Raine on Me by Laurann Dohner Read Free Book Online

don’t live in the house but they have their own mobile homes on the ranch.”
    “I only brought two bags. If you show me where to put them I can get them myself.”
    Trina nodded. “Navarro and I live in the house with one of his brothers. His name is Ryder and watch out for him.” She laughed, her gaze taking Brit in. “He’s going to be after you big-time but just smack him down. He’s harmless but a huge flirt.” She led the way upstairs, down a hallway, and stopped in front of one of the closed doors. “This is another brother’s room but he’s never here and he doesn’t come to visit so you can have it during your stay.” She swung the door open. “I’d give you another room but Dusty is expected to show up this weekend and Drake, the other brother, well, he has a way of just surprising us lately.”
    2“Wow. Are there a lot of brothers?”
    “There are five in all, plus Adam and Trip, who are blood brothers to the Raines.
    They were all raised together.”
    Brit walked into the bedroom and her eyebrows rose as she stared at the large four-poster bed, heavy matching dresser, and the nightstands, all dark wood. The walls had been painted black and all kinds of cowboy stuff hung there.
    “Sorry,” Trina laughed. “I know it’s bad. He is really into the cowboy way.”
    “It’s fine.” Brit turned to smile at her hostess. “It’s great. Thank you.”
    Nodding, the woman smiled. “Make yourself at home. I’m going to make some soup. Are you hungry?”
    “Please. If you give me ten minutes to bring in my stuff I’ll help you.”
    “The kitchen is downstairs to the left. You can’t miss it. Welcome to the Raine ranch.”
    “Thank you. Whatever I can do here, just tell me. I’m pretty handy.”
    “I’ll let Navarro and Ryder figure that out with you, but again, I’ll warn you about Ryder. He’s in a band most of the year but he’s been home for some months and well, he’s a player. Just watch yourself with him. He’s cute, he knows it, and he could charm a nun out of her habit.”
    Laughing, Brit nodded. “I got it but don’t worry about me. I’m good at handling unwanted advances.”
    “Good.” Trina laughed as she left Brit to stand alone in the room.
    Brit studied the furnishings and sighed. This would be her home for the next month. It was a big room and the bed was monstrous in size. She glanced at it and then turned away and went back downstairs to her car. She took out her bags and carried them to the room. The dressers were empty but the closet was full of jeans, T-shirts, and a few jackets. She decided to just use the dresser as she quickly unpacked her things.
    She wasn’t the kind of woman who used hangers anyway.
    She found Trina in the kitchen with two large bowls of clam chowder and some dinner rolls. “I really appreciate this and I’ll do the dishes.”
    “There’s no need.”
    “I insist.”
    “Okay. I won’t argue because I get worn out easily. I am finding that age and pregnancy don’t mix well.”
    “You don’t look old.”
    “I’m thirty-nine.”
    “Wow. I thought you were younger than me. I’m thirty-five.”
    Trina glanced at her hands. “Not married?”
    Hesitating, Brit bit her lip.
    3“I’m sorry if that was out of line. I’m from California and my husband keeps telling me that people are more private back here and I have a way of asking questions that you probably consider rude.”
    Shaking her head, Brit smiled. “It’s all right. I once married but I’m divorced now.”
    Her smile faded. “It turned into kind of a nightmare marriage that went bad from the get-go and turned worse, then outright hellish.”
    “I’m sorry. Any kids?”
    “God no.” Brit shivered. “If I’d had a child, he never would have let me go.” She hesitated. “I had to get restraining orders. He turned out to be really bad news.”
    “Damn, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to bring up a bad thing.”
    “You didn’t know so don’t worry about it.” She