Sisters, Strangers, and Starting over

You can't change the past. But sometimes your future can redeem it.

When Beatriz Sanchez-Milligan turned her back on her troubled sister, she ushered in a lifetime of regret. So when the niece Beatriz never knew she had appears on her doorstep—announcing that her mother has died—she can't help but see fourteen-year-old Celeste as a chance to redo the past . . . despite her own family's objections.

But Celeste is skittish around her new family. She can feel the tension radiating from her uncle and cousins and, despite her aunt's enthusiasm, is hesitant to share her dreams of the traditional quinceanera she and her mother had been planning. Overwhelmed, Celeste does what her mom did years ago: she vanishes. Terrified the past is repeating itself, Beatriz scrambles to uncover the mystery surrounding her sister's life and death—and build a future in which the niece she dearly loves is truly part of her family.