As a native Nevadan, Nicole was born and raised in Las Vegas and completed her undergraduate work at the University of Nevada, Reno (Go Pack!). She now resides in Salt Lake City after completing her graduate schooling at the University of Utah. She has a deep love for fly fishing on public lands, caring for her house plants, and diving into stories that sweep her into another world.

Dani was supposed to be dead.
Instead, a freak plane crash into an eerie forest left her with a shocking gift-a literal electric touch. As a powerful skill intertwined with a curse, Dani has done everything to avoid the dangerous thirst for electricity threatening to consume her mind. But when her latest stint of siphoning money from an ATM gets her caught by some cocky cop, she braces for a life behind plexiglass. Instead of cuffs, the cop offers her a deal that could save her: a cure.
The cure comes with the cost of revisiting the haunting crash site deep in the woods. There, Dani discovers a sinister secret with the potential to unleash a force beyond control, threatening the very existence of humanity-and someone else might have found it first.
Torn between a cure that could save her and a mission to protect humanity, Dani faces an agonizing choice: save herself or surrender to the dark side of her powers to protect the future of the world-and the man she loves-before the sinister forces of the forest reclaim what they are owed.
Games We Play in the Dark: A gripping tale of power, love, and the ultimate fight against impending darkness.