Daughter of the Flameveil
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The Emberling Who Wouldn't Behave In a desert so old it forgot its own name, where the sun whispered secrets to the dunes and the wind told only dirty jokes...
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Guardian Cub of Enchanted Realms
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The Branch, the Bright Eyes, and the Bad Timing The first rule of the Enchanted Forest is simple: don’t lick anything that glows. The second rule is more of...
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Song of the Scaled Goddess
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The First Verse The ocean always had its whispers, but tonight they rose in a chorus. Beneath the ink-black surface, lanternfish flickered like drunken fire...
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The Juicy Guardian
Audience: Grown-up humor
A tiny dragon with an enormous opinion of himself takes on airborne fruit thieves—and discovers that guarding an orchard includes cleaning up the mess.
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The Rosebound Hatchling
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A rose-sized dragon arrives with no name, unreliable wings and plans for an empire. An affectionate tale of audacity, awkward landings and growing into your ...
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Whispers in the Pumpkin Patch
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The Lantern Opens Autumn had clicked its amber dimmer switch to “moody,” and the forest complied with cinematic enthusiasm. Leaves rehearsed their slow-moti...
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Fairytales in the Making
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The Wand Chooses the Whisker The evening arrived the way good stories do: with a thunk. Specifically, the thunk of an ancient spellbook landing on an even o...
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The Hatchling Companions
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Twin dragonlings Ember and Mistral want snacks. A stolen recipe, a probationary scholarship and a dessert with ambitions make that considerably more complica...
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Guardian of Winter Blossoms
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The Tiger in the Snow They said the forest had a keeper. Not a ranger, not some crusty hermit with a beard full of frozen squirrels, but a tiger. A big, whi...
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The Raindrop Rider
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The Elf Who Wouldn’t Stay Dry Once upon a drizzle, in a forest where the ferns gossiped louder than drunk pixies and the moss had an opinion about everythin...
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Dragonling in Gentle Hands
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Elara’s unexpected dragonling comes with sparks, paperwork and a Friendship Clause. A gentle tale of learning to share a home—and finding a community.
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Hatchling of the Storm
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Ember intends to become a legend. First he must survive rain, an unimpressed rabbit and the indignity of landing face-first in mud.
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Inferno on the Branch
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If you ask the birders down at the trailhead what a Pileated Woodpecker sounds like, they’ll give you three answers: a jungle monkey on espresso, a carpente...
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Rage from the Egg
Audience: Dark or intense
A newly hatched dragon leads a nervous photographer toward a bell beneath the forest—and an ancient claim neither of them intends to accept quietly.
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Siren of Silk and Bloom
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The night the tide forgot itself, the sea laid out a runway—glossy, blue, and just a smidge dramatic—so I could make an entrance. I am Lyris, the mermaid wh...
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