Author of the Heart & Hand Series, Nicole's first book, Wild Lavender, is a 2017 Golden Quill Winner for Best Fantasy Romance and a finalist in the New England Readers Choice's Contest for Historical Romance, The Kathryn Hayes "When Sparks Fly" Contest, and the Maggie Award for Excellence.
Both Wild Lavender, Book One, and The Queen's Dance, Book Two, were relaunched with new content in 2022. Book Three in the Heart & Hand series, The Naked Moon, was released in December 16, 2022 and is a National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award winner!
The Shadow Healer is the fourth book in her series and was released in early summer 2024. Nicole is currently working on book five.
When not writing epic medieval romantasy, Nicole pens spicy romantic paranormal suspense. Her urban paranormal, Thrice Bound, was just released in 2025.
A graduate of the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science and Arts, Nicole E. Kelleher studied French Literature and Language, Spanish and Chinese. During this time, she attended classes at the University of Michigan’s School of Art with an emphasis on drawing, watercolor and photography.
She resides in Virginia with her family. When she is not writing or working at her day job at a local university, she volunteers at a local organization helping the less fortunate. She encourages her friends and readers to do the same.
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