Kristin Jamison

The great-grandchildren of Rune and Ilse Olson deny their childhood home and escape farm life in central Minnesota.  Although they each travel different roads, Rune’s love of the land and Ilse’s fiery spirit runs through their veins drawing them back to where they belong.

TRUST ME – Completed Novel

Spurned for the eighth time in ten years, city girl Cassie Olson slams the door on men.  She works long hours to earn enough money in order to fulfill her dream of leaving the city and moving back home.  A rich husband would help fulfill this dream, and although her biological clock is ticking, her waning trust in men makes finding one difficult. 

For Roger McCray, the anonymity of the big city holds an allure he cannot ignore.  And it’s a good place to run away from the past, from the accident which killed his wife, son, and his sister Rachel’s fiancé.  When Roger crosses Cassie’s path, she lashes out.  Although the last thing he is looking for is any kind of relationship, something about her resonates with him, sending a flicker of hope for love.

Cassie and Roger start off on the wrong foot, but soon find themselves thrown together because of brothers who live in the same AIDS hospice.  Their reluctant friendship turns to love, but their disagreements over the future and Rachel’s plan to avenge her fiancé sabotage their relationship.  Cassie’s final mistrust of Roger breaks them apart, seemingly for good.  Only a farm accident which injures Cassie can offer them the chance to trust again.

                                    

FORGIVE ME – In Progress

Desperate to get away from the memories of her painful divorce, Christina Olson Randolph takes her children to central Minnesota, back to the farm where she grew up.  Although she is fearful of intruding on her bachelor brother, she makes the move and establishes her life there.  When her youngest child starts school, her alimony payments stop and she must find a job.  Romance and a relationship are far from her mind.

Nathan Hanson needs a mother for his troubled daughters.  The last person he would ever consider for the job would be Christina.  And he certainly doesn’t expect her to return to her brother’s farm and for her children to become fast friends with his.  Every time he sees her, he is reminded of their high school days when she and her friends teased him mercilessly.  Although he is captivated by her beauty, he remembers her cold heart all too well.

Nathan is forced to deal head on with Christina after he is shot in a hunting accident. Although he refuses her help, she nurses him to health and offers more assistance than either dreamed possible.  They have been able to avoid each other for months, but find themselves forced to deal with the other every day.  Their passionate dislike for each other becomes a passionate love neither can deny.  However, when her daughter’s accident brings Christina’s ex-husband back into town with a mission of his own, it will take great hope and forgiveness to save their love.

                                                   

LOVE ME – In Progress

The scar on Colin Olson’s face has kept him hidden from the world.  He runs his dairy farm with the help of his sister and lays low.  After intense prodding from his sisters, he agrees to plastic surgery.  His sisters encourage him to start dating, but the only woman he truly loves is his best friend, the one who will not have him.

Mary Hanson considers herself a woman with little to offer.  Abused as a young woman, she organizes a world which will keep people from getting close to her.  A lay off at work forces her to reevaluate her life.  When the Olson’s decide to establish a cheese operation on their farm, Mary jumps at the chance to help run it.  The only problem is she will have to see Colin every day.

Colin and Mary discover their friendship goes deeper than either imagined.  They journey a difficult road as starts and stops along the way test the strength of their love.  And when they finally think they may have achieved happiness, a woman from the past shakes their world with astonishing news that will change their lives.