Our story begins when Julie’s beloved Aunt Rose dies, leaving Julie and her twisted sister, Janice orphaned. (Their parents died years earlier in Tuscany). But while Aunt Rose leaves the family estate to Janice, Julie is bequeathed next to nothing, just a passport, a key, and a secret--that her real name is Giulietta Tolomei, a descendant of the Tolomeis and the Salembenis, the real families that inspired Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet—and that the "Curse upon both your houses," is alive and well, 600 years later.

With exquisite detail and flawless pacing, Juliet is a multi-layered tapestry of Julie’s present and Giulietta’s 14th-century past, where families, generations apart, are still at each other’s throats. Betwixt tragedy and epic romance, Juliet will stir your heart and quicken your pulse. After all, if Julie is Giulietta, then where art thou, Romeo?

What a coincidence ~ I picked this book up in the book store just yesterday, read the blurb, then placed it back on the shelf very carefully - I had already spent far too much - but it intrigued me and I'm sure in the fullness of time I shall get my hands on a copy.
for the review.

It's a really great read so far. I love it...not as much as I love Outlander but I have been certain reservation's that no book I ever read again will compare to Outlander...heck no book I ever WRITE will compare to Outlander either :P

I just put this book on my wish list the other day. Hopefully it won't take too long for me to get it.

I've added this to my Santa wishlist - hope he's listening !