Wish Upon A Star by Trisha Ashley

Book review by Mick Arnold. 

(Wish Upon a Star published by Avon, November 2013.) 

Forced to move back in with her eccentric mother, Cally has to juggle caring for her sick daughter Stella and doesn’t believe that she has time in her life for love as well. That is until handsome baker Jago comes into their lives. Trying to juggle fund-raising for an operation to potentially save her daughter’s life that is rapidly approaching in the USA just before Christmas, Cally tries to stop her growing feelings for Jago from taking over her every waking moment.

This is a heart-warming tale of love and hope that is perfect for warming the cockles. You’ll laugh and cry along with Cally as we follow her in her battle to help her daughter back to health, whilst fighting off the unwanted attentions of Jago’s ex and Stella’s father who unexpectedly come back on the scene, all the while coming to terms with believing that perhaps she could actually love and be loved in return?  

Wish Upon a Star could be thought of as the literary cousin of Chocolate Wishes, being also set predominantly in the charming Lancashire village of Sticklepond. If you’re familiar with the charm and wit of that book then you’ll equally fall in love with this one. 

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