The Silver Skull

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.


Enjoy this story by historical fantasy romance author Anne Renwick where you'll unravel mysteries and defy conventions in a world where danger lurks around every corner.


The Silver Skull is a steampunk-infused gaslamp fantasy romance that weaves high-stakes science, espionage, and forced proximity into a deadly alliance.  Imprisoned in a remote castle, a daring woman spy and the scientist she cannot trust must perfect a revolutionary technology—before it turns them into pawns in a deadly game of ambition and war. Perfect for readers who enjoy Gail Carriger, Bec McMaster, Jacquelyn Benson and Mary Robinette Kowal.


The second story in the Elemental Web world, The Silver Skull can be enjoyed as a standalone and delivers a steamy romance with a guaranteed happily ever after—where love is as dangerous, and irresistible, as the invention that could save—or doom—England.


ELEMENTAL WEB CHRONICLES: The Golden Spider, The Silver Skull, The Iron Fin, Venomous Secrets, Icy Betrayals

ELEMENTAL 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 Scarab

ELEMENTAL WEB STORIES: The Tin Rose, Kraken and Canals, Rust and Steam, Black Sand and Blood