Belle Rivera

Isabelle "Belle" Marie Rivera (née Garcia) is Miguel's fourteen-year-old girlfriend.

Role in The Family Ties that Bind
Prior to the first chapter, Belle and Miguel began dating each other. During her first Dia los Meurtos with Miguel after permission from her parents, Belle meets Miguel's entire family, both living and deceased. During one of the pictures as she spots Mama Imelda and Papa Hector, learning they are Miguel's great-great-grandparents. However, she spots one photo of a young woman. Miguel explains that woman is his Mama Imelda's cousin, Prima Amalia. Belle comments on how young Amalia is, Miguel explaining that Amalia died at a young age and that is why the family remembers her.

When he doesn't show up to school the next morning without telling her, Belle grows worried for him. Dante leads her to the Land of the Dead. Oh, and she also throws a shoe at Miguel's great-great-grandfather when she thinks hes the threat. Imelda comes rushing out and calms Belle, who recognizes them from Miguel's ofrenda. She enters when Miguel and Amalia turn up, where it's revealed that Amalia is Hector's younger sister. Meanwhile, Theresa Rivera kidnaps Belle to lure her descendants, where she is angrily confronted by her son and daughter. Fortunately, the true love kiss that Belle and Miguel give instead of Imelda and Hector as planned,

In the epilogue, Belle and Miguel have married and have two daughters, Emma and Imelda and one son, Nicholas after defeating Theresa.

Relationships
Her father: According to Belle, her father left her mother sister and feels Javier is more like her father than her biological one. It is proven Javier loves her and Sofia like a daughter.

Siblings: Belle has an older sister named Sofia and a brother