An Extra Shot by Stephen Anthony Brotherton - Book Blitz
An
Extra Shot
‘An Extra
Shot continues to tell the story of Freddie and Jo-Jo. It moves backwards and
forwards through time in a series of first-person flashbacks and describes how
the couple fell in love as teenagers, why they drifted apart, what happened in
their lives away from each other, and what happens when they meet up again over
thirty-five years later.
A failed
reconciliation in book one, Another Shot, has left Freddie at a railway station
thinking about jumping under a train and
Jo-Jo in a hotel room consumed with the dark secret she has carried for most of
her adult life. Freddie is saved by his
best friend, Jack Sparrow, and Jo-Jo is convinced by her daughter, Amy, to meet
up with Freddie again. Freddie then persuades Jo-Jo to go away with him for a
long weekend in Devon and the couple return home with their love reignited.
However,
Jo-Jo can’t let their relationship continue without telling Freddie the truth
about her dark secret. Is their love strong enough to get them through?’
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At the end of the first book, Another Shot, Jo-Jo is left in a hotel room,
consumed with the dark secret she has carried for most of her adult life. The
following extract picks up Jo-Jo’s story in the second book, An Extra Shot.
‘Jo-Jo - July 2015
I’d finished my Jack
Daniels, but I was still swirling my empty tumbler and staring at the Lowry
picture on the hotel bedroom wall - a
suited man and his two terriers looking out to sea. The toilet in the ensuite
flushed and I heard the sink tap run for a moment. The door opened and Amy
walked back into the bedroom. ‘You okay, Mum?’ she said, looking down at my
glass. ‘Do you want another drink?’
‘I
can’t believe I drank the first one,’ I said. ‘I can’t stand whiskey.’
‘I
told you, it’s medicinal.’
‘I
was thinking about New Zealand,’ I said. ‘Getting everything sorted.’
‘That’s
easy. I’ll call Dan. He’ll make the arrangements. When do you want to go?’
‘You
put on that husband of yours too much.’
‘He’s
okay about it. He likes to feel useful.’ She came over to the bed and sat down
next to me. ‘You’re thinking about Freddie, aren’t you?’
‘I
can’t believe how long that man has stayed in my head,’ I said.
‘I
think he loves you, Mum.’
‘But
why am I thinking about him so much? He’s never been good looking, his dress
sense is appalling, he’s unemployable, a bit of a nervous-wreck-car-crash and
his best friend’s named after a pirate. What’s wrong with me?’
‘I
don’t know, Mum. I don’t get it either.’
I
handed her my empty glass. ‘I think I need that drink.’
She
took one of the miniature bottles out of the mini-bar, unscrewed the cap,
poured the whisky into the tumbler and handed it to me. I took a gulp. It made
me cough. Amy rubbed my back.
‘Thank
you, sweetheart. I’m glad you’re here.’
‘Are
you sure about New Zealand, Mum, about leaving this Freddie behind?’
Author
Bio –
‘I was born in Walsall, grew up in the West
Midlands and now live in Telford with my two cats, Boris and Tai. After working
in the health and social care sector for over thirty years, I have now taken
early retirement to write the trilogy that has been rooted in my head for most
of my life.
An Extra Shot is the second book in the Shots
trilogy, which is based on a first love relationship I had as a teenager. It
tells the story of Freddie and Jo-Jo, who are reunited in a coffee shop three
decades after the end of their teenage romance. How they originally met, why
they parted, what happens in their lives apart, and what happens when they
reunite is all told through a series of first person vignettes. I am currently
working on the final book.
Getting these stories down on paper has been a
cathartic process. I hope you enjoy them. ‘
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Media Links – Instagram @freddiejojoreunited
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