Blair Emmanuel is a supporting character in the novel Dream On, Ramona Riley by American bi author Ashley Herring Blake. The novel Dream On, Ramona Riley centers around the relationship between Ramona Riley, an ordinary young woman from a small town, and the notorious Hollywood actress Dylan Monroe, who comes to the town to film a rom-com.
Blair is a successful Hollywood actress best known for starring alongside Dylan Monroe in the fictional supernatural TV series Spellbound. She’s portrayed as intelligent, ambitious, sarcastic, and a highly professional TV star, and much of her role in the novel revolves around her tense working relationship with Dylan.
Blair’s bisexuality is explicitly confirmed in the narration early-on in the novel. In Dylan’s first point-of-view chapter, Blair is introduced with the line:
Blair Emmanuel was gorgeous and talented and bisexual just like Dylan…
This direct statement from the narration clearly establishes Blair as bi. The novel also references Blair’s relationships with people of different genders, including non-binary partners, while showing that Blair herself identifies specifically as bi rather than pan. Unlike some other queer characters in the series, Blair is very private about her personal life despite being publicly out. Her bisexuality is known to the media and public, but she doesn’t show her romantic life to the media.
Blair’s role in the novel is important because she is an openly bi celebrity who is still popular despite being bi. Her sexuality is not treated as something scandalous or career-damaging. The drama of her story comes from professional rivalry and ambition, not from the fact that she is bi.
The novel also uses Blair’s relationship with Dylan to show that shared queer identity doesn’t automatically create emotional closeness or understanding. Blair and Dylan are both openly bi actresses, yet they spend years disliking and misunderstanding each other before eventually developing a more respectful relationship.
Blair Emmanuel is a strong example of bi representation because she is portrayed as openly bi, professionally successful, and emotionally complex. The novel presents her bisexuality as an established and ordinary part of her public and personal identity.