An Opulent Fantasy Romance
Of Soul
and
Crimson
A court older than memory.
A love that consumes.
A choice that costs more than crowns.
Enter the Court
Beautiful enough to worship.
Dangerous enough to ruin you.
Two Men. Two Bonds.
One Impossible Choice.
One claims her like sunlight.
One recognises her like memory.
One bond was chosen.
One was woven before she had a name for it.
How do you choose when you love them both?
“For eight years she had been falling in love with the man who killed her in her dreams. The first time she died she was twelve. The second time she kept dying in her sleep.”
— opening lines, Of Soul and Crimson
If your shelves hold,
- court intrigue and crown shadowed romance.
- morally complex characters that leave you wanting more.
- a heroine who walks into a world too beautiful to be safe.
- two impossible men and the cost of choosing one.
- ancient bonds, silk gowns, and ballrooms that bite.
- political games where every gesture is a move and every silence a strategy.
- love that arrives like prophecy and stays like a wound.
- slow burn that takes its time and breaks you cleanly.
… you are home.
This book is for the reader who:
- reads the dance scene three times before turning the page.
- needs her romance dangerous and her characters morally grey.
- underlines the line that undoes her.
- believes a love story should leave a mark.
- wants to immerse into a complex world with players all playing their own game.
- is ready to open her heart and have it all shattered again.
- wants to feel like the main character.
Book One
Of Soul and Crimson
OF SOUL AND CRIMSON is the first book in a new series of opulent fantasy romance. Featuring a court older than memory, choices that cost more than crowns, and love that consumes. Coming Autumn 2026.
Discover the StoryStep Into the Court
Mirrored halls. Ancient bloodlines. Sacred geometry of power older than any of its rulers. Discover the families, the rituals, the rules, and the secrets its rules cannot keep buried.
Enter the World →
The Author
Brenda Felicia Nel
Brenda Felicia Nel writes opulent fantasy romance for readers who crave beauty, danger, epic love, and a court they never quite escape.
She was crowned Miss World Netherlands in 2019 and represented her country at the 69th Miss World pageant in London, competing against 110 nations. As a marketing professional and longtime mentor to women stepping into their own power, she has carried a single conviction: that a life worth living is a life you choose yourself.
That conviction is the spine of her debut novel.
Of Soul and Crimson is the book she has been preparing to write all her life. A young woman finally stops letting life happen to her, and the world that unfolds for her speaks to her soul. This new life is opulent, dangerous, and asks more than she knew she had to give. For the first time in her life, she knows exactly where she is meant to be.
Brenda lives in Tampa, Florida, with her husband and daughter. Moving to the United States was one of her own great chosen lives. Of Soul and Crimson is her first novel and the opening of a new series.
For the readers who choose.