seriously romantic: the rogue is back in town by anna bennett

youngest sister juliette gets her happily ever after in the third installment of the wayward wallflowers series, the rogue is back in town. kicked out by his brother and asked to evict a family from a rundown home his brother claims to own, samuel travis thinks nothing of the task. that is, until he is faced with juliette lacey and her determination not to leave the house she has always called home.

frustrated at first, sam is quickly beguiled by juliette, she is a woman who will forever keep him on his toes, but who clearly enjoys the hint of wickedness in sam's manner. from the first they flirt and bicker. and soon they can't stop thinking of the other. and then staying away from each other proves to be a problem.

but the bigger problem is sam's brother. the marquess of curringham proves to be quite the villain. he does his best to turn sam and juliette against each other. using insinuations and half-truths to mask his true intentions. in the end, he either wants juliette to be his mistress or the house vacated. and when juliette refuses to accede to his demands, he will do his best to make life uncomfortable for everyone.

sam, proves himself to be a true hero. not just in his steadfast regard for juliette and her beloved uncle. but also in his willingness to put her first. he turns his life around in part because juliette deserves better. but it's not just that, he wants to be the better man for her. and in a million small ways he proves it throughout the course of the story.

the conflict here isn't about sam and juliette's feelings, it's whether or not they can overcome all the obstacles in their way. and the tension ramps up in ways that highlights the depths of their feelings for each other. and it's oh-so-romantic.

**the rogue is back in town will publish on january 2, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/st. martin's press in exchange for my honest review.