A brilliant, rational surgeon finds herself trapped in a relationship as passionate as it is destructive with a charismatic artist, and must face her most difficult battle: deciding whether to keep loving him or to save herself. A contemporary drama with the tension of a psychological thriller.
Abril Tossa, a renowned plastic surgeon and mother of two, meets Maikol Sade, a seductive, adrenaline-fueled artist. What begins as an improbable spark between a patient and a doctor turns into a whirlwind relationship, where passion coexists with manipulation.
Maikol disarms her with romantic gestures, intense emails, and overwhelming proposals. She, structured and rational, lets herself go, convinced she is living something real. But soon, the sweet gestures intertwine with unsettling episodes: absurd arguments, veiled demands, denied betrayals, motorcycle accidents, and an increasing invasion of her personal life. Abril takes care of Maikol after each accident while he reshapes her home, her schedule, her work, and even her mood. Maikol makes efforts to isolate her from her friends and trap her in a love that seems romantic. But it won’t be easy: Abril’s friends will become her most loyal confidantes, her sharpest analysts of the relationship, and her best advisers. Despite everything, Abril resists leaving Maikol, absolutely trapped in the relationship. To save what cannot be saved, she travels to Barcelona when he decides to move there. What began as a romantic trip ends up revealing the same old patterns.
The deterioration is slow but constant. Maikol is a manipulative narcissist riddled with contradictions: charming and selfish, creative and violent, magnetic and destructive. After repeated infidelities and emotional blackmail, Abril manages to break the cycle. When she believes she has closed that chapter, fate confronts her with one last act: she finds him at the clinic, lying on a stretcher, after suffering cardiac arrest from yet another motorcycle accident. In that moment, only two thoughts cross her mind: “The world will be a better place without him” and “Death will not be punishment enough.”
RELEVANT INFORMATION: Alexandra Mora is a Colombian writer. She is also a renowned plastic surgeon and otolaryngologist. In addition to her novels, she has written several health and wellness texts.
Nubes de Abril is a gripping and sharp novel about idealized love, emotional manipulation, and the courage to break free from what causes harm. A powerful story about emotional abuse disguised as love, told with intelligence, biting humor, and a female voice that does not forget. Written in a hybrid format, interweaving pure narration with an epistolary narrative through emails and conversations with her friends in the form of a stage script, it has enormous potential for audiovisual adaptation as a contemporary drama with shades of psychological thriller.
AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL: In development.
AVAILABLE LANGUAGES: Spanish.
