The Marriage Bargain (Montana Mavericks Series #10) Book

I'm not really sure that these Harlequin/Silhouette books are my cuppa. I've read a few oldies and didn't like them and this is the first newer one and it really didn't do it for me either. I gave it a shot because it had a few elements that I like, such as the "forced marriage", "revenge" and a jerky hero but I ended up just skimming the book.

Years ago Victoria (h) was a young teenager living on her families ranch, a very secessfull ranch and has had a crush on one of the ranch hands sons, Adam (H). She knows that it is forbidden but she can't help but want to get him alone so she can flirt with him a little. They end up alone in the barn and one thing leads to another and they end up in a hay pile kissing, a very passion filled kiss. When her father walks in and catches them he goes ballistic, nearly accuses Adam of rape and the whole time Victoria is too afraid to speak up and tell him that she was there willingly and that Adam had done nothing wrong. And because she doesn't speak up to her father and in Adams defense, her father kicks Adam and his family off the ranch. This act and the losing of both his mother's and his father's job sets off a chaine of horrible events that Adam,til this day, blames on Victoria.

Adam, now all grown up and a very rich man, is back for revenge. Victoria's father is in ill health and they have to sell the farm to be able to afford the medical costs. The only offer they have comes from Adam, only there is one conditon to the sell going through....she has to marry Adam. He has threatend that if she didn't marry him he would make sure that no one bought the farm and that her family woulnd't have enough money to keep her father alive. He can't wait to get her to the farm and make her work as a farm hand and to see what it's really like.