Glenda Thompson and Rattler Press
Stories With Bite
Books
*The second (and much better) edition of Broken will launch April 5, 2025
at Sirens by the Sea in Ft. Walton Beach-Destin, Florida.
Come meet Glenda and pick up your autographed copy!*
Cursed in her mother’s womb, PeleKa’o walks a precarious path between life and death.
Every full moon since her fourteenth birthday a ceremonial dagger ends her life, only for her to wake with the dawn, the curse unbroken. With half a soul, the living don’t want her… but neither do the dead. Each day that passes without breaking the curse weakens her. And if the curse isn’t broken by her twenty-seventh birthday, the twin suns that arrived with her birth will plummet to the ground, incinerating the world and everyone in it.
Only unconditional love or true sacrifice will lift the spell. Or so the old hags who raised her keep saying. Usually right before they plunge that dagger through her chest. Trapped in a crumbling temple overflowing with suitors who fail to ignite the spark of true love, PeleKa’o despairs of ever breaking the curse that shattered her soul.
Then, seventeen days before her twenty-seventh birthday, HE arrives. A foreign warrior with eyes like molten gold, Torben Thunder Bear ignites a flicker of hope in PeleKa’o’s guarded heart. A hope that maybe, just maybe the curse can be lifted. Until she realizes that he is her mortal enemy.
As the sun races towards its final sunset, PeleKa’o must choose—embrace a love that may shatter the world, or let the suns fall, condemning them all to ashes.
Broken is a fantasy adventure laced with humor and heartache, where love is a double-edged sword, and death is just a temporary inconvenience. Prepare yourself for a whirlwind tale that will leave you laughing, crying, and cheering for the half-souled heroine who just might save the world, one sarcastic quip at a time.
BROKEN
~ Of Dusk and Dawn ~
Two hearts, two lives, one soul.
Texas Ranger Noah Morgan has his life together--with a great job and the girl of his dreams.
Too bad it's all based on a lie.
A single phone call threatens to bring it all crashing down. After an irate citizen complains shoddy workmanship has left him with a booby-trapped driveway, and the local sheriff's office is too busy to respond, Noah takes the call. The investigation of local scam artists uncovers a human trafficking ring. Noah fights to avoid being swept back into the sights of his murderous family--people he escaped at the age of seventeen.
Can he keep his past a secret or will his carefully crafted life come to a violent end?
BROKEN Toys
Broken Dreams
Texas Ranger Rhyden Trammell walks a tightrope. The single dad battles crime in Bennett County while fighting a demon far more insidious: a growing opioid addiction fueled by the pain of his past. His daughters, already scarred by trauma, deserve better than a fading hero wrestling with his own darkness.
With a vicious serial rapist stalking Bennett County leaving a growing trail of terror in his wake, small town whispers point to the unthinkable. Could the rapist be a sheriff’s deputy?
When his investigation places his middle daughter, seventeen-year-old Samantha, in the crosshairs of a rapist-turned-murderer, Rhyden knows justice hangs by a thread. Can he hunt a monster while warring with himself? As addiction tightens its grip, he faces a chilling ultimatum: confront his demons or risk losing everything.
Can he expose the true predator before another life is shattered? Or will his personal demons claim him first, leaving his daughters forever tormented by tragedy?
