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In present-day Paris, Romeo and Juliet are heirs to the city's most prestigious rival couturiers. Their blossoming relationship is upended by Jim, an American who befriends them--and becomes enamored of Juliet--but whose father is staging a hostile takeover of both fashion houses. The angsty teens' emotions feel realistically intense in this intriguing spin on Shakespeare's tragedy; a sequel clearly looms.