A New Novel by Nicki Dana

The Lion and the Scorpion

Love is the risk.
Healing is the reward.

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The Storyteller

She writes the kind of love
that leaves a mark.

Nicki Dana writes erotic Black fiction at the crossroads of sensuality, sci-fi, and soul. Her stories are velvet-soft on the surface — and underneath, they're the kind of intimate that asks something of you.

Meet Nicki
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The Featured Novel

The Lion and the Scorpion

One blind date. Eight hours. A connection neither saw coming. When powerhouse attorney Imani Blackwell meets the quiet, watchful Cairo Thorne, an eight-hour conversation becomes an all-consuming love neither of them can explain — or resist.

Dark RomanceSlow BurnSoulmatesDivine FeminineEmotional Healing
"Sometimes soulmates meet long before they are healed enough to keep each other."

— from The Lion and the Scorpion

The Inner Circle

Whispers, slowly,
into your inbox.

New chapters, poetry fragments, playlists, and the kind of late-night thoughts that only arrive after midnight.

On the Horizon

Coming Soon

Erotic Sci-Fi Series

Obsidian Skies

Book One of the Celestial Bloodline trilogy.

Coming 2026

Contemporary Romance

Velvet Hours

Two strangers. One brownstone. Endless second chances.

Coming 2026

Poetry Collection

The Salt & The Sweet

Erotic verse for the woman remembering she is holy.

Coming 2026