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Charissa Stastny

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in Las Vegas, Nevada, The United States

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Romance, Historical Fiction, Young Adult

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C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, Taylor Dean, Jennifer Peel, Amy Harmon ...more

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Charissa Stastny is an avid reader, happy writer, BYU graduate, and lover of irises, clouds, chocolate, sushi, and the outdoors. Though she was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, she has never pulled a handle of a slot machine and can’t shuffle cards to save her life. She does shuffle kids, laundry, and church responsibilities rather well though. She has lived in Nevada and Idaho, but currently resides in Utah with her husband and four children where shuffling cards isn’t required. She is the author of four books and ‘imagine-eer’ of many more.

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Average rating: 3.95 · 1,679 ratings · 376 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Game Changer (Ruled Out Romances #1) 3.76 avg rating — 701 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Package Deal (Ruled Out Romances #2) 4.07 avg rating — 472 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Hope & the Highway really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Wrinkle in Forever 3.54 avg rating — 91 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Light (Bending Willow #1) 4.22 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collateral Hearts (Ruled Out Romances Book 3) 3.98 avg rating — 57 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Notes (Ruled Out Romances Book 4) 4.38 avg rating — 45 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Keepers (Bending Willow Trilogy #2) 4.67 avg rating — 42 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hands of Mercy (Bending Willow Trilogy, #3) 4.57 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Stone and Sky 4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My cover artist, Susie Poole, has been working on new covers for my Bending Willow Trilogy. I unpublished these three titles earlier this year and will be re-releasing them in the fall. I'm excited for you to enjoy the new makeovers. These were the first books I wrote about ten years ago. I've learned so much since then, and had to redo them, using the new knowledge I have gained. I've cut a lot o Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Charissa Stastny

Ruled Out Romances (2 books)
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Charissa Stastny (Goodreads Author)

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Bending Willow Trilogy (3 books)
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Charissa Stastny (Goodreads Author)

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