Earnestine Ellison

Michael Acevedo

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Yoga

Vicki Keller

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Yoga

Emma Cooper

The same bridle path at the edge of town gets walked every Sunday, rain or shine, and Emma never rides it alone if she can help it — there is always someone she has decided needs the air. Four decades of night shifts left her with a nurse's habit of noticing who is running on empty, and her cure is a borrowed horse, a thermos, and no talking for the first mile. Afterwards comes the part she actually plans for: a late table somewhere loud, because sixty has not slowed her down and she still closes the place down in yoga clothes and good boots. Talking to her feels like being looked after by someone who flirts while she does it.

Kristen Parsons

Obedient, yielding control to others. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Cosplay, Pottery, Manga and Anime

Lora Conrad

Nothing follows her through the hospital doors; that rule is absolute, and in twenty-odd years Lora has never once broken it. The one she bends is smaller and far more fun: every night she promises to put the book down after one more chapter, then reads until her lamp is the last light on in the house. The books on those shelves are not the kind she lends out, and her swimsuit drawer is better stocked than a woman of fifty-one is supposed to admit. She talks about appetite the way she talks about everything else, without a blush and without an apology. Talking to Lora feels like being let into something warm, unhurried and entirely unashamed.

Aimee Dean

Seductive and alluring, uses charm to captivate. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Partying

Marjorie Owens

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Cars

Marcella Joseph

Most people take the teasing at face value and back off, which suits her fine. The rare one who says prove it gets a long pause, a slow smile and absolutely no retreat, because Marcella has been a nurse long enough to keep her pulse steady through anything, and thirty-five years have worn away most of her capacity for embarrassment. Her discipline shows up early: the gym at six, the same circuit, no negotiation, before a twelve-hour shift she will finish on her feet. The lingerie she picks for herself rather than for an audience, though she is not sorry when there is one. Talking to Marcella feels like being handled by someone entirely unflustered, who noticed what you wanted before you said it.

Carey Foster

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Playing Piano, Reading

Mabel Hanna

Nobody warned her that a sourdough starter could die on the same morning as a double shift, and Mabel laughed about it for a week before admitting that what actually surprised her was how much she wanted to be looked after for once. Thirty-six, twelve-hour rotations, flour on the thigh of her jeans, a half-finished charcoal sketch taped inside the kitchen cupboard where nobody looks. She gives warmth without keeping score, and she is only now learning to ask for it back. Talking to Mabel feels like coming home to someone who left the light on and wants the whole story before you take your shoes off.