The Silver Skull - Elemental Web Chronicles, #2

When science and secrets collide, where cures can kill, and the best intentions lead to deadly peril. Determined to avoid an arranged marriage, Lady Olivia stowed away inside a dirigible. Only to find herself imprisoned in a castle with no hope of rescue. So much for proving herself a worthy spy. Worse, survival hinges upon feigning marriage to the suspected double agent she was tailing-the handsome scientist Lord Rathsburn. A mad count has kidnapped Rathsburn's sister, and demands as the price of her freedom Rathsburn's greatest invention: a bone-hardening technology to transform the count's guardsmen into invincible soldiers. Neither can trust the other.
But their lives depend on working together: to keep their captors off-balance long enough to perfect Rathsburn's technology, free his sister, escape the clutches of the count and-most of all-to keep this groundbreaking research out of enemy hands. STEP INTO THE ELEMENTAL WEB!Steampunk adventure wrapped around a romance and threaded with biotechnology. Enjoy these romances by USA Today Bestselling historical fantasy author Anne Renwick where you'll unravel mysteries and defy conventions in a world where danger lurks around every corner... ELEMENTAL WEB CHRONICLES: The Golden Spider, The Silver Skull, The Iron Fin, Venomous SecretsELEMENTAL WEB TALES: A Trace of Copper, In Pursuit of Dragons, A Reflection of Shadows, A Snowflake at Midnight, A Ghost in Amber, A Whisper of Bone, Flight of the ScarabELEMENTAL WEB STORIES: The Tin Rose, Kraken and Canals, Rust and Steam For fans of steampunk and gaslamp fantasy romance, this is a STEAMY romance with a guaranteed happily ever after for women in STEM and the men who are their match.