Books with author Rebecca M. Hale

Soy & Beeswax Candle Making HandbookHow to Start a Homebased Profitable Candle Making BusinessAccording to the National Candle Association U.S. retail sales of candles are estimated at approximately $3.2 billion dollars per year and growing.If you are a candle lover, then you already know that not all candles are created equal right?The question is why not, well, because most commercially made candles are full of paraffin, a petroleum byproduct that is cheap to use and harmful to you and your family. Not to mention they don’t give you the long-lasting aroma that some better quality candles provide.I have been making and selling candles for little over two decades now, and I can assure you it is not a hard craft to master. It is one of the simpler home craft that anyone can try and see great success. But more importantly, you will be able to enjoy the goodness of a real soy or beeswax candle that is aromatic and good for you and your whole family.But what if you can make much better quality candles right at home and at a fraction of the cost? What if I tell you it can be done in just few hour? Lastly what if I tell you, you can sell some of your creation and make a nice income from it right from home?Could you use a little bit (or maybe a LOT) of extra cash each month? And wouldn’t it be great to be able to earn that extra cash without having to get another job. Wouldn’t it be great if you could earn this extra cash on YOUR terms.In this book, I will show you how you can do just that.If I was able to peak your interest, then let me say this, it is very doable, and NO it does not take any extra or special skill set. Once you know the basics, you can then start getting creative and add your own touch, scent, and color and make something so unique that just by looking at it, everyone will know it is your creation.Okay now, let me give you a quick glimpse of what you will learn in this book so you can decide for yourself.In Part- 1What are Soy & Beeswax Candles9 Popular Types of Candles & Their Description4 Varieties of BeeswaxWhere to Find & Buy BeeswaxWhy Use Soy Wax, Where to Find Soy Wax to BuyWhat & How to Choose the Right Type of Wicks For Your Candle ProjectHow to Add Scent (Essential Oils) To Your Candles for Beautiful AromaHow to Add Color & Other AdditivesWhere to Purchase Essential Oils, Color & Other AdditivesWhat Candle Making Equipment, You Will NeedWhat & How to Practice Safety When Making Candles7 Must Follow Safety TipsSafe Cleanup ProcessCandle Making Process & Techniques6 Tips for Successfully Using Beeswax5 Most Popular Beeswax Recipes with Detail Step By Step InstructionsTips & Tricks for Using Soy Wax for CandlesSoy Candle Making Recipe with Detail Step By Step InstructionsIn Part - 23 Big Reasons to Start a Candle Making BusinessIs It A Business Or A Hobby?The Legal Side of Starting Your BusinessHow & What Legal Entity Should You ChooseBusiness License, Permits & ZoningKeeping RecordsBank Account & Credit CardsBusiness Cards, Websites, Social MediaHow to Create a Label, Product Description & Catalog For CheapPromoting and Selling Your CandlesHow to Sell Online & Offline LocallyMarketing and Branding Your Candles4 Must Try Marketing IdeasBONUSAppendix- Actual Articles of IncorporationAppendix - A Complete Business Plan For Candle BusinessAppendix – A Sample Customer Invoice

A cruise ship in port. A body on the beach. An island full of secrets.Six days a week, not much happens on the sleepy Caribbean island of Port William. Isolated from the territory’s main tourist draw of St. Humphries, outsiders rarely venture to its shore. But now every Tuesday, a cruise ship pulls into the island’s new deepwater dock, releasing a crowd of day-trippers. The vacationers spread across the waterfront, sunning on rented recliners while drinking beer and rum punch. The operation runs smoothly until two lounge chair vendors discover a body.On most Caribbean islands, identification of an expired beachgoer would be followed by an orderly alert and notification process. After all, such inadvertent deaths occurred, often with callous disregard for travel and vacation schedules. It was an unfortunate event but not a reason to panic.Except that this was no ordinary tourist. And this wasn’t the first time the vendors had found a body on the beach…

Soy & Beeswax Candle Making HandbookHow to Start a Homebased Profitable Candle Making BusinessAccording to the National Candle Association U.S. retail sales of candles are estimated at approximately $3.2 billion dollars per year and growing.If you are a candle lover, then you already know that not all candles are created equal right?The question is why not, well, because most commercially made candles are full of paraffin, a petroleum byproduct that is cheap to use and harmful to you and your family. Not to mention they don’t give you the long-lasting aroma that some better quality candles provide.I have been making and selling candles for little over two decades now, and I can assure you it is not a hard craft to master. It is one of the simpler home craft that anyone can try and see great success. But more importantly, you will be able to enjoy the goodness of a real soy or beeswax candle that is aromatic and good for you and your whole family.But what if you can make much better quality candles right at home and at a fraction of the cost? What if I tell you it can be done in just few hour? Lastly what if I tell you, you can sell some of your creation and make a nice income from it right from home?Could you use a little bit (or maybe a LOT) of extra cash each month? And wouldn’t it be great to be able to earn that extra cash without having to get another job. Wouldn’t it be great if you could earn this extra cash on YOUR terms.In this book, I will show you how you can do just that.If I was able to peak your interest, then let me say this, it is very doable, and NO it does not take any extra or special skill set. Once you know the basics, you can then start getting creative and add your own touch, scent, and color and make something so unique that just by looking at it, everyone will know it is your creation.Okay now, let me give you a quick glimpse of what you will learn in this book so you can decide for yourself.In Part- 1What are Soy & Beeswax Candles9 Popular Types of Candles & Their Description4 Varieties of BeeswaxWhere to Find & Buy BeeswaxWhy Use Soy Wax, Where to Find Soy Wax to BuyWhat & How to Choose the Right Type of Wicks For Your Candle ProjectHow to Add Scent (Essential Oils) To Your Candles for Beautiful AromaHow to Add Color & Other AdditivesWhere to Purchase Essential Oils, Color & Other AdditivesWhat Candle Making Equipment, You Will NeedWhat & How to Practice Safety When Making Candles7 Must Follow Safety TipsSafe Cleanup ProcessCandle Making Process & Techniques6 Tips for Successfully Using Beeswax5 Most Popular Beeswax Recipes with Detail Step By Step InstructionsTips & Tricks for Using Soy Wax for CandlesSoy Candle Making Recipe with Detail Step By Step InstructionsIn Part - 23 Big Reasons to Start a Candle Making BusinessIs It A Business Or A Hobby?The Legal Side of Starting Your BusinessHow & What Legal Entity Should You ChooseBusiness License, Permits & ZoningKeeping RecordsBank Account & Credit CardsBusiness Cards, Websites, Social MediaHow to Create a Label, Product Description & Catalog For CheapPromoting and Selling Your CandlesHow to Sell Online & Offline LocallyMarketing and Branding Your Candles4 Must Try Marketing IdeasBONUSAppendix- Actual Articles of IncorporationAppendix - A Complete Business Plan For Candle BusinessAppendix – A Sample Customer Invoice

“Fantasy fans will appreciate this lyrical, character-driven story about a unique girl learning to find her place in an inhospitable world” (Booklist). As the only heir to the throne, Marni should have been surrounded by wealth and privilege, not living in exile—but now the time has come when she must choose between claiming her birthright as princess of a realm whose king wants her dead, and life with the father she has never known: a wild dragon who is sending his magical woods to capture her. Fans of Bitterblue and Seraphina will be captured by A Creature of Moonlight, with its richly layered storytelling and the powerful choices its strong heroine must make. “Hahn writes with such beauty and persuasion that she could make me believe in anything. . . . This is a rare and special book.” —Kristin Cashore, New York Times–bestselling author “The fairy-tale world . . . is richly woven, laced with such delicate details that when you close your eyes it’s impossible not to see the thin blue dragon flowers or hear the whispering leaves beckoning you into the thicket. This story engages every sense, and burrows into your imagination.” —The New York Times Book Review

A girl’s dark destiny could cause the unraveling of the world in this “shattering and transcendent” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) novel from the author of A Creature of Moonlight.Heed this warning, mortal: stay far away from the three sister Fates. For if they come to love you, they might bring about the end of the world… Chloe is the youngest. Hers are the fingers that choose the wool, that shape the thread, that begin it. The sun smiles upon her. Men love her without knowing who she is. She has lived forever and will live forever more. She and her sisters have been on their isolated Greek island for longer than any mortal can remember. They spin, measure, and slice the countless golden threads of human life. They are the three Fates, and they have stayed separate for good reason: it is dangerous for them to become involved with the humans whose lives they shape. So when a beautiful girl named Aglaia shows up on their doorstep, Chloe tries to make sure her sisters don’t become attached. But in seeking to protect them, Chloe discovers the dark power of Aglaia’s destiny. As her path unwinds, the three Fates find themselves pulled inextricably along—toward mortal pain, and mortal love, and a fate that could unravel the world.

Sixteen-year-old Marni lives with her Gramps in a one-room shack, cultivating a magnificent flower garden that attracts villagers and noblemen alike. Only the invasive blue dragon flowers in her garden belie Marni’s secret: She is the niece of the king and the daughter of a dragon. When events force Marni to claim her rightful place as princess in her uncle’s court, King Roderick eyes the dragon-born girl with suspicion, blaming her for the enchanted, rapidly encroaching woods that are destroying his kingdom. Will the king kill Marni, as he did her mother, or will Marni get her revenge first? A rich, compelling fantasy for the wild at heart.

As the only heir to the throne, Marni should have been surrounded by wealth and privilege, not living in exile—but now the time has come when she must choose between claiming her birthright as princess of a realm whose king wants her dead, and life with the father she has never known: a wild dragon who is sending his magical woods to capture her.Fans of Bitterblue and Seraphina will be captured by a Creature of Moonlight, with its richly layered storytelling and the powerful choices its strong heroine must make.

A girl’s dark destiny could cause the unraveling of the world in this “shattering and transcendent” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) novel from the author of A Creature of Moonlight.Heed this warning, mortal: stay far away from the three sister Fates. For if they come to love you, they might bring about the end of the world… Chloe is the youngest. Hers are the fingers that choose the wool, that shape the thread, that begin it. The sun smiles upon her. Men love her without knowing who she is. She has lived forever and will live forever more. She and her sisters have been on their isolated Greek island for longer than any mortal can remember. They spin, measure, and slice the countless golden threads of human life. They are the three Fates, and they have stayed separate for good reason: it is dangerous for them to become involved with the humans whose lives they shape. So when a beautiful girl named Aglaia shows up on their doorstep, Chloe tries to make sure her sisters don’t become attached. But in seeking to protect them, Chloe discovers the dark power of Aglaia’s destiny. As her path unwinds, the three Fates find themselves pulled inextricably along—toward mortal pain, and mortal love, and a fate that could unravel the world.

The deep blue sea is an expansive body of water that holds mysterious creatures and centuries worth of marvelous tales. Riches may attract some to fame and fortune, but it can also lead treasure hunters to their doom. A pirate ship full of lost treasures and history- along with a huge reward- lies somewhere beneath the Florida Keys. Level-headed Jayden is a treasure hunter who works for knowledge and discovery, not riches. His dedication belongs to the museum, so an expedition to find treasure among a sunken pirate ship didn't seem of interest to him. At least that's what he thought, until startling new evidence emerged about what really happened to the ship in the form of a journal from the daughter of Captain De la Rouge, the pirate ship's captain. Now Jayden, his guide Jack, and his parents, Melody and Eddie, must scour the Key West area in search of the lost ship and its precious cargo. A big discovery is almost certain as Jeannette, a descendant of Captain De la Rouge, joins the adventure and funds their trip. As this nautical adventure begins to heat up, mysterious details about the captain's magical command of the sea emerge from the deep blue. Will Jayden and his crew be able to best the ship's mystical protectors, or will they end up taking a trip to Davy Jones' Locker?