Within Arm's Reach: When Duty Meets Desire is now available.
Is a Secret Service agent whose career has been built on discipline and an unwavering sense of duty. A former Army sergeant, she deployed to Iraq before returning home to Chicago and joining the Chicago Police Department, where she patrolled Humboldt Park. She went on to join the U.S. Secret Service, working financial crimes before moving to protective details, first for a former First Lady and then as detail lead for the President's daughter.
Known for staying calm under pressure, and holding the line when others waver, Nina is the agent colleagues trust when it matters. She has spent more than a decade in uniform and in service, and she treats her oath as a personal promise: when she says she'll keep someone safe, she means it.
Is the first woman elected President of the United States and the youngest person ever to hold the office. A trained nurse with graduate work in public policy from Brandeis University, she entered politics in Illinois, rising from the Illinois State Senate to the U.S. House of Representatives and then the U.S. Senate before winning the presidency. Now in the second half of her second term, she is admired for her composure under scrutiny, her broad popularity, and a career of distinguished service to the nation.
Her longtime Chief of Staff, Doris West, has been beside her since graduate school and has run every one of her campaigns. Olivia is a single mother to her daughter, Emma. She believes that public service is an honor that demands everything: she has spent her career choosing responsibility over personal comfort, and she holds herself to the same standard she asks of those who serve along with her.
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