Amongst the Peonies
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Last published Tue, Mar 31, 2026
Emily Ballistaire is perfectly content with her quiet life of spinsterhood, finding more solace in her overgrown garden than in the suffocating expectations of society. But her peace is shattered when a dragon-the ultimate social pariah-takes up residence among her carefully tended blooms. Emily is unexpectedly faced with a devastating choice: succumb to a life of perpetual ignominy, or abandon her isolation to defend an unlikely friend. As her deeply-buried past begins to bloom alongside her garden, Emily must find the courage to stand her ground-before the world she fled finally catches up to her.
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