Elle Browne

Elle Browne, a character in the Surrender series, is the State Senator. She is first seen in Book 2, Chapter 13, although she is mentioned for the first time in Book 2, Chapter 4.

Appearance
Elle has grayish brown hair tied into a bun, tanned skin, and brown eyes. She wears white pearl earrings and a white pearl necklace, and a red blazer.

Personality
According to Attorney, Elle doesn't fold easily. Her personal chef, Rami, says that she was too nice for Governor Maron, while Nina says that Elle is a tough but fair boss. Her staff in general seem to like her, and according to them, she even helped them with some of their own problems. You note that Senator Browne is independently wealthy, and has nothing to gain from financial corruption.

Background
Elle Browne used to be married to Governor Pete Maron, and currently, she is endorsing Luis Hernandez. Natalia says that it's possible that she's involved in the scandal, since she poked around and came across some intriguing financial inconsistencies. She also recently bought a new car that cost half a million dollars, and her government salary was $68k last year. Additionally, Elle is part of the BDSM scene.

Book 2

 * Chapter 4: Laying Down the Law (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 9: The Investigation (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 13: The Inside Scoop
 * Chapter 14: Punishment

Your Character
When Natalia informs you that Elle Browne might be involved with the scandal involving Luis Hernandez, she urges you to snoop around Attorney's office to learn more about her. Once you do, you visit Elle Browne's house and question her staff either by admitting that you're a journalist, or by pretending to be applying for the cook assistant position. Either way, Elle catches you in the act and calls Attorney.

Attorney
Attorney was Elle's divorce attorney. When Elle catches you questioning her house staff, she recognizes you and calls Attorney and tells him/her that she thought about calling the Police on you. In order to calm her down, Attorney offers to donate money to her reelection campaign, and because of that, Elle invites Attorney to her black-tie fundraiser, and tells Attorney to bring you with him/her.

Trivia

 * Her character model resembles Veronica Roberts from Ms. Match.