Meet Nikki Duncan: Heart-Led Leader & Healing Romance Author

Whether she’s crafting stories that explore the deep emotional terrain of healing love or leading teams through operational chaos into clarity, Nikki Duncan shows up with one unshakable truth: PEOPLE COME FIRST.

By day, Nikki is a trusted advisor to executive leaders, often behind the scenes, solving complex workflow breakdowns, aligning vision with execution, and creating systems that empower people. Whether she’s operating as a Chief of Staff, Director of Operations, or simply the go-to problem solver in a room of decision-makers, Nikki tackles challenges with empathy, clarity, and drive.

Her leadership wins include:
Boosting stakeholder alignment 32% across a 100+ franchise network, contributing to a $25M business valuation.
Saving $2.7M in annual salary costs through smarter ops design.
Coaching 100+ leaders through tech rollouts, natural disasters, and transformation fatigue—without losing sight of their mission.

Her greatest personal win came when she completed 3.5 years of school in 11 months to earn her college degree Summa Cum Laude. 

And yet, when the workday winds down, Nikki returns to a personal world where the heart still takes the lead.

As a published author of more than 20 emotional, romance novels, Nikki writes stories rich with second chances, scars that don’t define us, and love that feels like home. Her books resonate because they’re grounded in lived truth. Grief. Healing. Rebuilding. Hope. From Sounds to Die By to Healing His Heart, her characters journey through life’s hardest moments. And they come out stronger on the other side.

She’s shared pages with Shayla Black, Sylvia Day, and Jaci Burton. She was multi-published in Romantic Times Magazine, and she once talked love and literature on Good Morning Texas.

Across every role, whether it’s editing pages of text, mentoring a struggling teen in her books, or building operations that scale, Nikki leads with a heart-forward lens. She knows what it means to break and rebuild, and she brings that compassion to everything she touches.

Professional or personal, fiction or facts, Nikki Duncan leads with purpose, passion, and people.