Thank you to Grand Central Publishing for the audio ARC to read and review. 

Narrators: Mela Lee and Preston Butler- both narrators did a fantastic job bringing the characters to life and adding to the storytelling. 

This is a romance book with a dash of paranormal. It is a dual timeline, 2024 and 1920s Harlem Renaissance era. Ricki Wilde is the daughter of high society Atlanta family that is in the funeral home business. She has ADHD and has always been seen as the outcast in the family. They feel she is impulsive and directionless. Ricki has a passion for flowers and wants to open her own flower shop. When her family denies her she is given an opportunity through this funny and sweet 90+ year old women, Ms. Della. 

Ms. Della offers up her Harlem brownstone, basement floor for the flower shop to be opened up. Ricki jumps at the opportunity and she opens up her flower shop. One day she runs into this man in the community gardens and she is drawn to him. The two of them cannot help but keep running into each other. 

Then we also get the 1920s timeline of a musician as he comes up from the south to Harlem with the goal of growing his musical career. He faces racism, discrimination and the history of the time period as a Black man in society. We get to see the obstacles but also his successes and love as he dates. 

I loved this book and related so much to Ricki and her desire for friends but also being an introvert and wanting to keep your energy to yourself. She was funny, dynamic and I loved seeing her grow and the character development. 

We also get a peak at the characters from Seven Days in June and that was fun. I highly recommend you add this to those library holds or pre-orders! 

CW: suicide, racism, hate crime, cancer, death, terminal illness, ableism, mentions of addiction, miscarriage and body shaming.