The Neighbor and the Gifts: Read an Excerpt + Enter to Win

Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for The Neighbor and the Gifts by Danielle Grandinetti, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

About the Book

Title: The Neighbor and the Gifts 
Series: A Christmas Cabin Novella 
Author: Danielle Grandinetti 
Publisher: Hearth Spot Press 
Release Date: July 15, 2025 
Genre: Christmas Historical Romantic Suspense

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.

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Book Excerpt

She jerked her attention away from the jailhouse. She was over twenty years old, and if she couldn’t talk to a man, she’d remain the spinster librarian her entire life. Not that she would mind. She loved encouraging children to read. If only she could flirt or, in some way, let Titus know she liked him. But no … he’d never given her any reason to believe he liked her, at least not in that way.

“Hey, Ollie!” Titus’s voice rang in her head. Wait, not in her imagination. His greeting was real.

She looked over in time to see him wave as he exited the courthouse, offering his usual smile. Snow crunched under his boots as he jogged across the street toward her. Her heart picked up speed, and she tucked a rogue strand of hair behind her ear. Or should she tuck it under her hat? Did she have any breakfast left on her face? Did he know she’d just been daydreaming about him? Maybe he didn’t mean to talk with her. The post office was to her left. Yes, that had to be the reason he crossed the street. She’d keep on her way to the library.

But as she stepped in that direction, her heel landed on a slick bit of ice. She windmilled in an attempt to catch her balance, but the bag on her shoulder, the one filled with heavy books, dragged her backward. Her feet flew up, her head went back, and the next moment, she had landed hard on her derriere.

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About the Author

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.

Connect with Danielle by visiting daniellegrandinetti.com to follow her on social media and subscribe to email updates.

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Tour Giveaway

(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!

Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight July 15, 2025 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on July 22, 2025. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.

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