Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. Andforsome, even a single February can be life-changing.

Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isnt one of them. As theimpulsive, artisticdaughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, shes the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. Where theyre long-stemmed roses, shes a dandelion: an adorable bloom thats actually a weed, born to float wherever the wind blows.In her bones,Ricki knows thatsomewhere,a different,more exciting lifeawaits her.

Whenregal nonagenarian, Ms. Della, invites her to rent the bottom floor of her Harlem brownstone, Ricki jumps at the chance for a fresh beginning. She leaves behind her family, wealth,andchaoticromantic decisions to realize her dream of opening a flower shop.Andjust beneath the surfaceof her new neighborhood,the music,storiesand dazzling drama of the Harlem Renaissance still simmers.

One evening in Februaryasthe heady,curiously off-seasonscent of night-blooming jasminefillsthe air,Ricki encounters a handsome,deeply mysteriousstranger whoknocks her world offbalance in the mostunexpected way.

Set against the backdrop of modern Harlem and Renaissance glamour,A Love Song for Ricki Wildeis a swoon-worthy love storyof twopassionate artistsdrawn to the magic, romance, and opportunity of New York,andwhose lives are uniquely and irreversibly linked.