# **They Mocked the Woman Who Came to Feed Them. By Winter’s End, Every Man at Grady Ranch Would Know Who She Truly Was.**NVP
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Chapter 1 - The First Morning of Spring
Spring arrived at Grady Ranch with uncharacteristic warmth, melting the heavy snow into rushing streams that filled the valley. Edith stood near the open kitchen window, watching the green grass peek through the mud. For the first time in her life, she felt a profound sense of peace. The nightmare of Silas Grady was over, and the dark winter had given way to hope. Yet, as she began preparing breakfast for twenty-four hungry cowboys, she knew that running a massive estate with her sister Nora and father Coulter would bring entirely new challenges they hadn't yet foreseen.
