The Honey-Lipped Budnewt Who Couldn’t Swallow the Evidence
When a notorious nectar beetle is found crushed beneath a moonpetal, Niblick Budmouth is discovered hiding nearby with the victim’s jeweled wing wedged betwe...
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The Velvet-Bellied Peepfrog Who Got Stuck in the Wrong Slot
Pippleslot considers himself a visionary with unusually flexible hips. But when his latest shortcut leaves him wedged inside Madame Blushcurl’s prize bloom, ...
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Madame Nectarlash and the Unsolicited Drip
A suspicious golden drip, a stolen stash of Royal Glownectar, and a rival with the world’s most irritatingly perfect alibi send Madame Nectarlash deep beneat...
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The Pollen-Slapped Peepdrake Who Asked One Question Too Many
After one ill-advised question earns Pibbit a faceful of enchanted pollen, the nosiest Peepdrake in Blushroot Hollow can suddenly hear every secret the garde...
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The Dewslumped Budling Who Needed Two Hands and a Prayer
After waking trapped inside Madame Belladew with both hands locked to the rim and no memory of the night before, one spectacularly dewslumped budling learns ...
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The Blushroot Snaillet Who Left a Suspicious Shine
When Pipette Blushroot wakes to a Level Seven ribbon of suspicious shine across Petal Nine, the Department of Unauthorized Moisture quarantines her home, cla...
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The Gumdrop Newt Who Got Caught Tongue-First
Gumdrop Newt believes one elegant lick cannot possibly cause trouble. Then his tongue becomes firmly attached to the richest glowing blossom in the garden, a...
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The Honey-Slick Peepfrog Who Licked the Wrong Drip
Pipdrizzle is a turquoise Peepfrog with a crooked hat, an unruly tongue, and absolutely no respect for unattended nectar. When one forbidden golden drip acti...
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The Blushroot Peepdrake Who Found the Warm Spot
A tiny peepdrake discovers the warmest flower in Sugarwild Garden and refuses to surrender it, even as the blushroots begin drawing dangerous heat from the E...
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Countess Dewpucker and the Questionable Nectar Kiss
A staged kiss at Queen Honeyblush's Nectar Ball leaves Countess Dewpucker publicly engaged to shy nectar steward Basil Bumblewick. To reclaim the scandal—and...
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The Gumdrop Gnat Who Went Too Deep in the Nectar Cup
Gumdrop wakes after fourteen catastrophic refills with Queen Honeyblush's ceremonial spoon under his wing and forty-three missing minutes to explain. His sti...
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Lady Blushmidge and the Uninvited Pollen Dusting
Lady Blushmidge arrives at Bloomberry Court expecting tea and leaves coated in suspicious pollen, implicated in a reproductive scandal, and chasing a sticky ...
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Sir Glazebutt and the Suspiciously Polished Petal
Sir Glazebutt’s homemade credentials, suspiciously hands-on inspection methods, and professionally polished backside have made him the Sugarwild Garden’s lea...
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The Bluebell-Shelled Gaspurtle Who Saw Everything
Glissabelle Gaspurtle witnesses Lord Slipperoot backing out of Widow Honeystem’s flowerbed with his waistcoat open, his trousers compromised, and nectar drip...
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The Backfold Bogbean Who Backed Into Bloomberry Trouble
Bramblebum Bogbean insists he merely slipped into Lady Blushberry’s tightly curled backfold—but the climbing rope, suspicious pollen marks, and remarkably sa...
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