Mandi Blake

Keeping the Cowboy Mandi Blake

When her dreams become a reality, will she be able to leave the family she's come to love?


Jade Smith has always dreamed of teaching abroad. While she waits for her chance, she takes a nannying position at Blackwater Ranch. It's supposed to be temporary, but she soon learns that this devoted single dad and his boisterous five-year-old won't be easy to leave when the time comes.


Aaron Harding was wrecked when his ex bailed on him and their son, leaving him to raise Levi alone. He's in no hurry for either of them to fall in love again. It just isn't worth the risk. But as he watches the way Jade cares for his son, he starts to wonder if a happy, two-parent family is finally within their reach.


When the opportunity of a lifetime leaves Jade with an impossible decision to make, will she choose to follow the dreams of her past or to make this man and his son her future?

Keeping the Cowboy is the fifth book in the Blackwater Ranch series, but the books can be read in any order.