Your Character (The Billionaire Bachelor)

**Merina Crane (née Van Heusen)** is the main character of the book **The Billionaire Bachelor** with appearances in the next two books in **The Billionaire Next Door**, **The Bastard Billionaire**, and **A Crane Family Christmas**.

### Alias:

Merina (default)
Merina Crane (married name)
Vixen (by Reese)

### Family:

Mark Van Heusen (father)
Jolie Van Heusen (mother)
Reese Crane (husband)
Alex Crane (father-in-law)
Luna Crane (mother-in-law)
Tag Crane (brother-in-law)
Elijah Crane (brother-in-law)
Rachel Crane (sister-in-law)
Isabella Crane (sister-in-law)

### Romances:

Reese Crane (husband)
Corbin (ex-boyfriend)

## Appearances

### Books:

The Billionaire Bachelor (main character)
The Billionaire Next Door (cameo)
The Bastard Billionaire (side character)
A Crane Family Christmas (main character)

## Character background

Merina is a Chicago native born to Mark and Jolie Van Heusen, the current owners of the Van Heusen hotel, where she works as a manager. Merina loves her family's funky boutique hotel and dreams of running it herself one day.

Merina had plans to move out of her parents' house but she decided to put it on hold when her father had a heart attack because they needed her. She eventually moved out to live with Reese at Lake Shore Drive Mansion when she married him.

### Meeting Reese

One morning she noticed a construction worker at the Van Heusen replacing their antique doorknobs with fingerprint entry. Her mother explained that she and her father had sold the Van Heusen to Alex "Big" Crane, the CEO of Crane Holdings and owner of the Crane Hotels chains, as well as the Van Heusens' business rival. Big Crane initially had no intention of tweaking the Van Heusen, but as he was stepping down, his oldest son, Reese, the current COO and his possible replacement, apparently had different plans. This is unacceptable to Merina as she despised the cold, modern designs of the Crane hotels. She proceeded to visit Reese at his office, going by foot despite the rain and bringing a dismantled doorknob with her.

## Relationships

### Her Family

Merina is very dedicated to her family and is very close to both her parents

### Reese Crane

Reese is Merina's fake husband in "The Billionaire Bachelor". They divorced near the end but reconciled a month later. Reese eventually proposed to her again with his late mother's ring, for real this time. In "The Billionaire Next Door", she is mentioned as his fiancée and by "The Bastard Billionaire", they are married for the second time. Despite being hot and cold in the beginning, Reese and Merina loved each other very much and are very committed.

### The Crane Family

Merina seems to get along with the rest of the Crane Family (Alex, Tag and Eli), as well as their significant others, Rhona, Rachel Foster and Isabella Sawyer.

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## Trivia

* In the original book of "The Billionaire Bachelor", Merina is mentioned to be 29 years old and has honey blonde coloured hair.
* She has no middle name.
* Her best friend is Lorelei, who is also a lawyer.
* She has a tattoo of a phoenix on her chest.
* It is mentioned that she has a business degree.
* Her favourite wine is Chardonnay.
* She thinks *Green Eggs and Ham* by Dr. Seuss is the best children's books ever written, something she and Reese have in common.
* Growing up, The Van Heusen is like a second home to her. She is also very good friends with Arnold, who mans the front desk and has been at the VH almost as long as her parents.
* The doorknob that she brought to Reese when they met for the first time (which he later returned when they reconciled at the Van Heusen), now hangs as a hook on their bedroom wall.