As per winter/holiday tradition we will be reading two books for December! Looking forward to sharing these wintry books with everyone!

### [The Winternight Trilogy #1](https://www.goodreads.com/series/198489-the-winternight-trilogy)

# The Bear and the Nightingale

### [Katherine Arden](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13922215.Katherine_Arden)

[4.10](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489134-the-bear-and-the-nightingale#CommunityReviews)
[209,034 ratings28,315 reviews](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489134-the-bear-and-the-nightingale#CommunityReviews)
Goodreads Choice Award
[Nominee for Readers' Favorite Fantasy (2017)](https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fantasy-books-2017), [Nominee for Readers' Favorite Debut Goodreads Author (2017)](https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-debut-goodreads-author-2017)
At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse's fairy tales. Above all, she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon, who appears in the frigid night to claim unwary souls. Wise Russians fear him, her nurse says, and honor the spirits of house and yard and forest that protect their homes from evil.

After Vasilisa's mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city-bred, Vasilisa's new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened, sensing that more hinges upon their rituals than anyone knows.

And indeed, crops begin to fail, evil creatures of the forest creep nearer, and misfortune stalks the village. All the while, Vasilisa's stepmother grows ever harsher in her determination to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for either marriage or confinement in a convent.

As danger circles, Vasilisa must defy even the people she loves and call on dangerous gifts she has long concealed—this, in order to protect her family from a threat that seems to have stepped from her nurse's most frightening tales.

*The Bear and the Nightingale* is a magical debut novel from a gifted and gorgeous voice. It spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent.

* Genres[Fantasy](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/fantasy)[Historical Fiction](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/historical-fiction)[Fiction](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/fiction)[Young Adult](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/young-adult)[Historical](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/historical)[Mythology](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/mythology)[Audiobook](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/audiobook) ...more

319 pages, Hardcover
First published January 10, 2017

# Amor Actually

### [Adriana Herrera](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18639202.Adriana_Herrera), [Alexis Daria](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14057528.Alexis_Daria), [Diana Muñoz Stewart](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17352345.Diana_Mu_oz_Stewart) ...more

[4.04](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59342731-amor-actually#CommunityReviews)
[1,040 ratings327 reviews](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59342731-amor-actually#CommunityReviews)
Nochebuena. One party. Nine Happily Ever Afters.

It’s Christmas Eve in New York City, when anything is possible. For these couples, it’s the season to find true love. From second-chances, big leaps, missed connections, and reconnections, this charming collection celebrates the spirit of the holidays and delivers nine perfect HEAs.

From seven acclaimed and bestselling Latina authors—Zoey Castile, Alexis Daria, Adriana Herrera, Diana Muñoz Stewart, Priscilla Oliveras, Sabrina Sol, and Mia Sosa—comes a holiday romance collection like never before.

436 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 7, 2021

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