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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: 3.94 · 1,730 ratings · 381 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	Game Changer (Ruled Out Romances #1) 3.76 avg rating — 711 ratings — 5 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) 4.04 avg rating — 493 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
	Between Hope & the Highway 4.01 avg rating — 154 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 — 60 ratings — published 2012 — 7 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) 4.03 avg rating — 61 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
	Love Notes (Ruled Out Romances Book 4) 4.32 avg rating — 50 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) 4.65 avg rating — 43 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) 4.53 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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 4.34 avg rating — 32 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)

3.87 avg rating — 1,204 ratings

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

4.43 avg rating — 135 ratings

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This was a super fun book to read. It's written in the style of personal letters and emails to and from different people. However, Sybil Van Antwerp is the MC of this one, an elderly lady who is one of my favorite characters ever. Her voice in each p ...more
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This romantasy was very well written. I loved the story. It was "clean," but just barely. It has lots of steamy kissing scenes going into almost bedroom scenes. The kissing scenes got redundant. Yes, already, she loves to kiss Jason! Let's move on or ...more
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Life turns upside down for Sydney McKnight, a young physician in a Boston Hospital, when she has a patient come in with flu-like symptoms that go from bad to worse. Within weeks, thousands of people have died worldwide, and a crisis that rivals the 1 ...more
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This book has a modern and historic POV. The modern one is from Bennie’s POV, a brand new teacher in a low-economic area in Louisiana. She wants to get her students engaged, and eventually comes upon an angle letting them research their ancestors to ...more
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Charissa rated a book really liked it A Very Merry Mess (Cider Cove Sweet Southern RomComs #3) by Elana Johnson (Goodreads Author)	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
This was a cute romance set around Christmas time. It has the friends to lovers trope and features Elliott and Ryanne, who are co-managers at a Paper company. Unknown to Ryanne, Elliott is going blind. That’s why he’s never been able to commit to a r ...more
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Listened to the audio version and absolutely loved it! This has so much symbolism and is just such a great story!
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Charissa rated a book it was amazing The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ by Joseph Smith Jr.	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
How I love The Book of Mormon! I just finished it again, and I love how it brings me closer to Jesus Christ each day as I read its words.
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Fun holiday chick lit, with a best friends turn into lovers trope; also a celebrity romance. I really enjoyed the story, the main characters and quirky side characters, the setting, and the humor and romance. It was a fun book to read during the down ...more
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