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    Sep 11, 2023 2 minutes

    FAIR ROSALINE by Natasha Solomons (Manilla Press, $36.99)

    Before Romeo loved Juliet, he loved Rosaline. So Natasha Solomons reminds us in the author’s note at the end of her seventh novel, Described as Capulet’s “fair niece” but never heard from directly, Rosaline is the reason Romeo gatecrashes Lord Capulet’s ball, only to immediately fall for Juliet instead. Solomons retells the story

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