Loved It Starts with Us by for its scarred, hopeful romance? Let Seven Days in June by bruise you next.
Buy on AmazonWhy It's Your Next Read
- Second-chance love w/ actual scars & secrets
- Mental health rep that validates your mess
- Steam + vulnerability = cathartic ugly-cry sessions
- BookTok-worthy quotable lines & hopeful redemption arcs
If you're still reeling from the way It Starts with Us laid bare the messy truth about trauma and second chances, Seven Days in June will hit you exactly where you need it. This is another story about two people whose scars define them, whose past refuses to stay buried, and whose chemistry ignites a hope so fierce it feels dangerous. Tia Williams delivers the same raw vulnerability you craved in Atlas and Lily's journey—with mental health struggles that feel achingly real and a love that heals without erasing the pain.
Expect the same addictive pull: quotable lines, steamy-but-tender intimacy, and that ugly-cry catharsis that feels like emotional exfoliation. The prose moves fast, the stakes climb higher, and the payoff is worth every bruised feeling along the way.
This is love after loss, rendered with the kind of hope that made you believe in Atlas all over again.
What Readers Are Saying
"I loved EVERYTHING about this gem! The chemistry between Eva and Shane is OFF THE CHARTS! I felt electricity in the air every time I read a scene with them...Tia Williams has written the perfect book in my opinion." — Michael David (on hiatus), Goodreads
"I haven’t read a book that was so unapologetically black in a long time... The relationship between Eva and Shane is really one that can only be described as soulmates... this book is a book that should be read in school." — kimberly ☆, Goodreads
"It just hits you right away and you instinctively know you are about to read something incredible and worthwhile...It read spiritual. It truly read like a dream." — Warda, Goodreads
