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Happily Inc.

Happily Inc.

Happily Inc.

Happily Inc.

Who's Who

Cade Saunders

Cade Saunders

Vital Stats
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 6'1"

Cade Saunders grew up riding horses, then left Happily Inc at age 18 to learn to train and breed horses in Kentucky and Texas. Will he ever come home to take over the family ranch?

Cade falls in love in A VERY MERRY PRINCESS.

Carol Lund

Carol Lund

Vital Stats
Hair: Short, red
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'10"

Carol Lund is most comfortable in khaki cargo pants and T-shirts, perfectly appropriate workplace attire when your workplace is a large game animal preserve. She doesn't have time to worry about her complete and utter lack of a love life. Her biggest worry is eleven-and-a-half feet tall: is Millie the giraffe happy in her new home?

Carol falls in love in Second Chance Girl.

Drew Lovato

Drew Lovato

Vital Stats
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 6'1"

Heir apparent of the Happily Inc Savings and Loan, Drew Lovato is used to having all eyes on him. But the hurt and anger in one certain pair of eyes is all he cares about. He never meant to break Silver's heart.

Mathias Mitchell

Mathias Mitchell

Vital Stats
Hair: Dark
Eyes: Dark
Height: 6'2"

A few years ago, Mathias Mitchell was shocked to discover that his twin brother Ronan wasn't his twin, after all, but a half-brother, the result of their father's affair. Mathias moved with Ronan to Happily Inc and has been trying ever since to figure out what to do or say to recapture their former closeness.

Mathias falls in love in Second Chance Girl.

Natalie Kaleta

Natalie Kaleta

Vital Stats
Hair: Brunette
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'3"

Natalie Kaleta came to Happily Inc over a year ago to get married. When she was left at the altar, she just . . . stayed. Now she's the office manager at the Willow Gallery, trying hard not to fall for volatile artist Ronan Mitchell.

Nick Mitchell

Nick Mitchell

Vital Stats
Hair: Dark
Eyes: Dark
Height: 6'1"

After watching his tempestuous father destroy a year's worth of work in a fit of rage, Nick Mitchell learned to create art only in secret, but now he has moved from Fool's Gold to Happily Inc so he can be free to pursue his passion, creating amazing wood sculptures. But he still doesn't want to be consumed--by his art, or by love--so he keeps things light.

Nick falls in love in You Say It First.

Pallas Saunders

Pallas Saunders

Vital Stats
Hair: Long, brown
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5'6"

Pallas Saunders learned from her cold mother that love has to be earned, so she was stunned when her mentor left her Weddings in a Box, a theme wedding venue. But when a bride asks for a theme that's not on the menu, will Pallas break out of the box?

Pallas falls in love in You Say It First.

Ronan Mitchell

Ronan Mitchell

Vital Stats
Hair: Light brown
Eyes: Green
Height: 6'2"

World-renowned glass artist Ronan Mitchell has plenty to brood about. A few years ago, he learned that his mom is not his mother, and his brothers are only half-brothers. Ronan resulted from his father's affair, and the pain of losing his sense of connection is still as sharp as ever.

Silver Tesdal

Silver Tesdal

Vital Stats
Hair: Platinum blond
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'8"

Wild girl Silver Tesdal had a brilliant idea for tapping into the wedding business: AlcoHaul, a mobile wedding bar in a fifth wheel. Maybe if she keeps moving, no one will ever hurt her again.

Joel Straub

Joel Straub

Vital Stats
Hair: Dark blond hair
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'10"

Video game entrepreneur Joel Straub is on board to spend whatever it takes to give his fiance the wedding of her dreams before it's too late for her father to attend.

Maya Farlow

Maya Farlow

Vital Stats
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Green
Height: 5'8"

Remember Maya from THRILL ME (Fool's Gold)? She and Del are engaged and planning a Happily Inc wedding . . . and you're invited!

Alan Despres

Alan Despres

Vital Stats
Hair: Blond, wispy
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'9"

Alan Despres is a charming bon vivant actor with a special talent for drying a bride's tears on her wedding day. He's an actor who spends most of his time in LA.

Nova McCarter

Nova McCarter

Vital Stats
Hair: Sleek black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'1"

Every bride has a dream wedding, and Nova McCarter wants to get married in the world of the video game she helped design. Most importantly, she wants to do it while her dying father can still walk her down the aisle.

Atsuko Komatsu

Atsuko Komatsu

Vital Stats
Hair: Short, dark
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'4"

International fine art broker Atsuko Komatsu, owner of the Willow Gallery, lured Ronan and Mathias Mitchell to Happily Inc with the promise of studio space and being able to focus on their art because she'll take care of the business side of things. With their talent, she'll make them all rich.

Del Mitchell

Delaney (Del) Mitchell

Vital Stats
Hair: Dark, curly
Eyes: Brown
Height: 6'1"

Del Mitchell fell in love in his hometown (Fool's Gold), but he and Maya are planning a wedding in Happily Inc!

Elizabeth (Libby) Saunders

Elizabeth (Libby) Saunders

Vital Stats
Hair: Brown, usually in a tight bun
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'6"

Let's face it. Libby's cold-hearted. To one of her children, at least. To the other, she's a warm and loving mother. What is her problem?

Franklin (Frank) Dineen

Franklin (Frank) Dineen

Vital Stats
Hair: White
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'10"

Happily Inc exists as it is today thanks to one man--Frank Dineen, known to one and all as Grandpa Frank. He's the one who invented the fable of the mail-order brides, a fable that turned Happily Inc to the hottest wedding destination in California.

Jasper Dembenski

Jasper Dembenski

Vital Stats
Hair: Dark, curly
Eyes: Green
Height: 6'0"

Everyone in America knows his name, but mystery writer Jasper Dembenski keeps his past very private. You'll find him most Mondays at the game night tournament at the Boardroom Pub, where he's almost guaranteed to win.

Violet Lund

Violet Lund

Vital Stats
Hair: Red, long, curly
Eyes: Green
Height: 5'9"

With an eye for fashion, Violet Lund has made a name and a living for herself as the designer of high-end, custom button sets, with a network of buyers around the world.

Violet falls in love in Second Chance Girl.

Wynn Beauchene

Wynn Beauchene

Vital Stats
Hair: Dark, curly
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'7"

Wynn Beauchene's life is full--she's a single mom to a ten-year-old boy who's obsessed with video games, and she owns a growing graphic print shop. She has no interest in romance now or for the foreseeable future.

Bethany Archer

Bethany Archer

Vital Stats
Hair: Dark, curly
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'7"

Princess undercover Bethany Archer thinks she has been sent to Happily Inc to make sure her father's beloved stallion is going to a good home. She has no idea that the king is playing matchmaker. Bethany falls in love in A VERY MERRY PRINCESS.

Ed and Ted Lund

Ed & Ted Lund

The only things nearer to Ed and Ted Lund's hearts than the Happily Inc landfill and animal preserve are Ed’s beautiful daughters, Carol and Violet. Dad and his brother Uncle Ted would do anything to make their girls happy.

Ulrich Sherwood

Ulrich Sherwood

Ulrich Sherwood, Duke of Somerbrooke, has come to Happily Inc with a mission—to find the scoundrel who has been swindling his beloved grandmother of precious family heirlooms. Except, it turns out that Violet, the woman in question, is the most delightful scoundrel he has ever met. Ulrich is tied forever to his estate in England, while Violet loves Happily Inc. Can the internationally star-crossed lovers find a way to be together? Ulrich falls in love in SECOND CHANCE GIRL.

Garrick McCabe

Garrick McCabe

Vital Stats
Hair: Dark
Eyes: Gray
Height: 6'2"

As a police captain, Garrick McCabe has seen the dark side of the human heart. After an undercover mission left him with physical and emotional scars, he moved back to his hometown of Happily Inc, determined to reconnect with the girl he loves more than anything in the world--his daughter.

Where people live ... wait for it ... happily ever after