Kristin Jamison

Swept Away - Completed Novel

Nineteenth century schoolteacher Ilse Wiesterman is deserted by her fiancé and has resigned her teaching position under duress.  Searching for purpose in her life, she embarks on a new adventure when her brother requests she travel to Hinckley, Minnesota to help his wife, Kerstin, through a difficult pregnancy.  Ilse puts her dreams of changing the world on hold to help Kerstin and her children.  

Rune Olson, Kerstin’s brother, has been hardened by the loss of his wife and failure of his farm.  He moves to Hinckley to be near his sister, raise his daughter, and establish a dairy farm.  Rune’s plans don’t include falling for his fiery sister-in-law who wants nothing to do with him and everything to do with his nemesis. 

Ilse and Rune are an unlikely pair, and their worlds are turned upside-down when the friction between them ignites to passion.  Any future for the two is destroyed, however, when a great fire sweeps through Hinckley and forces Ilse to flee north with Rune’s daughter and four orphans.  Her joy at later finding Rune alive turns to despair when she discovers he has lost his memory and plans to marry another.  Ilse believes Rune is lost to her, and in order to ensure the survival of the five children in her care, she agrees to marry a man she does not love.  Only by holding onto hope and fighting for a love across miles can Ilse realize a future which she never dreamed possible.