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Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff
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Ordinary is a word that you could never use to describe Eric Julian. Accustomed to privilege and excess from birth, Eric decided at a very young age to shun the family business and follow his one true passion: politics. Über-talented and unrivaled in his ability to get his candidates elected, Eric was the class of the field. A surprise offer from his mentor - and the only man in his life after his mother's untimely death - stood poised, ready to flip Eric's world on its head. Eric's ultimate dream was a heart beat from reality. And the only things standing between him and taking the Oath of Office were his tyrannical grandmother & family matriarch, a long lost con man, a dapper mobster, and the threat of a decades-old family secret rearing its ugly head. Ordinary? Eric Julian is absolutely anything but!

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Release dateFeb 24, 2016
ISBN9781311746580
Chief of Staff
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Mark Vertreese

Mark Vertreese is a long-time North Carolina resident, having moved to Raleigh in 1978. A graduate of Appalachian State University and a member of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Inc., he currently lives in Charlotte with his wife and son. The third of four children, he grew up writing short stories for his family, publishing his first full-length novel, The Brotherhood, from a short story concept about the President of the United States.

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