On the foggy streets of Victorian London, secrets and spies hide in a world of gaslamp fantasy.

Lady Amanda blackmailed her way into a prestigious London medical school...

Not the preferred method of entrance, of course, but necessary, for it's the only way to force Lord Thornton, a professor at the school, to help her perfect her invention: a clockwork spider capable of spinning artificial nerves.

And Lord Thornton is interested... but is he interested in Amanda, or simply the invention that could cure his own debilitating injury? Neither one can trust the other, but both know this: any attraction is a danger, any romance forbidden.

But when a foreign spy steals the spider and uses it to perform grisly experiments on human subjects, they must set aside both their differences and their growing attraction to capture the killer terrorizing the streets of London.

The Golden Spider is a steampunk-infused gaslamp fantasy romance set in a foggy, alternate-Victorian London. When a brilliant woman in STEM and her brooding academic rival are forced together, adventure, romance, and mystery spark at every turn -- making this a thrilling enemies-to-lovers story where love is as dangerous -- and irresistible -- as the invention that threatens London.

The Golden Spider is the first story in the Elemental Web Tales, although all books in the Elemental Web -- Chronicles, Tales & Stories -- can be enjoyed as standalones. This is a STEAMY read with a guaranteed happily ever after for women in STEM and the men who are their match.

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

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• Science Fiction & FantasyFantasyHistorical
• Science Fiction & FantasyScience FictionSteampunk
• Science Fiction & FantasyFantasyGaslamp

• Publication Date: August 8, 2016
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• Print Length: 466 Pages
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