by Bill Tiepelman
The Lilac Shell Duchess and the Tiny Pond Scandal
A jeweled turtle duchess wakes to suspicious bubbles, improper florals, and a pond scandal buried beneath the lily pads for seventy-three summers. In true Captured Tales fashion, dignity gets soaked, secrets get stirred from the mud, and one tiny royal learns that sharing power is almost as dramatic as wearing pearls.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Gnome Who Dropped the Bass
When rhythm is outlawed across Echoterra, Oswick Nibblemint and his tiny blue dragon Snizzle march straight into the silence with headphones, swagger, and one dangerously illegal beat sphere. The Gnome Who Dropped the Bass is a mischievous Captured Tale about forbidden music, magical rebellion, and the heroic importance of making tyrants accidentally dance.
by Bill Tiepelman
Lady Snapdragon Whiskerblink and the Suspiciously Polite Trap
Inside the jeweled petals of Snapdragon House, Lady Snapdragon Whiskerblink serves tea, sass, and consequences with immaculate grace. But when a council investigator arrives to expose her suspiciously polite flower trap, the truth blooms into something far stranger: a living house with old rules, hidden wounds, and absolutely no patience for overwatered arses in formalwear.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Blushberry Earwig Who Heard Too Much
A nosy blushberry earwig overhears one tiny secret, repeats it with catastrophic flair, and accidentally turns Blushberry Bend into a gossip-soaked disaster zone. But when the truth behind an old Moonmelon Festival scandal begins to crack wide open, Prickletta must learn that some stories are not hers to chew on.
by Bill Tiepelman
Queen Peepblossom and the Unauthorized Crown Sprout
When Peepblossom wakes up with an unauthorized crown sprouting from her head, Bloomhush Garden promptly loses its tiny bureaucratic mind. Accused of treason before breakfast, this reluctant little not-queen must uncover the rot beneath the rules before the garden’s polished thorns prune the truth for good.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Velvet-Eared Nectarbat of Midnight Snacks
When the flowers of Sugarwild Garden turn beautiful but hollow, Vesper Nibblewick—a velvet-eared nectarbat with dramatic snack goblin energy and deeply questionable restraint—must face the ancient hunger stealing sweetness from the roots. What begins as a midnight nectar crisis becomes a funny, heartfelt tale about appetite, belonging, and learning that taking a sip is not the same as being welcomed to the table.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Taffy-Tailed Peepdragon of Unsupervised Blooming
A sticky-toed peepdragon with a candy-colored tail is blamed when the Sugarwild Garden’s First Sparkles begin vanishing before dawn. But in The Taffy-Tailed Peepdragon of Unsupervised Blooming, adorable chaos turns detective as one wrongly accused little menace uncovers a glittering garden crime, a fake trail of evidence, and a forgotten corner desperate for morning.
by Bill Tiepelman
Lady Lollywhisk and the Petal of Poor Decisions
When Lady Lollywhisk licks the one sacred petal she was very specifically told not to lick, Sugarwild Garden erupts into magical personality-swapping chaos. Now the fluffiest little disaster in the blossom patch has to carry the cure in her own traitorous mouth before the whole garden is stuck scrambled for seven years.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Buttonwing Beetle Who Forgot He Was Fancy
A jeweled beetle wakes beside a missing sacred relic and becomes the garden’s flashiest suspect. To clear his name, Buttonwing must dive into shady mushroom markets, theatrical cricket circles, corrupt garden politics, and the horrifying possibility that he may, in fact, be fancy as hell.
by Bill Tiepelman
Madame Glazebelly and the Borrowed Moonberry
Madame Glazebelly only meant to “borrow” the Moonberry for one glittering little evening, but her tiny moon-heist quickly spirals into scandal, root magic, nosy witnesses, and one very public reckoning beneath the Sugarwild moon. In a garden where sacred light has been fenced off for far too long, one fabulous snail discovers that some magic is never meant to be owned—only carried, shared, and presented with style.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Glass Chapel Beneath the Gilded Stormtree
A revenge wedding at the Glass Chapel Beneath the Gilded Stormtree should have been simple: humiliate the lying ex, reclaim the stolen fortune, and look devastating in silk. Unfortunately for Lavinia Thornvale, the chapel has opinions, the cake has standards, and the groom she chose as a weapon may be the one person honest enough to ruin her plans beautifully.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Harp Troll of Delicate Feelings
When three unwanted houseguests crash into Grumblewick’s ruined chapel with stolen music, cursed poetry, and one goblin-sized disaster, the Harp Troll of Delicate Feelings is dragged back toward the cruel court that once laughed him into exile. Armed with lace, grief, and a harp that absolutely judges people, he must face a queen who wants to turn secrets into chains — and prove that delicate feelings can still knock a crown sideways.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Stormkeeper’s Cottage Beneath the Bloodleaf Tree
Beneath the crimson canopy of the Bloodleaf Tree, Mara Vell keeps borrowed storms sealed away beneath her cottage—until one arrives wearing the shape of old grief and demands to be named. The Stormkeeper’s Cottage Beneath the Bloodleaf Tree is a broodingly whimsical tale of hidden truths, family debts, emotional weather, and the messy miracle of finally letting the rain fall.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Trumpet Imp Who Announced Himself Twice
When Tibbs Blarefoot, the trumpet imp of Pompadoodle-on-Fleece, announces Lord Pootlewick’s festival decree twice, he accidentally triggers an ancient civic law that doubles everything: two mayors, two pies, two banners, and far too much interpretive dancing. Now the town’s loudest little menace must learn that sometimes one humble sentence can fix what a golden trumpet absolutely ruined.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Twisted Road to Ravenwick House
A storm-dark road, a suspicious raven, and a manor with far too many secrets lead Silas Vetch into the orbit of the Widow of Ravenwick — a woman whose stolen heart waits beneath the house, wrapped in curses, betrayal, and very poor marital choices.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Laughing Gnome Sonata
A cursed crimson piano, a wildly laughing gnome, and one forbidden sonata turn a respectable conservatory into a glorious musical disaster. In The Laughing Gnome Sonata, Bartholomew Figglebrass must face the melody he lost, the love he misunderstood, and the red-keyed devil that still wants one final performance.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Midnight Greenhouse Under the Crimson Elder
Beneath the ancient Crimson Elder, Maribel Thistlewick inherits a glowing midnight greenhouse, a warning-covered brass bell, and a family legacy of botanical disasters that absolutely should have come with better instructions. When curiosity, grief, and poor impulse control wake the forbidden root-engine below, Bramblewick Valley erupts into magical plant chaos, truth-blooms, screaming marigolds, seductive vines, and one very inconvenient seed that wants to end far too much.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Twin Hearths of the Bloodleaf Hollow
In The Twin Hearths of the Bloodleaf Hollow, two sharp-tongued cottage rivals must finally stop turning affection into arguments when the ancient crimson trees above their village begin to split apart. Beneath the stormlit Bloodleaf Arch, old grief, buried longing, enchanted hearths, and one deeply incriminating goose force them to choose what they were too stubborn to name.
by Bill Tiepelman
Moon Orchard Hollow
In Moon Orchard Hollow, one foolish baker steals from the Bad Decision Orchard under a full moon and accidentally triggers a village-wide audit of pride, gossip, spite, jealousy, excess, and everything left unsaid. What follows is a darkly funny fairytale of enchanted fruit, public embarrassment, honest butter, and one very opinionated oven.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Blossomclaw Crablet
A tiny flower-crowned crab with big glossy eyes and an even bigger ego becomes the accidental center of a Sugarwild Garden legend when her flair for dramatic advice awakens an ancient hunger beneath the petals. In The Blossomclaw Crablet, sparkle, sass, secrets, and public accountability collide in a wildly whimsical tale of one tiny diva learning that being known is far better than being worshiped.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Pearl-Dripped Snail Queen of Petalwick Hollow
A royal pearl vanishes during Pollen Hour, and Queen Mirabella Pearlwhorl turns Petalwick Hollow’s most dangerous weapon — gossip — into a glittering investigation. But as rumors spiral through the blooms, the scandal reveals more than a thief: it exposes the forgotten history beneath the garden’s prettiest stories.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Scarlet Violin House
When Juniper Wrenwick seeks shelter inside the strange and sassy Scarlet Violin House, she discovers a valley haunted by unfinished songs, old regrets, and a silence hungry enough to steal names. To save Hollowbend, she must complete the lanterns’ lost melodies—and face the lullaby her mother left behind.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Wide-Eyed Wiggleworm of Blushberry Blossom
When Wiggle, the wide-eyed little troublemaker of Blushberry Blossom, sneaks one forbidden taste of sacred pollen, the entire garden erupts into glittery sneezes, emotional confessions, and full-blown floral panic. Now this sticky, candy-colored menace must become the least-qualified hero in Sugarwild Garden before every blossom opens at once and the whole patch sneezes itself into legend.
by Bill Tiepelman
The Pearl Swan Lake Cottage
At the edge of Pearl Swan Lake, Elowen Vale has spent eighteen years guarding a magical cottage, a flock of judgmental swans, and the grief left behind by her vanished husband. But when a storm returns with an old promise, a glowing feather, and far too many emotional loopholes, Elowen must descend beneath the lake to uncover the truth — and decide whether love, forgiveness, and a very rude swan can break a curse built on silence.
