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in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, The United States

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Charlene Amsden grew up among the logging camps and mining towns of Northern Idaho. She's been in bar fights, traveled back and forth across the United States in an 18-wheeler, and taught school in a paved desert and on a beach where the teachers proclaimed 'shoes optional'.

Thanks to a misguided prayer while sitting at the feet of a gifted storyteller when she was just six years old, Charlene has enjoyed an interesting life. She asked that she too would have interesting stories to tell.

Like the time that she climbed a tree with five of her friends and the tree bent double. Her friends jumped. Charlene ... didn't. The tree catapulted her within chain-length of the neighborhood attack dog - Thor, the Dog of Thunder. Later, Charlene's grandmot ...more

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Average rating: 4.7 · 212 ratings · 105 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	How (Not) to Feud With Your Obnoxious Neighbor (Yellow Pine #1) 4.65 avg rating — 97 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
	Kage: The 6th Commandment (True North Brotherhood) 4.82 avg rating — 33 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
	How (Not) to Avoid a Coffee Shop Romance (Yellow Pine #2) 4.65 avg rating — 31 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
	The Grownups Wanted Us Dead: The Chronicles of a Feral Kid 4.78 avg rating — 27 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
	A Cedar Haven Christmas (True North Brotherhood) 4.79 avg rating — 19 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
	Where Men Stand (True North Brotherhood) 4.60 avg rating — 5 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
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Kage: The 6th Commandment

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I write Christian romantic suspense because I’m interested in what happens when faith is tested under pressure—not in quiet moments, but in dangerous ones.

Kage: The 6th Commandment centers on a man with a violent past who has chosen a life of peace, and what it costs him to live that choice when the people he loves are threatened. There i

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Charlene Amsden made a comment on Where Men Stand " Leis, I am so happy that you enjoyed, Where Men Stand. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. I hope you took note of Ethan & Annie. You juust may see them ...more "
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Charlene Amsden wrote a new blog post A Cedar Haven Christmas Christmas in Cedar Haven When waitress Georgiana Ward finds a note on her shattered windshield that reads You’re next, she knows her violent ex-husban Read more of this blog post »
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Charlene Amsden liked Jennifer Krooswyk's review of The Grownups Wanted Us Dead: The Chronicles of a Feral Kid: "This book was amazing! Got me laughing. It was a great fun read! "
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Charlene Amsden liked Bernadette Cinkoske's review of A Cedar Haven Christmas (True North Brotherhood): "A Cedar Haven Christmas is a compelling book; a tale of brokenness, redemption, a small town, second chances and a Christian, suspenseful romance. Tyler, Georgie's ten year old son, is far too mature for his years. When Georgie realizes she is being " Read more of this review »
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Charlene Amsden and 9 other people liked angelpompom's review of A Cedar Haven Christmas (True North Brotherhood): "✨🎄A Cedar Haven Christmas ~ 3.5 stars✨🎄 This book was written with a strict deadline and it felt like it. Several times the pacing just didn’t seem to fit the current scene, the main characters didn’t have has much depth as I felt they should, the con" Read more of this review »
Dec 19, 2025 11:44PM · see review
Charlene Amsden answered Goodreads's question: What are you currently working on? My NIP (novel in progress) is book 2 in the True North Brotherhood. Beth just moved to the Pacific Northwest. Her dog won't let her investigate the mysterious lights in the barn, and Gideon, the former Army Ranger who came to install her security cam See Full Answer
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