Sylvie Cole
Sylvie Cole is the love interest of, and first wife of Dexter Mayhew. She falls in love with Dexter after his fall from fame, and seeks to build a life with him, but she is concerned about his unemployment and his drinking. Nevertheless, the two marry when Sylvie becomes pregnant. Soon after, the marriage dissolves when Sylvie has an affair with Callum McNeill. At the end of the novel, though they are divorced, Sylvie helps take care of Dexter, getting him to his father.