made sense why they made some of the decisions they did when they were older. It was also interesting that both were writers, and it was so beautiful how they had influenced each other’s writers. Another thing that I enjoyed about this book is how it tackled fan culture in relation to books. It felt very realistic, and I enjoyed reading Eva’s POV about fan’s enjoying her books.

Final Thoughts

Seven Days in June is a beautiful, rich, emotional love story about second chances. The characters are outstanding. Andre is a breakout star, and I enjoyed her relationship with her mother, and how Eva was dedicated to giving her daughter the best life because of her upbringing. I loved Shane's journey, and how he wanted to mentor kids, and despite tragedy he still tried. Reading Seven Days in June was an experience, I was sucked in, and it felt like I was in their world. It was a spiritual journey. That’s the best way to describe it.

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