Happy Cow Ranch
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When eighteen-year-old Maisie Walker inherits a 90,000 acre ranch from her grandfather, she returns to Montana after ten years away. After her arrival her past catches up to her, trying as hard as it can to break the poor girl. Maisie attempts to solve the mystery that drove her family from Bozeman, finding herself intertwined in the lives of her notorious neighbors-the Duttons.
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