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TWELVE STEPS by Veronica Bartles … cover reveal!

Tuesday, 17 December 2013  |  Posted by Brenda Drake
Twelve Steps
by Veronica Bartles
Release Date: 03/25/14
Book Summary:

Sixteen-year-old Andi is tired of being a second-class sibling to perfect sister Laina. The only thing Andi’s sure she has going for her is her awesome hair. And even that is eclipsed by Laina’s perfect everything else.

When Andi’s crush asks her to fix him up with Laina, Andi decides enough is enough, and devises a twelve-step program to wrangle the spotlight away from Laina and get the guy. 

Step 1: Admit she’s powerless to change her perfect sister, and accept that her life really, really sucks. 

Step 4: Make a list of her good qualities. She MUST have more than just great hair, right?

Step 7: Demand attention for more than just the way she screws things up. 

When a stolen kiss from her crush ends in disaster, Andi realizes that her twelve-step program isn’t working. Her prince isn’t as charming as she’d hoped, and the spotlight she’s been trying to steal isn’t the one she wants.

As Laina’s flawless façade begins to crumble, the sisters work together to find a spotlight big enough for both to shine.

About the author …



As the second of eight children and the mother of four, Veronica Bartles is no stranger to the ups and downs of sibling relationships. (She was sandwiched between the gorgeous-and-insanely-popular older sister and the too-adorable-for-words younger sister.) She uses this insight to write stories about siblings who mostly love each other, even while they’re driving one another crazy.   When she isn’t writing or getting lost in the pages of her newest favorite book, Veronica enjoys knitting fabulous bags and jewelry out of recycled plastic bags and old VHS tapes, sky diving (though she hasn’t actually tried that yet), and inventing the world’s most delectable cookie recipes.

TWELVE STEPS
is Veronica Bartles’s first novel.
 
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3 Comments
  • Eboni Collins says:

    Great cover, Veronica! TWELVE STEPS sounds awesome and I can’t wait to read it. 🙂

    Oh, and if you ever come up with that cookie recipe, let me know. 😉

  • Toni says:

    Love the premise of the book. Can’t wait to read it!

  • Thanks! I’m so excited to share my beautiful cover (thank you, Brenda, for being a part of this!), and I can’t wait to share my book with you all in March!! <3

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