Wish Upon a Star Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway

Welcome to my stop on the Wish Upon a Star blog tour! Today I'll be sharing my review of the book - and don't forget to enter the giveaway! To follow the rest of the tour, click on the banner above.

Wish Upon A Star (North Star Trilogy #1)

Author: Jim Cangany

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: October 17, 2014

Description:

Annie and E.J. are on top of the world. Her concert world tour as Cassandra Lawrence was a smashing success and they've just announced their engagement to the world. Now that they're settled in at Annie's Northern California estate, it's time to relax and enjoy life. Until E.J. gets a call from her with news that's as devastating as it is unbelievable.

Annie has breast cancer.

Their love is tested in unimaginable ways as chemotherapy robs Annie of her health and her hair, but not hope. She holds on to the hope of beating the cancer and marrying the man she loves. While the key for Annie is to hold onto that hope, their future together may be lost forever unless E.J. can learn to let go. For its not until he can learn to forgive himself and let go of the guilt that haunts him that he can truly move forward and be the man Annie needs him to be.

Will the chemotherapy, mastectomy and radiation be enough to help Annie beat the cancer? Will E.J. face down the demons that haunt his past in time to save their love? Will they ever get that happily ever after Annie so desperately wants? While trust and faith in each other has gotten them this far, they'll need one more thing to make it to their finish line--hope.

** .50 From Every WISH UPON A STAR sale will be donated To the Avon Foundation and its Breast Cancer Crusade during the month of October**

Wish Upon a Star is the final book in a contemporary romance trilogy that continues to follow main characters E.J. McCarty and Annie Wilson as their lives and their love is tested when Annie is diagnosed with breast cancer. The characters of E.J. and Annie are realistic - they both have strengths and weaknesses - that make them easy to identify with throughout the book. I've enjoyed watching their characters grow both separately and as a couple. Their love (and lives) has endured rough patches, incredible highs, and the scariest of situations.  The setting didn't really play a major part for me while reading the book. The events could have occurred in any city in the world and it wouldn't have majorly changed the plot. There's the obvious and a bit cliched issues that the couple had to go through - individually and separately - and now they're a happy couple, newly engaged, who are ready to face life together. The topics like cancer, fear, strength, love, faith - are deep, but still felt a little overdone and expected. Although the plot wasn't exactly original, the characters and their relationship make the book stand out. The author included more to the story than just the romance factor - it deals with issues like fear, strength, hope, love, faith, and family - among other things. I felt that these particular topics gave the book a more layered story line and made it more interesting for me as a reader. Overall, this is a great final book in a contemporary romance trilogy with heart that fans of the genre will enjoy reading.

  

A lifelong resident of the State of Indiana, Jim Cangany is proud to call himself a Hoosier. The youngest of eight children, he grew up in a household full of books and people. Thanks to the influence of his older siblings, Jim gravitated toward fantasy and sci-fi when looking for something to read. He wrote his first story at age fourteen. A school project, The Magic Coin was a fantasy that involved a king, some bad guys, and, not surprisingly, a magical token.

These days, Jim writes romance on the sweet end. If you ask him what is a guy like him is doing writing romance, he'll reply, "Those are the stories in my head." A believer that the world has enough doom and gloom, he likes stories with a happy ending, regardless of genre. He lives in Indianapolis with his wonderful wife Nancy and his two sons, Seamus and Aidan.

Author Links:

Twitter: @JimCangany

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jim-Cangany-Author/193385657452953

Website: http://jimcangany.com/

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Lucky Star Blog Tour: Spotlight + Giveaway

Welcome to my stop on the official blog tour for Lucky Star! Today I have a guest post by the author to share with you and don't forget to enter the giveaway! To follow the rest of the tour, click on the banner above!

Lucky Star (North Star Trilogy #2)

Author: Jim Cangany

Release Date: February 14, 2014

Description:

In Annie, E.J.’s found his North Star. In E.J., Annie’s found someone who truly loves her for just her. Everything’s great, right? Wrong! Despite their obvious feelings for each other, somebody’s intent on tearing down the foundation they’ve built. And E.J.’s the target. First his career is derailed. Then his reputation is sullied.

Annie’s determined to find the culprit. But how’s she going to do that when she has a new album to record and a tour to plan? E.J. desperately wants to prove he’s worthy of Annie. Is it even possible when every time things are headed in the right direction, disaster strikes?

Can they figure out figure out who is so intent on driving them apart and put a stop to it before irreparable damage is done? From Northern California to New York and points in between, our lovers struggle to keep their unlikeliest of relationships alive amid joy and heartache and everything in between. But it’s not until all appears lost once and for all that they learn faith–in themselves and each other–is what matters most. 

A lifelong resident of the State of Indiana, Jim Cangany is proud to call himself a Hoosier. The youngest of eight children, he grew up in a household full of books and people. Thanks to the influence of his older siblings, Jim gravitated toward fantasy and sci-fi when looking for something to read. He wrote his first story at age fourteen. A school project, The Magic Coin was a fantasy that involved a king, some bad guys, and, not surprisingly, a magical token.

These days, Jim writes romance on the sweet end. If you ask him what is a guy like him is doing writing romance, he’ll reply, “Those are the stories in my head.” A believer that the world has enough doom and gloom, he likes stories with a happy ending, regardless of genre. He lives in Indianapolis with his wonderful wife Nancy and his two sons, Seamus and Aidan.

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Fallen Star Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway

Welcome to my stop on the official blog tour for Fallen Star! Today I have my review of the book to share with you and don't forget to enter the giveaway at the bottom of the post! To follow the rest of the tour, click on the banner above.

Fallen Star (North Star Trilogy #1)

Author: Jim Cangany

Genre: Contemporary/Romance

Release Date: June 14, 2013

Description:

When ordinary guy, E.J. McCarty, crosses paths with not-so-ordinary Annie Wilson, extraordinary things happen. For E.J., it’s the start of a great adventure. For Annie, it’s an escape from colossal failure. But thanks to fate--and Amtrak--they’re thrust together on the cross-country ride of their lives.

E.J. and Annie like each other, so what’s the problem? Rock star/actress Cassandra Lawrence is the problem. Despite their obvious attraction to each other, Cassandra’s history in show biz and distrustful nature conspire to keep them apart.

Can E.J. break down the walls Cassandra has built around Annie? Can Annie learn to trust E.J. enough to let him even try? And what’s with E.J.’s bizarre dreams about the North Star? From Chicago, through the heartland and all the way to the Malibu Pier, they struggle to accept that while faith, hope and love are important, trust is the key to the future. 

Fallen Star is the first book in a contemporary romance trilogy that follows main characters E.J. McCarty and Annie Wilson as their lives are thrown together during a train ride across the country. The characters of E.J. and Annie are realistic - they both have strengths and weaknesses - that make them easy to identify with throughout the book. I enjoyed watching their characters get to know each other and to see how their relationship would grow in the book. The setting is a perfect one for this type of book - what is the best way to get two characters who might never have met in other circumstances together? Put them somewhere where there's no escape - like a cross country train ride. It's not a completely original idea, but I did enjoy the descriptions of the scenery and the way the characters acted with one another. There's the obvious and a bit cliched issue of one of the characters have issues with trust or having walls put up to protect themselves from getting hurt - it seems to be a recurring theme with romances like this - and I did get a bit bored with it at times. The author included more to the story than just the romance factor - it deals with issues like trust, failure, hope, love, faith, and family - among other things. I felt that these deeper topics gave the book a more layered story line and made it more interesting for me as a reader. Overall, this is a good contemporary romance with heart that fans of the genre will enjoy reading.

FIND THE AUTHOR:

Website: www.JimCangany.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimcangany
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7134508.Jim_Cangany

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