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MY REVIEW:
Genre | Tropes: Christmas, Historical Romance, Mystery, Suspense
I was pleasantly surprised by this story! I had done an interview with Danielle in the past and I’ve been wanting to read one of her books for some time. When the opportunity arose to early read her latest release I jumped at the chance!
The main characters, “Ollie”, short for Olivia, is a small town librarian that keeps to herself. She has a crush on the town’s Deputy but incredible anxiety when he’s in proximity to her. Conversely, the Deputy, Titus, has a similar situation. He adores Ollie and wishes he could get her to talk to him more frequently.
They both get their Christmas wish in the form of a mystery box that arrives on the Library’s doorstep. A slightly disturbing secret Christmas gift for Ollie. It’s the first of many from a secret admirer that quickly turns dangerous.
Titus and Ollie end up in a predicament when they’re held up in Ollie’s grandfather’s cabin and Titus is recovering from an injury. They need to find out who is leaving these gifts before they show up to collect Ollie!
The dynamics between Ollie and Titus were adorable in their nervousness around one another, but I also really enjoyed how straight forward and protective Titus was of her. They are a perfect match once they get over their anxieties and realize they feel similarly towards one another.
A very sweet, but suspenseful, Christmas in July read that is driving me to read the rest of the series now!
1 winner will receive a paperback copy of both The Baby and the Guardian & The Neighbor and the Gifts plus 1 set of series-inspired earrings!
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Twelve days. Twelve gifts. One unlikely hero.
Wisconsin, 1930—When Manitowish Waters librarian Olivia “Ollie” Larson finds a package on the library steps, she expects the children’s books she ordered, not a taxidermied partridge. By the fourth gift from her unknown and unwelcome True Love, disappearing to her grandfather’s isolated cabin in the Northwoods is the only way she can escape him.
Deputy Titus Wilburn is happy to escort the lovely librarian to her grandfather’s house on his way to the neighboring Yarwood cabin. After all, he’s been smitten with her since they attended school together, and she needs his protection. However, the plan fails when Ollie’s uninvited suitor discovers her new location.
As the man’s actions become more desperate and his gifts more dangerous, an unexpectedly bedridden Titus decides to free Ollie from this menace, which puts the enemy’s sights directly on him. Ollie refuses to let her injured hero sacrifice himself, but with the days ticking closer to Christmas, she may have no choice but to accept whatever fate her suitor has in store for her if she wants to save Titus’ life.
One cabin in the Northwoods … a decade of Christmas miracles.
Read the whole series!
Prequel: The Sheriff and the Outlaw
Book One: The Baby and the Guardian
Book Two: The Neighbor and the Gifts
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Danielle Grandinetti
Special interview with the author can be found HERE
Danielle Grandinetti is an award-winning inspirational romance author fueled by tea, books, and the creative beauty of nature. Her stories combine romance, mystery, and suspense against the backdrop of the 1930s to tell the tale of finding home and hope in hard times. With a master’s in communication and culture and a passion for intercultural communication, storytelling has been her heartbeat for as long as she can remember. Married to her hero, Danielle is a second-generation Italian-American, a dairy farmer’s granddaughter, and a boy mom from Chicagoland who now lives along Lake Michigan’s Wisconsin shoreline.
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