Doing it Again

by Wendy Reakes, W. Reakes

When Vivian and Bradley marry, they want to be closer to Brad’s young daughter, Judi so they move from London to start a new life in Manchester. Viv and Brad’s ex-wife, Mel, have a close bond, like sisters, and Judi loves them all. Viv and Brad have twins, a girl and a boy. They are a perfect modern family, until Judi’s birthday, when Brad buys two concert tickets.Brad works for Manchester’s police force. When a bomb at the Arena explodes, it’s all over the news. Viv is at home alone with the twins, whilst Brad is at the scene. In the early hours, he comes home to tell her that Mel and Judi have died. Now the family is torn apart.Ten-years on, Brad is an alcoholic. Viv still loves him as she vows to stay with him for the sake of the children. On the tenth anniversary of Mel and Judi’s death, Viv reaches breaking point and blacks out. She finds herself re-living the night the girls died in 2007. She watches her other self as she waves them off in the taxi, but then Viv runs after them.When she reaches the Arena, she sees the girls in their seats. Mel looks up and glances at Viv as if she can see her. Viv wants to stop the explosion so that Judi and Mel can survive. Outside, she sees the bomber walking towards the arena with his backpack. She grabs it and runs for her life. Then she hears the explosion. The bomb wasn’t in the bag after all.Viv is awakened from her strange black-out by a concerned Brad. Then, into the room walks Mel as if she hadn’t died ten-years before. There begins a story of one woman’s desperation as she travels back in time to change the events that have devastated her family. Doing it Again is about a perfect life torn apart in extreme circumstances. It is about regret and self-destruction, friendship, love, and the one thing you can never get back without dire consequences: Time. And it’s about the one question we all ask ourselves at some time in our lives: ‘What if we could change the past?’

177 pages, Paperback

Published November 23, 2018

About the author

Wendy Reakes is 61 and lives near Bristol with her husband Jake and nineteen-year-old twins.

After an extensive career in the leisure industry, Wendy gave up her job in higher management to write novels and scripts. It became her absolute desire to be a professional writer, honing her craft while being rejected by literary agents time and time again. Now she must self-publish until a sensible agent realises what they're missing.

Today she says, 'I like to think of myself as the Susan Boyle of literature. 'One day I'll step onto that stage and knock their socks off.'

Wendy has published her autobiography 'SAVED' and written over sixteen novels of high concept speculative fiction genre, and thrillers.

https://www.wendyreakes.com/