| | | | Part I Amber |
| 1 | Amber | Patterson | The secretary in the residential division of Rollins Realty. |
| | Charlene | | Amber's sister. Aka: Char. |
| | Daphne | Parrish | Jackson Parrish's wife. |
| | Julie | | Daphne's sister. |
| 2 | Frank | | Amber's uncle. |
| | Jackson | Parrish | CEO of Parrish International. |
| | Aelbert | Cuyp | Dutch painter. |
| 3 | Tallulah | | One of Daphne's daughters. Aka: Lu. |
| | Bella | | One of Daphne's daughters. |
| | Lois | | One of Daphne's friends. |
| | Bunny | Nichols | One of Daphne's friends. |
| | Faith | | One of Daphne's friends. |
| | Meredith Bell | Stanton | One of Daphne's friends. |
| | Irene | | One of Daphne's friends. |
| | Neve | | One of Daphne's friends. |
| | Trudy | | Amber's sister. |
| 4 | Randolph H. | Stanton III | Meredith's husband. Aka: Rand. |
| | March | Nichols | Bunny's husband. |
| 6 | Mark | Jansen | Amber's boss. |
| | Jenna | | Amber's receptionist. |
| | Mrs. | Worth | Amber's acquaintance. |
| 7 | Ruth | Bennett | Mrs. Parrish's mother. |
| | Sally | MacAteer | Jenna's friend. |
| | Danny | | Daphne's acquaintance. |
| 8 | Lydia | | Bunny's friend. |
| | Patrick | Dempsey | American actor. |
| 9 | Margarita | | Parrish's housekeeper. |
| | Edward | Albee | American playwright. |
| | Virginia | Woolf | English writer. |
| | Homer | | Legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. |
| 10 | Mrs. | Lockwood | Amber's acquaintance. |
| | Frances | | Mrs. Lockwood's daughter. |
| | Matthew | Lockwood | Frances's older brother. |
| 11 | Surrey | | Sally's friend. |
| 12 | Edgar Allan | Poe | American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. |
| 14 | Sabine | | One of the nannies. |
| 19 | Hilda | Battley | Jackson's first assistant. |
| 20 | Tanaka | | Jackson's acquaintance. |
| | Tommy | | Parrish's driver. |
| 21 | Marco | | Amber's boyfriend. |
| 23 | Stella | McCartney | English fashion designer. |
| 27 | Gregg | Higgins | Daphne's acquaintance. |
| 30 | Bree | | Jackson's new vice president. |
| 33 | Eric | Ferry | Artist. |
| | Margot | Samuelson | Jackson's client. |
| 34 | Jimmy | Choo |
Fashion designer. |
| | | | Part II Daphne |
| 37 | Fiona | | Daphne's secretary. |
| 38 | Marvin | | Waiter. |
| | Ezra | | Daphne's father. |
| 39 | Barry | | Daphne's cousin. |
| | Erin | | Barry's wife. |
| 40 | Flora | | Jackson's father's girlfriend. |
| 42 | Simone | | Erin's child. |
| 45 | Dr. | Finn | Jackson's friend. |
| 48 | Mrs. | Sinclair | Headmistress. |
| 51 | Stephen | King | American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense. |
| | Rosamund | Lupton | British author. |
| | Barbara | Kingsolver | American novelist, essayist and poet. |
| | Vladimir | Nabokov | Russian and American novelist, poet. |
| | Herman | Melville | American novelist, short story writer and poet. |
| | Albert | Einstein | German-born theoretical physicist. |
| 55 | Jean | Yu | Korean born fashion designer. |
| 58 | Jerry | Hanson | Investigator. |
| 59 | Lana | Crump | Real name of Amber Patterson. |
| 61 | Abraham | Lincoln | 16th U.S. President. |
| 62 | Angela | | Hairdresser. |
| | Marc | Jacobs | American fashion designer. |
| | Jenka | | Daphne's friend. |
| | Warren | | Jenka's husband. |
| | | | Part III |
| 68 | Jackson Marc | Parrish Jr. | Jackson and Amber's son. |
| | Douglas | | Jackson's new assistant. |
| | Becky | | Gregg's assistant. |
| 69 | Edgar | | Jackson's butler. |
| 71 | Mrs. | Wright | Jackson Junior's nanny. |
| | Bunny | | Mrs. Wright's acquaintance. |
| 72 | Barry | | Ruth's acquaintance. |
| | Mr. | Bandit | Therapist. |
