Jo Robertson, a former high school English teacher, lives in northern California, near the beautiful Sierra Nevada foothills. She enjoys reading, scrapbooking, and discussing the latest in books, movies, and television shows.

Her first completed manuscript, "The Watcher," won the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart Award for romantic suspense in 2006. The second book in the loosely-connected trilogy is "The Avenger," which won the 2007 Daphne du Maurier Overall Award for Excellence. "The Traitor is the third book in the series."

She recently released her first young adult novel, "Storm of Crimson."

She's also written two historical romantic thrillers ("Frail Blood" and "Weak Flesh," both inspired by real murder cases) and recently released "The Perfect Gift" and "The Hit Man's Holiday," two Christmas novellas.

Jo's romantic and historical thrillers straddle the line between mainstream thriller-suspense and romance. She feels that a strong relationship in a book makes the danger more intense. Readers have commented that they especially enjoy her complex, three-dimensional villains.