| John | Amos-Redding | The Sheriff. |
| Dutch | Annie | Miss Lucile's acquaintance. Owner of a brothel. |
| Carissa | Beaumont | Protagonist. Aka: White-White, Callie. |
| Jean-Paul | Beaumont | Carissa's brother. Lisette and Pierre's son. |
| Lisette | Beaumont | Carissa's mother. |
| Pierre | Beaumont | Carissa's father. Lisette's husband. |
| M. | Calisher | A general store owner. |
| Mr. | Crabtree | The man at the livery. |
| Doc | Henderson | The town doctor. |
| Miss | Lucille | Lisette's employer. |
| China | Mary | The ruler of Hoptown. A drug supplier. |
| Jean-Paul | Perilloux | Lisette's father. Carissa's grandfather. |
| Marie | Perilloux | Lisette's mother. Carissa's grandmother. |
| Rose | Red | Owner of a wayward home for ladies. Miss Lucille's friend. Aka: Rosie. |
| Jamie | Riley | A civil war veteran. |
| Eloise | Stanley | Owner of Tombstone Club. Carissa and Mai-Lin's employer. |
| Clary | | The Reverend. |
| Dim-Yung | | One of China Mary's boys. |
| Elise | | One of Lucille's ladies. |
| Evangeline | | Doc Henderson's dead wife. |
| Frank | | Miss Lucille's former worker. Deceased. |
| Joe | | The handyman. Aka: Old Joe. |
| Jonah | | Miss Lucille's black servant. |
| Kwan | | Tombstone Club's cook. |
| Lara | | One of Rosie's girls. |
| Li-Li | | One of China Mary's girls. |
| Mai-Lin | | China Mary's niece. The girl that Carissa befriended. |
| Marybeth | | One of Rosie's girls. |
| Monica | | Miss Lucille's former worker. Deceased. |
| Penny | | Miss Lucille's former worker. Deceased. |
| Rogers | | The Sheriff's assistant. |
| Soon-Ye | | China Mary's niece. Mai-Lin's sister. |
| Yen-Chun | | Soon-Ye's husband. |
| Yvonne | | Elise's older sister. |
