I want to talk to you, not as Nix Murguia, the author, but as me when the masks fall off.

As Nikkeya, the sometimes overstimulated, cusses too much, rage cleans to narco corridos, Lovergirl who wears her heart on her sleeve and cries way more than a grown woman should. Nix, the person you meet on social media, who I have to be to promote and market these stories, is only a fraction of who I am at my core.

Writing is a passion of mine, but it’s also a coping mechanism I’ve made a career out of. Writing has always been my safe place. I remember daily entries in a diary from the time I was in second grade through middle school. It’s how I processed conflict and sadness, and as a hopeless romantic, I’m sure there were overly dramatic entries about how my fourth-grade crush asked me to snowball at the skyline skate rink lol. Maybe it’s the Libra in me, but I can still recite love poems I wrote before really ever understanding the concept of love, stories I invented in notebooks, and all the worlds I visited through the pages of a book. Reading and writing were how I escaped the chaos of everything going on around me.

This year was very emotional for me. While I feel like my career escalated to places I never deemed imaginable, I also experienced a lot of heartache. For a moment, I think I lost my self-worth, lost a bit of my creative spark, watched close relationships I made sour, kept a sorry letter I wish i would have sent, and a whole lot of feeling defenseless when I would look out at what was going on in the world around me.

If you had a similar year, let me remind you that your mental health matters. Stepping back or taking time for yourself is not selfish. Your life is valuable. Just as valuable as anyone else on this planet.

One of the reasons I love writing romance stories, especially the unconventional types like Cartel romance, is because I know for many women, just ike me, they find escape through fiction. Whether you’re escaping reality, needing a break or just wanting to visit a world where you’re not responsible for dinner, bills, world peace, ect , thank you for picking up my books. I am grateful to have the readers I do.

Here’s to the person you plan to be going into 2026.

Wishing the best for you 🩷

2/7- Local Idaho Galentines Event

2/14- Romance Crawl at Barnes and Noble Boise, ID

4/10-4/12- Kink & Ink | Dallas, Texas

10/23&24- Spellbound in the Valley | Poughkeepsie, NY