El Rancho del Corazón
Appendix 3: Cast
Jessica “Heaven” Barnes: Next door neighbor and international model Heaven; 5'9" dark blonde and blue eyes.
Denise Raymond: Deceased. Raped and murdered after prom her junior year; was Josh’s girlfriend.
The clan
Casa del Fuego
Brian Frost: Freshman at IU; 5'7"; Patron.
Rose Davis: Freshman at IU; 5'1" blonde bombshell with deep blue eyes; Matron.
Whitney Anderson: Freshman at IU; 6'3" brunette basketball player and martial artist, Brian’s cónyuge.
Hannah Gordon: HS Grad and new producer of Young Cooking; 5'5" brunette, green eyes, Brian and Samantha’s novia.
Sarah Gordon: Junior at Oberlin College, Hannah’s older sister; 5'5" brunette Brian and Hannah’s compañera.
Liz Nowicki: HS Grad starting beauty school; wild, thin, 5'8" lubricious redhead, Brian’s cónyuge, Doug’s amiga.
Sora Miller: Sophomore at IU; 5'3" brunette, half Vietnamese, Brian’s compañera.
Courtney Price: Sophomore at IU; 5'3" blonde; Jennifer’s and Brian’s cónyuge.
Jennifer Pratt: Sophomore at IU; 5'6"; Courtney’s and Brian’s cónyuge.
Elaine Frost nee Candace Jones: Senior Theater major at UIndy; 5'3" redhead, Brian’s cónyuge.
Samantha Cortales: Freshman at IU; 5'6" thick black hair, Brian’s cónyuge, Hannah’s novia.
Nicolette Duval: Freshman at Brown University; 5'8" Goth girl; writer and poet, Brian’s compañera.
Cassie Clinton: Freshman at Bethel College; 5'3" brown hair, Brian’s, Josh’s, and Mary’s compañera.
Josh Whitaker: Freshman at Bethel College; 5'10" basketball player; Cassie’s and Mary’s compañera.
Mary Williams: Senior at St. Joe Valley High; 5'6" brunette, Cassie’s, Josh’s, and Brian’s compañera.
Angela Kimes: Sophomore at IU; Brian’s elementary school science camp partner; Brian’s compañera.
Casa de la Tierra
Carl Fisher: Freshman at IU; 6'2" sandy hair; Brenda’s and Louise’s cónyuge.
Brenda Lenox: Freshman at IU; 5'4" buxom blonde cheerleader; Carl’s and Louise’s cónyuge, and Brian’s Amiga.
Louise Bacon: Freshman at IU; 5'6" dark hair; half Indian and half English; Brenda’s and Carl’s cónyuge.
Lexi Cortales: Junior at SJV High, varsity cheerleader; Samantha’s little sister.
Judy Larson: Junior at SJV High; very short.
Monte Miller: Junior at SJV; Sora’s little brother.
Ross Davis: Junior at SJV; Rose’s little brother.
Cathy White: Sophomore at IU, Dawn’s best friend, Carl’s, Louise’s, and Brenda’s compañera.
Casa del Agua
Doug Swift: Freshman at IU; 6'3"; Rhiannon’s and Doreen’s cónyuge and Doreen’s brother.
Rhiannon Harris: Freshman at IU; 5'5" dark hair; Doug’s and Doreen’s cónyuge.
Doreen Swift: Administrator at Newspaper in Bloomington; 5'7"; Brian’s amiga, Doug’s sister, Doug’s and Rhiannon’s cónyuge.
George McCall: Senior at SJV; basketball player.
Theresa ‘TK’ Kelly: Junior at SJV; one-time girlfriend of George.
Casa del Sol
Lionel Trane: Freshman at IU; 6'10" black basketball player, Sugar’s cónyuge.
Sugar Evars: Grad working at K-Mart; 5'2" slightly plump, bitingly funny black girl; Lionel’s cónyuge.
Lamar Trane: Senior at IU; 6'10" basketball player, Lamar’s brother, Renee’s compañera.
Renee Carver: Senior at IU; blonde; 5'5"; Lamar’s compañera.
Rich Fisher: Junior at SJV; 6'4", basketball player; Carl’s little brother, formerly Susan’s boyfriend.
Susan Conway: Junior at SJV, formerly Rich’s girlfriend.
Casa del Arco Iris
Geoff Hopkins: Grad attending tech school in computer support in Washington; Brian’s gay neighbor and long-time friend; Kevin’s and Robyn’s compañera.
Kevin Hoffsteader: Freshman at Washington State, Robyn’s and Geoff’s compañera.
Robyn Koontz: Grad doing office work in Pullman, Geoff’s and Kevin’s compañera.
The Clan at Large
Leonard Hamm: Sophomore.
Nancy Hess: Sophomore.
Pam Owens: Sophomore.
Dawn Vargas: Junior at IU, Brian’s first ‘girlfriend’ on the new season of Young Cooking.
Adam Wolfe: Sophomore at IU, varsity half-back, model friend of Heaven’s, martial artist.
Warren Devereux: Sophomore at IU, musician, Adam’s boyfriend.
Tim Rubens: Junior at IU, varsity football player, Sora’s compañera.
Students and Faculty in Media Production
Lonnie Phillips: Professor of Media at IU.
Ellen Phillips: Lonnie’s wife.
April Lee: Student camerawoman, director of new Young Cooking season, Hannah’s protégé.
Maggie Kwan: Student producer of new season of Young Cooking.
Lauren Ames: Assistant student producer of new season of Young Cooking.
Parents and Siblings
Hayden Frost: Brian’s father.
Marilyn Frost: Brian’s mother.
Anna Pratt: Jennifer’s mother and lover of Hayden and Marilyn.
Betts Partridge: Brian’s sister; now lives in Seattle.
Allen Partridge: Betts’ husband.
Madeline Partridge: Betts’ baby girl; Brian’s and Addison’s niece.
Addison Partridge: Junior; Allen’s sister in Seattle; 5'9" punk girl with a police record.
Janet Anderson: Whitney’s mother.
Dave Albright: Janet’s SO.
John and Bea Clinton: Cassie’s parents.
Sly and Lily Cortales: Samantha’s parents.
Rex and Maria Davis: Rose’s and Ross’s parents.
Rev. Saul and Evelyn Gordon: Hannah’s and Sarah’s parents.
Bill and Crystal Price: Courtney’s parents.
Arthur and Terri Pratt: Jennifer’s father and stepmother.
Lech and Irene Nowicki: Liz’s parents.
Juall and Eva Miller: Sora’s and Monte’s parents.
Drs. Ben and Ruth McCall: George’s parents.
Bonnie Owens and Brett Owens: Pam’s mother and brother.
Jean and Ariel Duval: Nikki’s parents.
Doris “Mama Bear” Hamm: Leonard’s mother.
Paul and Amanda Lenox: Brenda’s parents.
Alice and Fred Jones: Elaine (Jones) Frost’s parents.
Cam and Patsy Jones: Elaine’s brother and sister-in-law.
Doris Trane: Lamar’s and Lionel’s mother.
Ken and Claudia Harris: Rhiannon’s parents.
Cecille Carver: Renee’s mother.
Jim and Jill Swift: Doreen’s and Doug’s parents.
Other important people
Larry and Theresa Irving: Wranglers at Starbridge Dude Ranch.
Sheriff Jim Donaldson: Monroe County Sheriff and Sandy’s father.
Ron Filmore: General contractor for improvements at the ranch.
Dan Armitage: Monroe County Fire Inspector.
Mr. Randall: Insurance Adjuster.
Steve Green: Leader of AXE pseudo-fraternity.
Wayne Enders: Courtney’s nemesis in computer classes.
Amber Drake: Rich’s high school girlfriend and date to prom.
Isaac Shroyer: Manager of Nappanee Manufactured Housing.
Arnie Thornton: Retired shop teacher and supervisor of barn renovations.
… and others. These are the names of the principal players and not of every character encountered.
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