Kimberly Grist

Author Bio:

Kimberly Grist is married to her high school sweetheart, Nelson. They have three adult sons, one with Down syndrome, and have a passion for encouraging others with family members with special needs.
Kim has enjoyed writing since she was a young girl, however, she began writing her first novel in 2017. Inspired by so many things life has to offer one of which includes her oldest son's diagnosis of cancer she finds it especially gratifying to write a happy ending.
"Suffering is, of course, is my least favorite thing. My objective is not to discuss my struggles specifically but to combine a love of history with biblical principles to produce a clean historical Christian romance, that shows how God uses adversity for our good in ways we may never expect

A Match for Gabe

A harsh, scar-faced rancher and an impulsive, whimsical teacher go together like dandelions and daydreams. Well, she thinks so anyway… Carrie Ann Dixon’s impulsive nature has cost her a teaching position. Destitute, she agrees to seek the help of a matchmaker. She believes there’s a happily ever…

Maggie's Strength

In my first novel Rebecca's Hope, I introduced a western town in the late 19th century filled with colorful characters and innovative young women. Maggie's Strength is a continuation of the tale based on Tennessee Montgomery's youngest daughter. Twenty-year-old Maggie Montgomery, a pint-sized blacksmith…

A Promised Land

Twenty-year-old Meriwether Walker enjoys the challenge of teaching her varied group of students in the one-room schoolhouse. What she doesn't like is the nomadic lifestyle that comes with it as she rotates boarding with families in the community on a month to month basis. Meriwether longs for a home…

Lois's Risk

Lois Weaver has been schooled to comply with society to be proper, lady-like, honest, proficient at cooking and sewing so that at the appropriate age she would marry. She's shattered her parent's expectations and risked everything to start her own business. Now the handsome bank owner has come calling.…

Rebecca's Hope

Raised by her guardian and influenced by the mostly male population of Carrie Town Texas, Rebecca benefited from a forward-thinking, unorthodox education not typical for a young woman in the late Nineteenth century. As an adult, she is armed with skills that most would covet, yet she lives in a boarding…