Nicole Ward

@authornicoleward.bsky.social

Author of GAME OVER 💜🎮😈 - A STEMinist Sports Romance Find me on Instagram! I post there most frequently. https://www.instagram.com/authornicoleward/

Jack Frost (1998) x Sweet Home Alabama YULE ALWAYS FIND ME is a holiday paranormal romance with: 🤍second chance romance 💀murd.er 🤍fake dating ❄️frosty magic 👯‍♀️sister bonds 🐶a cute pet sidekick 🎄Christmas festivities 🔼love triangle Would you read it? Art by @mknzgmbn #questpit #wip #P #R #A

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JUST FOR THE SUMMER × HAPPY PLACE Graham’s tried to get over her. Now she sits at another table wearing some other man’s ring. Violet has everything she thought she wanted. Right up until she comes face-to-face with the biggest "what if" of her life… #QuestPit #Q #A #R

Mood board featuring a rainy Portland street café, the Portland sign, Powell's Books, a woodworking shop, a diamond engagement ring, white daisies, bourbon, text messages, two people holding hands, and a silhouetted couple touching foreheads.

A QuestPit exclusive sneak peak from one of my favorite scenes: Elise and Jayce recruit esports students at the pre-semester activities fair and the banter gets 🔥🥵 #querying #Q #amquerying #agentsguide #steminist #romance #author

A screenshot from the book GAME OVER by Nicole Ward. The text reads:

He diverts his gaze to his own food. “Did you spit in this?” He points down to his nachos, the plastic-like cheese oozing over the chips like the debilitating lava in Mario Kart.

I flush in the summer heat. “Why? Common experience for you?”

“Not with food, no.” His voice lowers and his eyes darken.

My mouth waters involuntarily at his teasing. My veiled attraction to him is frustrating beyond belief. “You’re such an ass.” I sigh with a blank stare. 

He raises his eyebrows. “So, that’s a yes?” 

“Oh, for sure.” I play it off sarcastically, hating that he’s called my bluff. 

His eyes narrow. He raises a chip, slathering it dramatically with as much of the neon cheese as possible, brings it to his mouth and rolls a languid, exaggerated stroke of his tongue over it. The pink flesh catches on the crunchy salt crystals as he holds treacherous eye contact with me.

“Jayce, what is wrong with you?” I remark with narrowed slits for eyes and the hint of a smirk on my lips.

“The kind of wrong I think you like,” he purrs, popping the rest of the chip in his mouth. Then winks. Fucking winks. I’m sure he’s enticed many a girl to bed with this enticing act. Hell, he had me weak-kneed just minutes ago. Dopamine still roars through my neural circuitry, and I kick myself for falling prey to his villainous wiles.
Nicole Ward@authornicoleward.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thank you @questpit.bsky.social for organizing this event and bringing so many wonderful authors together. Hoping the very best for every author participating today, and I hope this event leaves everyone feeling encouraged and proud of the work they're doing #questpit #agentsguide #Q #A #R #romance

John Tucker Must Die x The Craft HEX GIRLFRIENDS CLUB: A lesbian witch teams up with her nemesis to curse the girlfriend who has been two-timing both of them, but as their revenge plot heats up, sparks fly, making the coconspirators wonder if they should be more than frenemies. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

Fall-themed background of wood and orange leaves with images of a blonde teen girl, two witches facing away and embracing in front of a fire, a goth teen girl, tarot cards, and mixing spell ingredients in a small cauldron.

Lark found rock bottom! Betrayed, career in ruins, lying to everyone she loves, and running into town’s top bachelor (literally) Optimistic loverboy vs miserable, worst time of her life skeptic 😒 meet uncute 🤫 secrets (lies!) 🏘 small town, big rumor mill 🌶🌶🌶 reluctant chemistry #QuestPit #w #a #R

Their marriage started with a joke. Now Hollywood wants them to sell their love story for real. 🎬 Rising actress × former child star 💍 Impulsive secret marriage 📸 Viral chemistry 👀 Studio-mandated fake dating ❤️ The only thing they don’t fake? Their feelings. #QuestPit #A #R #Q

A Polaroid-style collage of a Hollywood romance, including red carpet paparazzi, a couple kissing, a wedding ring exchange, formal black evening wear, the Hollywood sign, and palm trees at sunset, arranged like overlapping snapshots.

Hey #Questpit, check out your next romance read! After a professional mishap with her coworker, a risk-averse architect is sentenced to a new project in Colorado where she must prove she can work with her rival turned roommate—or risk crumbling the foundation of her career. #Q #R #A

This is an image of a library card with information for the romance book, “Breaking the Blueprint” in the lines. It includes the key tropes (architects, office rivals, forced proximity, touch of spice, workplace romance, and tension and banter) as well as the 88,000 word count and contemporary romance genre listed.

TWO CAN PLAY X TILL SUMMER DO US PART 🥊 rivals to lovers ⏳ slow burn 🔥 wicked hot banter 🛌 only one bed 💕 he falls first (and harder) 🙈 hidden identity 🌶️ open door spice 🤓 SLGs Read more about the making of GAME OVER 💜🎮😈 over on my Substack! #steminist #romance open.substack.com/pub/authorni...

GAME OVER: A STEMinist Sports Romance - Where is it now?

A long-overdue update on the work I'm doing with my debut novel.

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TWO CAN PLAY X TILL SUMMER DO US PART 🥊 rivals to lovers ⏳ slow burn 🔥 wicked hot banter 🛌 only one bed 💕 he falls first (and harder) 🙈 hidden identity 🌶️ open door spice 🤓 SLGs GAME OVER 💜🎮😈 is an 82K word contemporary romance set in collegiate esports #questpit #Q #A #R #querying #agentsguide

Nicole Ward@authornicoleward.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thank you @questpit.bsky.social for organizing this event and bringing so many wonderful authors together. Hoping the very best for every author participating today, and I hope this event leaves everyone feeling encouraged and proud of the work they're doing #questpit #agentsguide #Q #A #R #romance