Cathy’s brother and husband, Bart’s father figure, and trustee of Bart’s estate until Bart turns thirty-five.

Cathy and Chris’s wealthy, resentful son, whose twenty-fifth birthday brings the family to his exact replica of Foxworth Hall.

Bart’s nearly thirty-year-old brother, a ballet dancer married for nine years to his childhood sweetheart and dance partner, Melodie.

Cathy and Chris’s adopted sixteen-year-old daughter, distinguished by her beauty, free spirit, and fraught relationship with her brother Bart.

Jory’s first wife, childhood sweetheart, and former ballet partner, whose arrival with him adds tension to Bart’s household.

Corrine’s long-missing brother, returned from an Italian monastery to serve as Bart’s head butler and become his troubling religious influence.

A nurse hired by Cathy and Chris to assist Jory’s recovery, bringing a significant new presence into the troubled household.