Angel of the Gold Rush: A Novel of Early California — B.J. Scott

Irish immigrant Kathleen Connelly comes to America with her husband and daughter to find California gold, only to be widowed before she reaches the gold fields. With her daughter Megan, adopted daughter Danielle, and new husband, through sheer force of will she founds an empire built on gold, cattle, and relentless determination. To the Paiute Indians of California she is a blue-eyed devil woman who cannot be killed; to gold miners a fearless adversary who backs down from no one. But all the while she is tracked by a Paiute warrior whose thirst for vengeance can only be satisfied by the death of this blue-eyed devil woman whom he blames for destroying his world. First novel in a trilogy.