Juliet / Anne Fortier / 444 pages

Guess this one is a historical romance mystery. The author uses the intriguing idea of a modern-day Julie Jacobs delving into her heritage to discover she is a descendant of the original Giulietta Tolomei on whom Shakespeare based the play Romeo and Juliet. It's up to Julie, who discovers after her Aunt Rose's death that her real name is Giulietta Tolomei, to go to Italy in search of her inheritance and to resolve the centuries old curse placed on her family and other feuding families by a priest who was tortured to death. The plot switches back and forth between the parallel stories of the contempory Julie and historical Giulietta. Fascinating how the author does it. But just in case you're wondering, true love conquers all. Oh, Romeo, Romeo!