Maria is the younger daughter of an esteemed family on the island of Murano, the traditional home for Venetian glassmakers. Though she longs to be a glassblower herself, glassblowing is not for daughters—that is her brother's work. Maria has only one duty to perform for her family: before her father died, he insisted that she be married into the nobility, even though her older sister, Giovanna, should rightfully have that role. Not only is Giovanna older, she's prettier, more graceful, and everyone loves her. Maria would like nothing more than to allow her beautiful sister, who is far more able and willing to attract a noble husband, to take over this role for her. But they cannot circumvent their father's wishes. And when a new young glassblower arrives to help the family business and Maria finds herself drawn to him, the web of conflicting emotions grows even more tangled.

Product Description: When a nervous stranger appears at Emmeline Dowell's glassblowing studio begging to use her kiln for an experimental gem treatment, Em finds it a little odd, though nothing to be alarmed about. After all, the annual Gem Show is in town, and everyone in Tucson seems obsessed by it...read more

Product Description: Halloween is coming to the Renaissance Faire‚ and Jesse Morton‚ doing research on Renaissance crafts‚ has a lot on her plate. She has a crabby boss at her glassblowing apprenticeship‚ and her boyfriend found her in a seemingly c

Product Description: When Tucson glassblower Emmeline Dowell is asked to help out on a commission for enigmatic software mogul Peter Ferguson, she finds it hard to say no. It doesn't hurt that Peter is much better looking than the average computer nerd, or that he's giving her the opportunity to work on his multimillion-dollar stained glass collection...read more

The accidental death of jockey Martin Stukely implicates his friend Gerard Logan, a glassblower, in a dangerous search for a missing videotape.

After discovering two extraterrestrials in a bottle on the beach, Sean makes a deal with them to get three wishes in exchange for their protection, but the sweet and simple arrangement turns out more complex than either party ever expected.

In Mexico, a little girl goes on a journey to Monterrey to learn to be a glassblower, but along the way her glass-blowing pipe plays music and when she uses it to blow glass, it blows magic glass.