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The Giftwright's Shop: Purveyors of Fine Magical Glass
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Expected 16 Mar 26In this novella, some memories deserve to last forever. But what happens when profit replaces permanence?
Neve never chose glasswork, it chose him when his father's estate couldn't provide for seven sons. Apprenticed to Hollis Giftwright, the finest memory-binder in three valleys, Neve expects to learn a dying art in a corporate-owned workshop making trinkets that fade within years.
Instead, he discovers something far more the truth about what his master's craft used to be, and what EverBright Corporation turned it into.
While noble families preserve centuries of memories in Hollis's enduring work, common people watch their children's first words and wedding vows dissolve like morning frost, victims of synthetic materials and corporate shortcuts. When Neve and Hollis begin secretly restoring these shattered memories using forbidden traditional methods, they ignite a quiet revolution that threatens EverBright's empire.
But royal patronage comes with a price. To protect the families depending on them and free the craft from corporate control, Neve must wield more than breath and fire. He'll need ledgers, law, and the kind of strategic thinking that turns a nobleman's unwanted son into a corporate enemy worth silencing.
The Giftwright's Shop is a warm, soot-stained story about choosing permanence over convenience, craft over commodity, and the stubborn work of keeping what matters, even when the whole system wants you to let it break.
Come Join Neve and Hollis in the Giftwright's Shop series for deep dive into the fine craftsman of the fairytales.
This is Book One, approximately 22,000 words.
Neve never chose glasswork, it chose him when his father's estate couldn't provide for seven sons. Apprenticed to Hollis Giftwright, the finest memory-binder in three valleys, Neve expects to learn a dying art in a corporate-owned workshop making trinkets that fade within years.
Instead, he discovers something far more the truth about what his master's craft used to be, and what EverBright Corporation turned it into.
While noble families preserve centuries of memories in Hollis's enduring work, common people watch their children's first words and wedding vows dissolve like morning frost, victims of synthetic materials and corporate shortcuts. When Neve and Hollis begin secretly restoring these shattered memories using forbidden traditional methods, they ignite a quiet revolution that threatens EverBright's empire.
But royal patronage comes with a price. To protect the families depending on them and free the craft from corporate control, Neve must wield more than breath and fire. He'll need ledgers, law, and the kind of strategic thinking that turns a nobleman's unwanted son into a corporate enemy worth silencing.
The Giftwright's Shop is a warm, soot-stained story about choosing permanence over convenience, craft over commodity, and the stubborn work of keeping what matters, even when the whole system wants you to let it break.
Come Join Neve and Hollis in the Giftwright's Shop series for deep dive into the fine craftsman of the fairytales.
This is Book One, approximately 22,000 words.
106 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication March 16, 2026
About the author
Karine Green
37 books271 followersKarine Green writes fantasy and paranormal romances with cunning heroines/heroes who face internal and external foes. In real life, Karine is a retired emergency services worker with experience in two major cities. She now works as an English as a Second Language teacher.
Writing and storytelling has always been a passion for Karine. She would get in trouble in English class for “embellishing” English assignments to be more interesting. She grew up north of Detroit and worked in Nashville. Upon retiring she now calls Tampa home. She loves retirement since she can now write full-time.
Her favorite way to combat writer’s block is to watch the news. The news always provides inspiration for stories that can be embellished into amazing stories. It even provides names that can be mixed and matched into believable characters.
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Writing and storytelling has always been a passion for Karine. She would get in trouble in English class for “embellishing” English assignments to be more interesting. She grew up north of Detroit and worked in Nashville. Upon retiring she now calls Tampa home. She loves retirement since she can now write full-time.
Her favorite way to combat writer’s block is to watch the news. The news always provides inspiration for stories that can be embellished into amazing stories. It even provides names that can be mixed and matched into believable characters.
Find out more about her books at: https://www.amazon.com/Karine-Green/e...
Karine loves to hear from her readers. Contact her on her Facebook Fan Page:
https://www.facebook.com/GreenDragonP...
Follow the latest news about new releases at Karine’s WordPress page: https://khollygreen.wordpress.com/
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Review of advance copy received from Author
This is the beautiful story of Neve the seventh son of a Duke, his father doesnt have enough estates and inheritance to go around. So he is assigned to a Giftwrights Master Crafter not as an apprenticeship to EverBright position paid for by his mother's jewels.
Imagine living in a world where you can hear the voices of loved ones lost but their smiles, first words or steps and even their wedding vows are recorded in living memory forever!
Once crafted to last a lifetime now only lasting 5 years are now bleeding memories and fading like lost sand through a cracked hourglass ⌛️.
Pieces since EverBright bought the Giftwrights Shop and mastery, but done so not for the preserving of memories but for the profit margin.
what make the Giftwrights ornaments their permanence Magic and Neve has just enough to breathe life into the memories and bind them forever
Imagine living in a world where you can hear the voices of loved ones lost but their smiles, first words or steps and even their wedding vows are recorded in living memory forever!
Once crafted to last a lifetime now only lasting 5 years are now bleeding memories and fading like lost sand through a cracked hourglass ⌛️.
Pieces since EverBright bought the Giftwrights Shop and mastery, but done so not for the preserving of memories but for the profit margin.
what make the Giftwrights ornaments their permanence Magic and Neve has just enough to breathe life into the memories and bind them forever
Review of advance copy received from Author
This is a great start to a series of books - so when you had a lot of kids and "royalty" it seems the first son gets the estate then two and three get money but then you are pretty much on your own.
Our main male lead - is the seventh son of a duke, and he is a mage. He becomes an apprentice and .....
That is all I am going to give. A great story, short can be read - within 1.5 to 2 hours.
And it gives you a hint of the next story.....I can't wait :)
Our main male lead - is the seventh son of a duke, and he is a mage. He becomes an apprentice and .....
That is all I am going to give. A great story, short can be read - within 1.5 to 2 hours.
And it gives you a hint of the next story.....I can't wait :)
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