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Violence
Some
The historical timeline involves period violence — feuding families, street brawls, and death
Language
Some
Adult language with moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Romantic content is present in both timelines — closed-door in the fourteenth century, slightly warmer in the modern day
Substance Use
Barely any
Wine and social drinking in the Italian settings
Emotional Intensity
Some
The mystery of identity — who is Julie's family, and is she truly descended from the real Juliet? — drives sustained intrigue
What this book is about
Julie Jacobs inherits a key to a safety deposit box in Italy and discovers her family may be the origin of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The novel alternates between Julie's modern investigation in Siena and the fourteenth-century story of the real Giulietta and her Romeo. Anne Fortier's dual-timeline historical romance is a love letter to Siena, to the myth of Romeo and Juliet, and to the stories families pass down across centuries.
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