Icy Betrayals

Where living ink whispers ancient truths, the key to survival may lie in the roots they shareLady Angela Tagert is no one's pawn. A brilliant pharmacological botanist, she carries a secret within her skin-a living, photosynthetic tattoo. When her scheming brother sells her to the highest bidder, she makes a bold escape. A hasty marriage to a handsome stranger headed to Iceland may be far from ideal, but it buys her freedom.Valtýr Árnason-airship captain, engineer, huldufólk-didn't plan to return home with a wife. Smart, stubborn and beautiful, she's a storm he never saw coming. But when a troll attacks her en route, he realizes just how deep he's in. Past mistakes he's kept carefully hidden are back to haunt them both.Hunted by a villain determined to unlock the mystery of skin-bound magic, Angela and Val must unearth the truth behind a lost tradition-before it's stolen, corrupted, and used to shatter more than kingdoms. STEP INTO THE ELEMENTAL WEB!Steampunk adventure wrapped around a romance and threaded with biotechnology. Join USA Today bestselling author, Anne Renwick, as she takes you back into an alternate past.ELEMENTAL WEB CHRONICLES: The Golden Spider, The Silver Skull, The Iron Fin, Venomous Secrets, Icy BetrayalsELEMENTAL 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 Though USA TODAY bestselling author Anne Renwick holds a Ph.D. in biology and greatly enjoyed tormenting the overburdened undergraduates who were her students, fiction has always been her first love. Today, she writes steampunk romance, placing a new kind of biotech in the hands of mad scientists, proper young ladies and determined villains.