Deep in the magical Northwoods, under ribbons of iridescent northern light in the night skies, Saoirse was raised on her grandmother's tales of the faeries-a magical, shape-shifting folk, known for their ethereal beauty and deceitful ways. Years later, she knows they were nothing but stories. At least until a cat shifts into an evil faerie before her very eyes and the little boy next door begs her to save it. Cian is a faerie on a quest to protect an orphaned boy in the Northwoods and has little use for the human girl determined to believe the old stories about his kind-until his injury leaves him no choice but to trust her. When Cian makes Saoirse an offer she can't refuse, will she heed the warning in her grandmother's stories, or will she strike a bargain with a faerie? A Winter Proposal is the first book in a series of interconnected novels set in the Magical Northwoods. This book rates a 4 on the Romantic Content Rating System (RCRS)) Escape into this fairy tale fantasy brimming with mythology, folklore, and the magic of dark Nordic winters.