by Anne Fortier
First published 2010
A young woman receives an inheritance that changes everything: a key to a safety deposit box in Siena and a promise of family treasure. The key pulls her into a dangerous quest through Italian history to uncover the story of her ancestor Giulietta, whose forbidden romance with Romeo once threw medieval Siena into chaos. In modern Siena, she discovers that the ancient blood feud between the families still burns. The descendants of those medieval clans walk the same streets, and the curse that once doomed the original lovers now targets her. She realizes that only someone like Romeo could protect her from the fate that destroyed her ancestor. But Romeo's story ended centuries ago in tragedy and death. The past and present spiral together as she searches for salvation in a love story that may not be finished after all.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, suspense, mystery
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-romance
Setting: Siena, Italy
Period: Medieval, Modern
600 pages · Paperback · Harper Collins