The Worshipful Society of Glovers is a well-executed morality tale, with the magic drivers being gloves and brownies. The protagonist is a journeyman glover closing in on master status, but his financial and home position is precarious--in addition to having only just enough money to buy into the necessary training, his sister has severe and life-threatening epilepsy that distracts him. Temptation presents in the form of black-market gloves, a pair of which are used to push him over the edge.
What Kowal does well here is to present the moral dilemma starkly but with nuance. Could all the possible choices be bad? Fun to read, and a worthy award nominee (in this case the Locus awards).
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