Tia Williams

I don't know what I was expecting based off the cover - but this book was so good! I love the cover, I just don't know if it fits the book. Ricki Wilde has never lived up to her family's expectations. They own one of the largest funeral home corporations in the US. Fired as a receptionist, Ricki decides to pack up her life in Atlanta and move to Harlem to open a flower shop. She's done trying to placate her family, she's going to live authentically from now on. She moves in the first floor of a gorgeous old brownstone, putting her business in the front and her living spaces in the back. Her elderly landlady lives above and soon becomes like the grandma she never had. When she runs into a mysterious man one night, life as she knows it is about to change. Ezra Walker has been around the block a time or two. All his life he's dreamt of a woman who will change that life. When he meets Ricki he is certain she is the one, but if she is, time is running out. Lyrical, funny, and romantic (with a few good steamy scenes to boot!). This is a romance for the ages!… (more)

I’m still not sure what to rate this book yet, but I will hopefully try to summarize what I thought about it. This book, simply put is a tragic love story. A tragic love story, where maybe I should warn you right now check out the TW! There were sentences that I loved, that I actually wrote down. But there were moments where I was frustrated, with the author and even the editor.

One thing is for sure, Tia knows how to write the life out of emotions. Knows how to set a scene and you feel it, hear it, smell it and see it so vividly; it’s actually amazing. The book reads like fan fiction IMO, and it definitely has a whole lot of pop culture references which was intriguing but also surprising.

All in all, it left me wanting more, and I think it was worth my time.

Again check the TW!!… (more)