Nicole Holmes
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Melbourne-based author of adult dark speculative romance

Dark worlds. Dangerous desire. Strange futures.

Nicole Holmes is a Melbourne-based author of adult dark speculative romance, writing emotionally intense stories of dangerous desire, ruined futures, strange power and connection under pressure.

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Monstrous possibilities

Human connection

Ruined futures

Romance under pressure

Current novels

Stories currently seeking publication.

Two unpublished novels are currently seeking publication. Books in the dark, waiting for their doors.

Seeking publication

What We Did To The Stars

What We Did To The Stars is a fast-paced adult post-apocalyptic romantasy about Emelyn, a guarded autistic twenty-seven-year-old forced aboveground when her father disappears, for readers who like spicy romantasy, dystopian resistance, hidden histories and civilisation-scale science fiction. It is also for readers who grew up on The Obernewtyn Chronicles and now want adult romantasy with ruined-world mystery, oppressive power and a sharper romantic thread.

Status
Seeking publication; unpublished
Genre
Post-apocalyptic romantasy
Publication
Unpublished; book one of a planned trilogy
For readers of
The Obernewtyn Chronicles, Fourth Wing, The Hunger Games, Mistborn, Foundation and The Expanse
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Seeking publication

Echoes of Obsession

Echoes of Obsession is a high-heat adult dark ghost romance about a thirty-four-year-old renovation influencer who opens herself to obsession during an intention-setting ritual and is targeted by Bastien, an obsessive ghost who is long dead and not easily dismissed.

Status
Seeking publication; unpublished
Genre
Spicy dark paranormal ghost romance
Publication
Unpublished
For readers of
Dark Needs at Night's Edge and Haunting Adeline, but with a ghost HEA
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About

A writer of romance for unstable worlds.

Nicole Holmes is an Australian author who writes dark speculative romance fiction. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales, lived in Perth, Western Australia for much of her life and now resides in Melbourne, Victoria.

She lives with her partner, two cats, three chickens and a 12-foot Home Depot skeleton, where she is working on her dreams of being a homesteader in between awful tech-job meetings.

If you are excited to read her upcoming debut novels, let her know by following her on Instagram or Substack and commenting loudly how much you want these books.

Contact

Community and professional contact.

Readers can follow Nicole on Instagram for author updates, book news, behind-the-scenes chaos and loud encouragement for the upcoming novels. For rights, publishing, review, bookseller, librarian or other professional enquiries, contact Nicole there too.

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