After her parents are killed in a tragic accident and her brother-in-law gambles away her home, Suzannah sets out with her timid sister and their cousin Daniel on a long, dangerous journey from Virginia to Missouri.

Daniel discovers that travel on the Oregon Trail calls him to fill a man's shoes. Nothing is not the animals, not the weather, and least of all his fellow travelers! When life-threatening danger puts Daniel's faith to the test, he learns that he must rely on the Lord's direction to meet every challenge in Book 2 of this Colton Cousins Adventure. Get the whole Suzannah and the Secret Coins, Suzannah Strikes Gold, and Daniel Colton Kidnapped.

Suzannah Strikes Gold is the third book of Colton Cousin Adventure series, Christian fiction by Elaine Schulte. As the Coltons continue on the road west in pursuit of Suzannah’s black-sheep brother-in-law, Charles Herrington, they are all optimistic that California will hold the promise of a better life. In this historical fiction story set during the California Gold Rush, the hard-working Coltons have started their own thriving business when Suzannah catches a serious case of "gold fever." Get the whole Suzannah and the Secret Coins, Daniel Colton Under Fire, and Daniel Colton Kidnapped.

In the 1840s, having been led by God to a ranch outside San Francisco, thirteen-year-old Daniel and his cousin Suzannah fear the moneymaking schemes of the evil Charles Herrington