Nicole T. Smith

Nicole T. Smith, L.Ac. has filled notebooks and crashed computers in her pursuit of creating story. When asked what genre she writes in, she replies: Who can pick just one? 

A board-certified acupuncturist and owner of The Pampered Porcupine Acupuncture, Nicole has spent over two decades in the medical field. Her latest novel, “We Have Shadows Too,” explores the repercussions of trauma, the psychological layers of the mind, invisible scars we carry, and the secrets we hide even from ourselves.  

Publisher: Lightpen Publishing 

Blurb - We Have Shadows too 

Memories are never entirely silent. They murmur in your cells, shadow the mind, and knock at the door. 

Rella Cooper is a thirty-eight-year-old successful architect with a bright future. She’s a sensitive soul with a youthful spirit, who still wears braids in her hair. Establishing a life in sunny southern California, she’s left behind the shadows of where she grew up.  

But whispers rustle in the recesses of her mind. Confronted with the truth about her mother’s abusive childhood, her sister raises the possibility that perhaps something happened to Rella, too.  

Refusing to believe she could have blocked out memories, and against her better judgement, Rella visits a practitioner, where shocking information is revealed. Completely destabilized, Rella’s sanity spirals out of control. 

In an attempt to regain the life she once knew, Rella seeks out help, only to be hit with a staggering revelation which will change how she looks at herself, and the world, forever.