Type of character (protagonist, antagonist, sidekick, etc.):

Protagonist

Character’s name: Miranda ‘Randi’ Adams-Miller

Flaw: Miranda is having trouble letting go and getting past all the hurt and pain in her life. Of getting past all the pain in her past, that is holding her back from healing and getting closure.

Self-worth; Randi has spent her life being defined by other’s expectations. Daughter, friend, step-daughter, military wife. She’s re-learning to be beyond other’s expectations, to be beyond a wife and daughter, and simply be Randi the woman.

Goal: Miranda’s goal is to have a fresh start after her divorce and make her chocolate shoppe a success.

Romance was never part of her game plan, but her handsome redheaded neighbor might just have her rethinking that plan.

Age: 37

Sex: Female

Race: Caucasian

Hair color: Dark brown

Eyes: Green

Height: 5’-8”

Weight: curvy, has a pear-shaped body, meaning she’s curvier in the hips, bottom, and thighs than she is at the top.

Grooming: Clean, neat. Randi is one of those women, doesn’t matter if she's in a hot kitchen all day long, she always looks put-together.

Clothing: Professional, classy. Think a modern-day Jackie O, Audrey Hepburn, or Marilyn Monroe. Her style is classic and can pull together just about anything.

Health issues: Several years ago she was in a major car crash, Randi was coming out of a parking lot and was t-boned by a drunk driver. She suffered extensive injuries, mainly on her left side.

She had a broken arm, leg, and cracked ribs. She also suffered severe abdomen trama and a very serious back injury. She also has minor nerve damage due to the back injury and her mobility isn’t what it use to be.

She tends to have bad back pain and leg pain if she’s very tired or has been on her feet for long periods of time.

But she got very lucky, most people that had injuries to the extend like hers, either die from the severity of them or never walk again.

Again, Randi was very lucky…even if in the early days of her recovering she sure didn’t feel like she was.

Physical abilities: Limited. She used to be a runner and was a regular sparring partner with her ex-husband.

While Randi was no athlete, she wasn’t a couch potato either. Nowadays because of the extend of her injuries, her mobility at times is a challenge. She can no longer run like she used to, her leg and back can’t really hold up to it no more.

During her many months of physical therapy, she began to do yoga to help her flexibility and tai chi to help with her stress and anxiety along with her back problems. She still keeps both up when she can with her busy schedule of running a business on her own.

Speech (accent): American, has an upper-class but distinct Southern drawl.

Parents: Her birth parents are Mary-Kate Adams and Richard Potts(her father took her mother's name due to the prominent in their upper-class well-to-do Savannah society circles.)

Her father divorced and married her step-mother Alice Whitney Randall.

Her mother later remarried her second husband James Gallagher, a very terrible and violent man that she divorced shortly after Randi became of age.

For the past several years, her mother has been married to a wonderful man that Randi adores, Thomas Williams.

It’s putting it politely to say her family is….interesting.

Siblings: A half-brother from her father’s second marriage by ten years.

Friends: For many years she called Alex Kimball a very good friend and like a little sister to her. But with her fiance dying in Ethan's last mission, she’s drifted from them. Randi lost touch with her after she visited her in the hospital after the crash and had been deployed.

Best friend (or person closest to): Peter Campbell. In the last several months she has come to care for the young teen that works for her and can genuinely call him a friend.

Least favorite people: Her father, first step-father James, and step-mother. If something happened to any of them she wouldn’t shed many tears. Her many years of estrangement with her natural father at her step-mother’s insistence had her no longer considering him in the parental role.

Enemies: Randi does not have any known enemies….that’s she’s aware of.

Pets: Due to her ex-husband’s frequent deployment and moving, pets were not something they could keep. She is considering a pet from one of the local rescue shelters but is unsure yet if she’s up to add one more thing on her plate.

Residence: Mermaid Point, North Carolina

Cultural background: Is American, on her mother's side her family comes from Central and Eastern Europe. On her birth father’s side mostly from the United Kingdom.

Religion (and attitudes about religion): Technically Catholic. While Randi’s faith has been severely tested in the last few years, she still has faith. But is more…neutral of where her faith lies.

Heroes: Her mother. While Mary-Kate has been battered, shaken, and bruised she still finds the strength to get back up and make the best of the hand she’s been dealt. Even when sometimes that was easier said than done.

Work experience: With her ex-husband's deployment and transfers frequent, Randi’s job experiences have been extensive. She’s mainly worked in candy stores, candy-making, and bakeries. It was always her plan to one day open her shoppe when Ethan retired from the Navy.

Hobbies: Food, obviously. She’s not much of an artist outside of the kitchen, but she does knit and crochet.

It started out as a part of her physical therapy to help her regain flexibility and mobility in her left hand, she found she enjoyed it.

Fears: She has a lot to fear. Randi was terrified every single time Ethan was called away and that fear didn’t let up til he walked back through their door.

Fear of her business going under and being broke.

Fear for her mother who she doesn't get to see as often as she would like.

She fears the growing attraction she is beginning to feel for Harry.

Dreams: She always dreamed of having her family around her and supporting her as she realized her dream of opening her shoppe up. She was okay with making do with part of her dream coming true.

Nervous habits: Patting her hair into place when she’s nervous or unsure of a situation. It's one she’s tried very hard over the years to correct due to her occupation!

Reasoning style: Randi isn’t one to just jump to a situation, she’s a thinker. She learns as much about the situation as she can and tries to make the best decision she can with the information she has.

This is what surprised many of her family and friends when at eighteen she impulsively ran off to elope with Ethan just before he left for basic training.

How would your character’s friends describe her or him?: Cautious, caring, compassionate.

Is your character shy or bold?: A mix, at times she can be very reserved, and other times she can be very surprising with how outspoken she is.

Is your character talkative or taciturn?: A mix.

Brooke Miller

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