Twisted Love

Roiling in political corruption and the raging violence of drug cartels in the California/Mexico borderlands, Twisted Love explores the redemptive power of love even amidst the most brutal and privileged echelons of contemporary society. Julietta Aguilar, a young archaeologist with a dark past shrouded with sordid family secrets, discovers a hidden chamber under the ruins of the Templo Mejor, in the heart of Mexico City. She soon finds herself enmeshed in an ancient mystery even as she tries to solve her father's senseless murder.Now followed by cartel killers, deadly supernatural spirits and thwarted by her own family, her quest for peace seems almost insurmountable – until she meets a man in black with a nefarious background who goes only by one name. Rocky. A fast-paced, gripping read reminiscent of fifties pulp, the characters in Twisted Love offer a dark study in human nature, with all the gory details of unbridled power, soul-searching hatred, strange fetishes, and macabre personalities etched on the reader's mind in searing black and white.

From the Inside Flap

"Wally Runnels is a master storyteller. Call it Border Pulp ornoir,Runnels is always fresh and original; an author who stimulates theimagination with his jaw-dropping window into Rocky's gritty andgrimy,but sometimes sensual, world. Twisted Love is no different. It'sanotherchilling and hardboiled roller coaster ride into a story that doesnotdisappoint. Buckle up. You're in for a fun trip." Dennis Copelan, author of the Welcome to Hollyweird Collection

From the Back Cover

Wally Runnels is thatmost dangerous of sorcerers, trained, I think by some wizened bruja deep in the desert where only themost feared creatures will live: the scorpion, the rattler, the brown recluseand the dark magician.Wally doesn't castspells with smoking mixtures of bat's blood and cobwebs, he uses words... Wordsto take you to the most dreadful places, where murder is an act of reclaiminglost love and there is a deep but twisted sense of honor and what is right. You'll tell yourselfthat you don't want to look, or you don't want to go any further into that darkplace Wally has invoked, but you will - his words are too powerful, toocunning. And you'll come back,but you won't be unchanged. Mark Onspaugh, author of the Faceless One and creator of Dark Ride Press

About the Author

Wallywas born in San Diego, traveled through Mexico, andLatin America. He was raised onthe border at hisfamily's ranch, whose original deed was recorded in 1870. Hanging out between two countries, hemet a lot of unusualpeople: Hollywood types, Border Patrol Officers, professional trackers,smugglers, and people he won't mention by name. He'll remind you no matter how weird a story can get, it'llcontain some grain of truth.

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