Ugly Truth (SAMPLE)
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Last published Tue, Jul 23, 2019
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E-book comes out July 26th on KU!!!
PREQUEL IN THE SOUTH SERIES
Victoria Gutierrez is about to start college, along with moving into her new home with her mother.
She is all set.
All she has to do now is get a part-time job, and get by on her classes.
It doesn't hurt to let off some steam by hanging out with her cousin, Gabe, more often. Gabe is in a band, so also spending time with the other band members is a given, right?
Especially with one in particular...
Victoria truly has a good life.
Simple, yet engaging.
Until her life irrevocably changes.
She thought her and her mother would finally be able to recreate themselves. Start living. Spend time with family and make new friends, but some things are just not that easy.
Every family has its own faults. This family, however, just happens to have some pretty significant ones.
Lies are told and secrets get exposed...
And not only does it include Victoria and Gabe, but also Gabe's best friend and band mate, Keanu, who is the lead singer. Too bad her immediate impression of him didn't last...
Victoria and her family need to make sense of everything soon or it is all going to break apart, indefinitely.
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