Books by Nikesha Elise Williams

How does a couple survive when the one thing that brought them together threatens to tear them apart?In Beyond Bourbon Street, Nikesha Elise Williams weaves a story of home and family in New Orleans’ still recovering lower ninth ward. Bombei and Graigh Halvert met in 2006 in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Now fifteen years after the storm, the reluctant couple is married and on the verge of having their first child together. However, their childhood traumas wedge their way between them; festering and threatening to rot their relationship, and the family they’re trying to build, from the inside out.This tale dissects the mystery and intrigue of first connections against the yoke of familial obligation and the ties that bind. Bombei and Graigh are forced to make a choice between home and family and their own self-preservation?Set against the backdrop of one of America’s greatest cities, Nikesha Elise Williams, takes us on a journey away from the glitz and glamour the Big Easy is known for, and into the bowels of the city where daily life is a lesson in resurrection, resilience, and redefining what it means to be home.

Lessons We Were Never Taught is author, Nikesha Elise Williams’s first collection of storytelling through lyrical prose and spoken word pieces. Through poetic exploration, Lessons We Were Never Taught delves deep into topics on life, on love, and on healing.The lessons are named for the great storytellers and truth tellers of past and present generations. From Shange to Baldwin, Hughes to Angelou, Lessons We Were Never Taught is intentional in its nod to history to set the stage for a future full of the stories that deserve to be passed down, the pain still in need of reconciliation, and the lessons we may have never been taught, but learned along the way.

Can she have it all?Naomi Grace is determined to lay hold of the life she’s always wanted. In her vision room is where she manifests her dreams of love, career, and finance, into tangible goals she can tackle one day at a time. But with a dream must come determination.In Adulting, Naomi finds her dreams running smack into her past in the form of her ex-boyfriend Aaron Moore, who left her for his own dream job. But with friends, Jennifer and Diedre, a new flame, Kiyan English, and jaunts to Cuba and Chicago; Naomi has more than enough support to keep her on track to get what she wants . . . Or does she?When one business trip turns into more than a meeting of the minds, Naomi realizes where her weakness lies and what she must sacrifice to keep the life she’s created from falling apart.Adulting, explores the highs and lows of getting older, growing up, and learning whether to stay the course, or pivot to turn dreams into realities.