Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Eva Mercy is a single mom, a bestselling erotica author, and a woman who’s mastered the art of keeping it together in public—even when her past is still loud in private. Shane Hall is the literary world’s brilliant mystery: reclusive, award-winning, and impossible to read… until he shows up at a book event and locks eyes with Eva like he’s been waiting for this moment for years. The chemistry is immediate, electric, and very much not subtle—especially in a room full of people who notice everything.

What no one else knows: Eva and Shane already have a history. As teenagers, they spent one wild, life-altering week madly in love. They can pretend they’re strangers, but their bodies (and their books) tell the truth—because for years they’ve been writing to each other through their stories, hiding messages in plain sight. Over seven days, old wounds resurface, desire reignites, and they’re forced to face what really happened back then… and whether love is brave enough to come back for a second round.

Funny, sharp, and genuinely sexy-as-hell, this is a second-chance romance with depth—about creativity, motherhood, family, trauma, and the kind of connection that refuses to stay buried.

Perfect for readers of:

• Second-chance romance with grown-up emotional stakes
• Writer x writer chemistry + literary world vibes
• Black love with humor, heat, and heart
• “We never really got over each other” tension
• Smart, sexy romance that actually says something