| Queen |
Anne | Former Queen of Great Britain |
| Thomas |
Bingham | One of Mary's suitors |
| Mr. |
Clemens | Local shop owner |
| Reverend |
Hawkins | Town clergyman |
| Jake |
Jagielski | Local character |
| Elliot |
Langley | Rose's boyfriend |
| Officer |
Morris | Town sheriff |
| Conrad |
Mulligan | Hazel's caretaker and Corinne's new neighbor |
| Cory |
Mulligan | Conrad's brother |
| Nancy |
Mulligan | Charles's mistress, Violet's real mother |
| William |
Mulligan | Nancy's deceased husband |
| John |
Reardon | Matched to Emma |
| Judge |
Roberts | Town's judge |
| David |
Rose | |
| Mr. |
Whiskers | Corinne's cat |
| Anna |
Wilde | Mary's sister |
| Billie |
Wilde | Corinne's mother |
| Corinne |
Wilde | Narrator and protagonist (present day) |
| Emma |
Wilde | Central adult character |
| Hannah |
Wilde | Katherine's sister |
| Hazel |
Wilde | Corinne's dying mother, Corinne's grandmother |
| Henry |
Wilde | Emma's brother |
| Hester |
Wilde | Elliot and Rose's daughter |
| Josephine |
Wilde | Sarah's sister |
| Katherine |
Wilde | Hannah's daughter |
| Lyddie |
Wilde | Emma's daughter |
| Lydia |
Wilde | Corinne's aunt |
| Martha |
Wilde | Billie's great-grandmother |
| Mary |
Wilde | Sarah's daughter and one of the narrators |
| Millicent |
Wilde | Katherine's daughter, Martha's grandmother |
| Rose |
Wilde | Emma's daughter |
| Rose |
Wilde | Josephine's aunt |
| Ruth |
Wilde | Billie's grandmother |
| Sarah Elizabeth |
Wilde | Narrator (past) |
| Taylor |
Wilde | Corinne's daughter |
| Agnes |
| Hazel's childhood friend |
| Benji |
| Conrad's husband |
| Brad |
| Lewis's workmate |
| Charles |
| Corinne's grandfather |
| Cruz |
| Police officer |
| E.J. |
| Hazel's boyfriend |
| Estelle |
| Girl Lewis dated after divorce |
| Fox |
| Police officer |
| George |
| Hannah's boyfriend |
| Greta |
| Corinne's best friend |
| James |
| Emma's late husband |
| Jane |
| One of Mary's friends |
| Jonah |
| Hester's husband, murdered |
| Lewis |
| Corinne's baby father |
| Madison |
| Taylor's friend |
| Margaret |
| One of Mary's friends |
| Marie |
| Corinne's great-aunt |
| Michael |
| Billie's husband |
| Rachel |
| Rose's cousin |
| Randy |
| Owner of a local hardware store |
| Rebecca |
| Greta's coworker |
| Serena |
| Rose's cousin |
| Violet |
| Corinne's aunt, disappeared |
