| Liam |
Alexander III | Naomi's ex-boyfriend |
| Alex |
Bain | Cecily's ex-boyfriend |
| Maya |
Banks | Protagonist and narrator |
| Nate |
Banks | Maya's husband |
| Jeff |
Bezos | American entrepreneur and founder of Amazon |
| Amy |
Chen | One of Naomi's roommates |
| Tina |
Davenport | Woman from HR |
| Matthew |
DuPont | Sterling Club mentor |
| Mollie |
Field Hockey | College field hockey player |
| Kevin |
Francis | The man Maya kissed |
| Calum |
Fuller | Matthew's friend from Omnis Media |
| Calum |
Fuller | Suzanne's son, boy Maya tutored |
| Colin |
Fuller | Calum's father |
| Suzanne |
Fuller | Calum's mother |
| Detective |
Gary | Detective assigned to Maya's case |
| Theodore |
Hunt | Cecily's husband |
| Lila |
Jones | Maya's friend, deceased |
| Trevor |
Jones | Lila's brother |
| Daniel |
Kahneman | Economist and Nobel Prize-winning psychologist |
| Kai |
Ling | Daisy's friend, high-powered attorney |
| Taylor |
Little | Maya's acquaintance |
| Naomi |
Mason | Maya's sister, missing |
| Daisy |
Miller | Maya's best friend |
| Scott |
Miller | Daisy's husband |
| Detective |
Simmons | Detective assigned to Naomi's case |
| Cecily |
St. Clair | President-elect of the Sterling Club |
| John |
St. Clair | Margaret's husband, Cecily's brother |
| Margaret |
St. Clair | Naomi's guardian |
| Ben |
Sterling | Treasurer of the Sterling Club |
| Sara |
Vail | Matthew's fiancée |
| Pete |
Whitney | Junior on the lacrosse team |
| Fiona |
Williams | Naomi's thesis advisor |
| A.J. |
| Nate's friend |
| Abe |
| One of Naomi's ex-lovers |
| Alex |
| One of the football players |
| Austin |
| Lila's friend, editor-in-chief of The Prince |
| Carl |
| Alex's teammate |
| Dani |
| Maya's five-year-old daughter |
| Ella |
| Naomi's aunt |
| Gio |
| One of Naomi's ex-lovers |
| Gus |
| Mrs. Fuller's dog |
| Jamal |
| Nate's friend |
| Jamie |
| Ben's girlfriend |
| Marcus |
| Kai's groom |
| Marsden |
| Dean of Admissions, Matthew's colleague |
| Marta |
| Kai's family housekeeper |
| Missi |
| Bartender |
| Rihanna |
| International pop singer and businesswoman |
| Susie |
| Daisy's daughter |
| Thea |
| One of Naomi's ex-lovers |
| Trey |
| Zee's friend |
| Zalikah |
| Naomi's roommate |
| Zee |
| One of Naomi's roommates |
