The Protector: A Woman's Journey from the Secret Service to Guarding VIPs and Working in Some of the World's Most Dangerous Places

Mary Beth Wilkas landed her dream job as one of the few female United States Secret Service agents in the early 1990s. But when her integrity is unfairly called into question, the dream dissolves. Freed from the red tape of a federal agency—as well as its standards and resources—Mary Beth takes a role as a contractor, jetting between conflict zones and lavish destinations, protecting both government officials and the superwealthy.

Whether she’s responding to an assault on a presidential pal...