She Expects Derision and Dismissal, but Not Death
In the 1880s, women were not allowed to be mining engineers, so Caroline Trewartha pretended to be a man and enrolled in Pennsylvania’s most prestigious mining school.By 1888, at twenty-four—too obviously a lady— her company Allied Mines, sends her to the Anthracite mine in By-Gum Mines, Colorado to improve operations.
Hostile mine owner Gryffith Williams doesn’t believe her credentials and thinks she’s come to By-Gum to destroy him and take over his company. But then, he doesn’t trust many people because someone has flooded the mine and killed three good friends.
Can Caroline convince him to accept her help to rid his mine of water and discover the murderer?
As the women of By-Gum come to welcome her into the tight-night community, Caroline feels she has finally found a possible home. It’s looking up … until she discovers too much.
How will Caroline save herself, the mining community, and the man she has come to love?
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Genre: Historical
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