Eliana Flores

Eliana, a character in the Sunkissed book, is a marine biologist and one of your love interests. She is first seen in Chapter 1.

Appearance
Eliana has tanned skin, brown eyes, and long brown hair that is colored in balayage style and partially pulled back into a ponytail. She usually wears a uniform that consists of a white top underneath a blue shirt, and beige shorts. Eliana also wears a necklace with a penchant in the form of waves.

Personality
Eliana can be described as confident, nice and flirty. She is also persistent and driven because of her passion for the wellbeing of turtles, and according to her, patient most of the time.

Background
During the premium scene in Chapter 1, she tells you that her father taught her to love exploring, by teaching her about the different fauna. He's the reason she loves marine biology.

Sunkissed

 * Chapter 1: Beach Magic
 * Chapter 2: Retail Therapy
 * Chapter 4: Cooking with Love
 * Chapter 5: Say it with Art
 * Chapter 7: Cowgirls Just Wanna Have Fun
 * Chapter 8: Happy as a Clam
 * Chapter 10: High and Low Tides
 * Chapter 11: Tracks in the Sand
 * Chapter 12: Sinking Fast
 * Chapter 14: Summer Secrets
 * Chapter 15: The Sound of Summer
 * Chapter 16: Ashes to Ashes
 * Chapter 17: All Good Things

Your Character
She is one of Your Character's love interests. You first meet in Chapter 1, when she collects sand samples near your house. She tells you that she is surveying the sand to find out if it has special properties so that she can convince specific species of turtles to lay their eggs there. She invites you to visit the tide pools with her in the same chapter, and you have the chance to kiss her. You bump into her again in Chapter 2 at the ice-cream shop, and she tells you that she loves ice-cream, but she feels sad because her results came back inconclusive. You see her again in Chapter 4 at the town, where she collects greens to lure the turtle she's been researching on shore. Your Character suggests to challenge her in a spice competition and the loser has to give a kiss to the winner; You can choose to bet on Eliana.

In Chapter 5 after you fail to buy a painting, and she offers you to buy you coffee to cheer you up, talk about baby turtles and play a mean game of coffee creamer Jenga; It is up to you whether you accept or not. If you do, she tells you that she's addicted to black coffee. You can also beat her in Jenga, and kiss her. She also tells you that if you want to know more about the mysterious artist, you need to ask Samson.

In Chapter 8, she helps you find folding tables and chairs for the clambake, by borrowing them from the library. She shoots you a message in Chapter 10, to meet her down at the reef. She tells you that her funding about the turtle research has been approved. She invites you to go snorkeling with her and provides you with a sexy swimsuit, and at the end of the scene, you have the chance to take your relationship to the next level.

When Eliana's turtle goes missing, you agree to help look for her, and she's grateful. After you nearly drown during the lifeguard tryouts, she visits you to check if you're okay. You hang out together again at the carnival games, and you can win a teddy bear for her. You can also choose to go on a rollercoaster ride with her, and make out. She shows up later in the same chapter and tells you that she has suspicions that someone used a trap and captured Sylvia, and you decide to help her find out the culprit. If you wear the premium outfit, you can have a steamy scene with her. In the following chapter, you can ride with her on a jet-ski and take Sylvia to the aquarium.

During the last party of the summer, if you romanced Eliana, she asks you if you want to continue seeing each other or end things there. It is up to you to decide. Later, you can spend the night together, and confess your love to each other.

Sylvia
Sylvia is the turtle Eliana takes care of. She describes her as intuitive and smart. She named her after Sylvia Earle, the first woman to ever walk the ocean floor. She goes missing in Chapter 10, and Eliana assumes that she's either hurt or dead. You and Eliana find her again in Chapter 15, after Heathcliff returns her to the beach.

Nate
They are friends, and last summer Nate called the cavalry when Eliana saved a beached whale.

Samson
They meet for the first time in Chapter 4, and Eliana tells him that if he ever discovers any unknown species in the cliffs and needs a scientific eye to hit her up. Samson offers his services as a carpenter in return. They are seen playing cornball at the beach in Chapter 8, and if you take the premium scene, you can play with them and pick a partner.

Heathcliff
At first, Eliana is hostile towards Heathcliff, as she believes that he hurt Sylvia and that he's a poacher. However, Heathcliff assures Eliana that he only wanted to help Sylvia after seeing her hurt at the beach.

Trivia

 * The name Eliana is of Hebrew, Arabic and Greek origin, which means: God has answered (Hebrew, Arabic); sun (Greek).
 * She shares the same first name as Eliana Vera.
 * The surname Flores is of Spanish origin, which means "flowers".
 * She shares the same surname as Maria Flores, Jose & Stephen Flores from the High School Story series, Principal Flores from It Lives In The Woods, Tony Flores from Wishful Thinking, Robin Flores from The Nanny Affair series, and Liz Flores from The Deadliest Game.
 * In a premium scene in Chapter 1, she reveals that her father taught her to love exploring when she was little and about the different fauna. He is the reason she loves marine biology.
 * In Chapter 4, she reveals she is a vegetarian.
 * In Chapter 15, she reveals the she loves Metal music.