A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

This is the most beautiful love story I have ever read.

Very unique read! As a lifelong reader i can always guess what’s gonna happen next not in this book!

Good from the start to the end, a sweet love story!

I loved following Ricki's journey to love as an individual who chose not to let her family's fame and fortune define her.

This book was everything to me and the narration only added to it. Mela’s dry wit and enthusiasm for Ricki’s character was the bees knees. The narrator for Ezra was also really good. Loved this

Really enjoyed listening. I liked the dual narrator voices- both were very good, and loved that I was kept guessing about characters: are they terminal or immortal?!! Nearly the whole book. Fun listen. Funny writing, lovable characters.

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!

By far, the stupidest books I've ever listened to. I lasted 6 hours only because of the narrators (who were great). It's all about propaganda. All about defunding the police, covid, BLM, "the current president", #me too, and on and on and on. I listen to FICTION in order to get away from all that propaganda, but this book keeps going on and on about it. Give me a break. I need to find a book about dragons or something because I need a break.

A fantasy book with flowers, love, old people, spells, music set in Harlem. Gives an idea of how Harlem changed over the decades. Ricki and Ezra story is sweet.

I absolutely loved this. Ricki is the underachieving member of a well established funeral parlor family. Striking out on her own she moves to Harlem and falls in love with not only the community but her landlady Ms. Della. There is an instant gravitational pull when she meets Ezra and the two begin a passionate love affair. Ricki is gobsmacked whenezra tells her the truth of his past. There are so many intricate layers around this and they all involve leap day. There is so much to love about this- Rickis relationship with extra and Ms. Della,her embracing Harlems history and how she shows her appreciation of it and her showing her family that there’s more to get than they thought.

Mixing the nightlife and artistic creativity of the Harlem Renaissance with modern times, Tia Williams weaves a love story between 2 people who are ages apart. Ricki Wilde wants to get away from her family and their funeral business. She goes to NYC to follow her dream of opening a florist shop. She finds a benefactor, Ms. Della, who offers her space to open the shop. One night, Ricki meets a handsome man who intrigues her. Along with her friend, Tuesday, they search for him, and once found, he begs her to stay away. However, they are destined for each other. One problem, Ezra, a pianist, is 28, but can't age, as he has been cursed to be immortal. If Ricki and he fall in love, then Ricki will die on Feb 29, leap day. Weaving these 2 storylines together, along with the people that influence their lives led to an interesting and unique story.
You will find yourself rooting for Ricki and Ezra, and hoping they can find a way to live together in love.