A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
by Tia Williams
Blurb:
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.
My Review:
Let me tell you something, when a friend
hands you a book and says you need to read this, you listen. And I am SO glad I
did because A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams just completely
shattered every expectation I walked in with and left me absolutely breathless
on the other side!
On the surface this looked like everything I
love, a woman chasing her dreams, a family that overlooked her for far too
long, and a love story that swoops in and shows her exactly how worthy she has
always been. A classic, beautiful, feel good romance. And yes, it is absolutely
ALL of that. But then it becomes something so much MORE and that is where this
book completely stole my heart and refused to give it back!
Ricki is the kind of character you root for
from the very first page. She packs up her life and chases her dream of opening
her own floral shop with the kind of quiet courage that makes you want to stand
up and cheer for her. She is not waiting for permission to live the life she
wants and I LOVED her for it!
And then comes Ezra. Gorgeous. Closed off.
Mysterious in a way that crawls under your skin and refuses to let go. Ricki
doesn't even like him when they first meet, and yet she cannot stop thinking
about him and honestly? Neither could I! But here is where the story shifts
into something unexpected and magical, there is something not quite right about
Ezra. Memories feel hazy, like Ricki is trying to see them through thick fog,
and every time they cross paths something tugs at her that she cannot explain
or shake!
I am not going to say another word about
what lies underneath this story because you deserve to discover it exactly the
way I did, completely unprepared and utterly DEVASTATED in the most beautiful
way possible. What I will say is this, the love between Ricki and Ezra is not
just a love story. It TRANSCENDS. It reaches across every obstacle, every
impossibility, everything that is stacked against them and it holds on with
both hands. It is the kind of love that makes you believe in something bigger
than yourself and I was not ready for how deeply it would move me!
Tia Williams writes with such breathtaking
beauty that every single page feels like it was crafted with intention and
care. The push and pull of love and resistance, the journey from strangers to
enemies to something so profound it defies explanation, it is all executed so
perfectly that I found myself reading slower just to stay inside this world a
little longer!
I went in expecting a lovely romance and
walked out having experienced something that felt genuinely extraordinary. Pick
this book up. Clear your schedule. And prepare to fall completely and
helplessly in love just like I did! 🌸🔥📖
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