The Avenger (Bigler County Romantic Thrillers Book 2)

The May 2013 cover for "The Avenger" is the only change in the book; the text and interior are identical to the September 2011 edition. The current cover more accurately reflects the themes and motifs of the book.

"Page-turner!" (Brenda Novak, USA Today Best-selling Author)

"Jo Robertson has done it again with her second romantic thriller" (Award-winning Author Loucinda McGary)


A clandestine government organization called Invictus "recruits" outstanding athletes for secret projects. But their top agent Jackson Holt has special, almost preternatural, qualities not even the Organization can explain.

Olivia Gant, professor of Ancient Studies at a private college in California, was once Jack's childhood sweetheart. But when he deserted her, he left her alone to combat her stepfather's drunken attentions and her mother's careless neglect.

Nearly twenty years later, their paths cross in a mission to fight a bizarre religious serial killer whose methods include crucifixion and burial alive. Olivia and Jack battle for happiness against years of secrecy and distance as they use Olivia's expertise in Latin and Jack's special gifts to track a brutal killer.

Can Olivia forgive Jack for his long-ago betrayal? Can Jack allow Olivia to witness the terrible Change that makes him such an effective killing machine?