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(Starred review.) [A] high-flying debut in which American Julie Jacobs travels to Siena in search of her Italian heritage...to discover she is descended from 14th-century Giulietta Tomei, whose love for Romeo defied their feuding families and inspired Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.... [W]ritten in the language of modern romance and enlivened by brisk storytelling[,] Fortier navigates around false clues and twists, resulting in a dense, heavily plotted love story.
Publishers Weekly
Most readers are familiar with Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but not everyone knows that the Bard based his play on an old Italian tale in which the doomed lovers meet and die in the medieval city of Siena. Drawing on this tale, Fortier's historical debut features a plot as complicated as a Shakespearean play.... [T]his entertaining historical thriller is more in line with Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code (but much better written!). —Jamie Kallio, Thomas Ford Memorial Lib., Western Springs, IL.
Library Journal
Fortier’s debut offers a beguiling mix of romance, intrigue, history, and Shakespeare.... Lovers of adventurous fiction will lose themselves in Fortier’s exciting, intricately woven tale. —Kristine Huntley
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