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Bautizada por la prensa americana como El código Da Vinci para mujeres, Juliet, el sensacional debut de Anne Fortier, transforma la inmortal historia de Romeo y Julieta en una trepidante aventura del siglo XXI. Una historia a caballo entre la Edad Media y la actualidad, un apasionante viaje al corazón de Italia que combina historia, intriga, misterio y romance.

Juliet y su hermana, huérfanas desde pequeñas, se han criado con su tía en Virginia. Cuando ésta muere, Juliet se ve obligada a viajar a Italia para saber qué se esconde tras la enigmática herencia que ha recibido de ella. Pronto descubre que en realidad es italiana y que, además, es descendiente de las personas en las que se inspiró Shakespeare para escribir Romeo y Julieta. Dispuesta a conocer la verdadera identidad de sus padres y los secretos que rodean sus repentinas muertes, Juliet se ve envuelta en una peligrosa trama que enfrenta a las dos familias más poderosas de Siena desde la Edad Media. Descubre que una antigua maldición recae sobre ellas y que únicamente la búsqueda de un supuesto tesoro llamado, «Los ojos de Julieta» podría detenerla…Juliet puede ser la próxima víctima y sólo un hombre puede salvarla de su destino, pero ¿dónde está?

«Esta novela lo tiene todo: Romeo y Julieta, la nobleza italiana y el mundo de la mafia, aventuras y valientes heroínas; documentos secretos y tesoros escondidos; amores apasionados y violentas venganzas que perduran a lo largo de los siglos. Un debut sensacional.»

KATHERINE NEVILLE, autora de El ocho y El fuego.

"One of those rare novels that have it all… I was swept away." – Sara Gruen

Twenty-five-year-old Julie Jacobs is heartbroken over the death of her beloved aunt Rose. But the shock goes even deeper when she learns that the woman who has been like a mother to her has left her entire estate to Julie's twin sister. The only thing Julie receives is a key – one carried by her mother on the day she herself died – to a safety-deposit box in Siena, Italy.

This key sends Julie on a journey that will change her life forever – a journey into the troubled past of her ancestor Giulietta Tolomei. In 1340, still reeling from the slaughter of her parents, Giulietta was smuggled into Siena, where she met a young man named Romeo. Their ill-fated love turned medieval Siena upside-down and went on to inspire generations of poets and artists, the story reaching its pinnacle in Shakespeare's famous tragedy.

But six centuries have a way of catching up to the present, and Julie gradually begins to discover that here, in this ancient city, the past and present are hard to tell apart. The deeper she delves into the history of Romeo and Giulietta, and the closer she gets to the treasure they allegedly left behind, the greater the danger surrounding her – superstitions, ancient hostilities, and personal vendettas. As Julie crosses paths with the descendants of the families involved in the unforgettable blood feud, she begins to fear that the notorious curse – 'A plague on both your houses!' – is still at work, and that she is destined to be its next target. Only someone like Romeo, it seems, could save her from this dreaded fate, but his story ended long ago. Or did it?

From Anne Fortier comes a sweeping, beautifully written novel of intrigue and identity, of love and legacy, as a young woman discovers that her own fate is irrevocably tied – for better or worse – to literature's greatest star-crossed lovers.