| 1 | Aurora Millicent | Grant | Protagonist. One of the narrators. Aka: Rory. |
| | Matthew Edward | Huxley | Rory's
fiancé. Missing. |
| | Teresa | | A Journalist. |
| | Lisette | | The girl Rory has a meeting with. |
| 2 | Camilla | Lowell-Grant | A social and philanthropic elite. Rory's mother. |
| | Geoffrey | Grant | Rory's father. Camilla's husband. |
| | Dinah | Marshall | Camilla's friend. |
| | Denise | Marshall | Dinah's daughter. |
| | Patricia | Marshall | Denise's sister. |
| | Rosella | | Camilla's beautician. |
| | Janelle | Turner | Rory's friend. |
| 3 | Brett | Gleason | Rory's real estate agent. |
| | Soline | Rousell | A bridal shop owner. One of the narrators. Aka: Yvonne Dufort. |
| 4 | Daniel | Ballantine | Soline's solicitor and friend. |
| | Giselle | Rousell | Soline's grandmother. |
| | Esmee | Rousell | Soline's mother. Aka: The dress witch. |
| | Lilou | Rousell | Soline's aunt. Esmee's sister. |
| 9 | Kathleen | Shore | The girl who wrote to Soline. Soline's former client. |
| | David | Shore | Kathleen's husband. |
| 11 | Anson William | Purcell | Soline's lover. Aka: Romeo. |
| 13 | Erich | Freede | Soline's father. |
| 14 | Adeline | Laval | The mother of one of Esmee's brides. A war volunteer. |
| 15 | Owen | Purcell | Anson's father. |
| | Lydia | Purcell | Anson's mother. |
| | Cynthia | Purcell | Anson's sister. Aka: Thia. |
| | Dr. | Jack | The hospital's resident physician. Aka: Sumner Jackson. |
| 17 | Gwendolyn | Lowell | Camilla's mother. |
| 20 | The | Painter | The man Soline is supposed to meet. |
| | Elise | | One of the nurses. |
| 21 | Raymond | Lavoie | A fugitive wanted for printing anti-Nazi propaganda. |
| | Micheline | Paget | Raymond's lover. |
| | Karl | Oberg | The butcher of Paris. |
| 22 | Henryk | | Soline's contact. |
| 23 | Vicky | Foster | A member of the women's art council. Camilla's friend. |
| | Hilly | Standridge | A member of the women's art council. Camilla's friend. |
| 25 | Stanton | | Mr. Purcell's driver. |
| | Diane | | Lydia's sister. Anson and Cynthia's aunt. |
| | Belinda | | The Purcell's maid. |
| 28 | Charles | Petrie | The man who wrote to Owen. |
| 30 | Dorothy | Sheridan | The woman who ran the family aid society. |
| | Assia | | Anson and Soline's dead baby. |
| | Myles | Madison | Soline's employer and companion. |
| 31 | Claire | Bruneau | Soline and Myles's common friend. |
| | Catalina | | Maddy's granddaughter. |
| 32 | Maureen | Cordeiro | One of Camilla's
acquaintances. |
| | Laura | Ladd | One of Camilla's
acquaintances. |
| | Kimberly | Covington-Smith | One of Camilla's
acquaintances. |
| 33 | Paul | Ramone | A hairstylist. |
| | Lila | | Soline's personal shopper. |
| 35 | Doug | Glennon | A sportswriter. Kelly's husband. |
| | Kelly | Glennon | Rory's friend. |
| 37 | Paulette | | The receptionist that Rory met. |
| | Nadine | | Thia's cleaning maid. |
| | Marcus | Hartwell | The doctor. |
| 38 | George | Lowell | Camilla's father. |
| 39 | Brian | | Rory's contractor. |
| | Ellie | | The hotel waitress. |
| 42 | Dheera | Petri | One of Rory's artists. |
| | Henry | Vale | Anson's investigator. |
