The Guild Chronicles

Angelica Everhardtht is not your typical teenage girl. She's a Witch, but not your typical Witch either. She's what is known as a Darkling. The most powerful and dangerous being in existence. Darkling's are a danger to themselves and everyone around them. Ancient laws state that Angelica shouldn't even be alive. Her very existence threatens the Magical Societies that have remained hidden for thousands of years. Thanks to her powerful and influential family, she could live, but only if she was placed under a powerful spell that bound her magic. For the past fifteen years, she has been living a somewhat normal life in her small town of Crystal Falls. She attends school and hangs out with her best friends. Her only worry is dealing with the constant badgering of her arch rival. Sounds normal right? All that changes when a horrific vision, sets in motion a chain of events that will forever alter her life. Powerful forces threaten to unleash the monster within her, and secrets that have been kept for years will be revealed.

A magic cupcake. A culinary killer. The perfect recipe for murder. Wren knew her sweet treats could work wonders, but she never knew they could work magic. She barely has time to wrap her head around the stunning revelation when the head of the prestigious Confectioner’s Guild falls down dead before her. Poisoned by her cupcake. Now facing murder charges in a magical world she doesn’t understand, Wren must discover the true killer or face the headsman’s axe. With the help of a handsome inspector and several new friends, Wren just might manage to learn the ropes, master her new powers, and find out who framed her. But when their search for clues leads to a deep-rooted conspiracy that goes all the way to the top, she realizes that the guild master isn’t the only one at risk of death by chocolate. If Wren can’t bring the powerful culprit to justice, she and her friends will meet a bittersweet end. The Confectioner’s Guild is a delicious YA fantasy mystery. If you like spunky chefs and twisty mysteries with a drizzle of romance, then Claire Luana’s scrumptious tale is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth. Read the complete Confectioner Chronicles: The Confectioner's Guild (Book One) The Confectioner's Coup (Book Two) The Confectioner's Truth (Book Three) The Confectioner's Exile (Prequel) Or grab the entire series for one low price: The Confectioner Chronicles: The Complete Fantasy Mystery Series

Enter the world of the Confectioner's Guild, an addictive fantasy mystery series brimming with royal intrigue, pulse-pounding romance, and delectable food magic. Read the series readers are calling: "A delight for the palate and mind. A book that is nearly unquantifiable, it is a murder mystery, an urban fantasy, pure fantasy, a coming of age tale, and something near steampunk in feel." "Phenomenal and captivating..." "A multi-layered delight, with spellbinding scene setting, vivid descriptions and exquisite world-building..." "Masterfully written, this beautiful dangerous world isn't like anything I have read before." "I can honestly say that this series is one of my favourite discoveries of the year!" This boxed set includes the complete Confectioner Chronicle series, over 1,000 pages of reading pleasure!

We Create what we Write . . . The Future is what is Written . . . An outcast at school, Sarahs selection by the mysterious Creators Guild, catapults her into an exciting new world. Despite her apprehensions, Sarah has an immediate affinity with Melissa, her Selector. With the slimmest hope that her life will flourish, Sarah leaves her family to pursue her studies and future. Along the way, Sarah makes new friends and discovers the hidden power within herself, her fellow students and the Guild. Guild School proves more exciting than any of them imagined, but it also has its hidden dangers. Dangers from outside sources that wish to prevent Sarah reaching her full potential or perhaps recruit her to a more sinister path. Sarahs journey is filled with hope and inspiration for all those who feel different.

This collective volume aims at studying a variety of labour history themes in Southern Europe, and investigating the transformations of labour and labour relations that these areas underwent in the 19th and the 20th centuries. The subjects studied include industrial labour relations in Southern Europe; labour on the sea and in the shipyards of the Mediterranean; small enterprises and small land ownership in relation to labour; formal and informal labour; the tendency towards independent work and the role of culture; forms of labour management (from paternalistic policies to the provision of welfare capitalism); the importance of the institutional framework and the wider political context; and women’s labour and gender relations.

IN the reign of King Henry II., when as yet there were no factories, no railways or even coaches, no post-offices and no tea-tables in England, a boy sat on a hillside not far from Salisbury Plain, with a great bale of wool by his side. It was not wrapped in paper; it was packed close and very skillfully bound together with cords, lengthwise and crosswise, making a network of packthread all over it. The boy's name was Robert Edrupt, but in the tiny village where he was born he had always been called Hob. He had been reared by his grandfather, a shepherd, and now the old shepherd was dead and he was going to seek his fortune.....