The Promises That Sustain Us

When Gabriel Novak is murdered, his children are left alone in the face of a collapsing world. Nikolai, on the verge of finishing his degree, tries to carry everything: work, debts, and the care of his sister. Chloe, eighteen years old, watches her brother wear away day by day... until she decides to make the call he never would. Alejandro Rivera, their father's best friend, made a promise years ago: if Gabriel were ever gone, he would care for his children as if they were his own. And the doors of his house remain open. At the Riveras' mansion, Chloe and Nikolai will discover that starting over does not mean forgetting. That the truth about their father is more complicated than they believed. And that sometimes love arrives from the person you least expect... on the other side of the room. A family is not the one you are given. It is the one that knows your whole truth and still chooses to stay. María Elena Gordillo Masero makes her debut with this novel about grief, secrets, and the family we choose.