A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde (2024) is a genre-blending adult novel by American author Tia Williams that combines elements of contemporary romance, historical fiction, and fantasy. The novel pays homage to the rich history of Harlem and conveys its glamour and romanticism through a time-transcending love story between Ricki Wilde and Ezra Walker.

Williams’s work has been critically acclaimed. Her debut, The Accidental Diva (2004), received positive reviews in The New York Times and Cosmopolitan. The Perfect Find (2016) won the African American Literary Award for Best Fiction and was adapted into a Netflix film. Seven Days in June (2021) became a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, was a Reese’s Book Club pick, and will be adapted for TV.

Williams drew on her career as a magazine beauty editor and her special interest in the Harlem Renaissance for A Love Song for Ricki Wilde: Her fashion expertise can be seen in the thrift-obsessed Ricki Wilde; and her historical bent is evident in the novel’s special attention to the lasting footprint of the 1920s on modern Harlem.

This guide refers to the eBook edition published by Grand Central Publishing, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, in 2024.