Elaine Franklin
Dangerous Obsession; Dangerous Heat

Age 42
Caucasian female with black hair and green eyes; tall and lean with a small-boned frame

Elaine Franklin's family background is sketchy at best, though it's clear that she has been a resident of the Burlington area for several years. By trade, she's a microbiologist at an unnamed medical research institution. But away from work, she's a highly sought-after, and very knowledgable Domme, who is very active in the BDSM community and a frequent lecturer for the local chapter of KLAASP, an nationally-recognized organization catering to those interesed in the Lifestyle. She's also a frequent hostess of play parties to which only selected individuals are invited to attend.

She doesn't usually take on new Doms because she's a very busy woman with her job, community activities, and her slave, Armand, but mid-way through Dangerous Obsession, she befriends, Kevin Slater, who unbeknownst to her, is a local detective posing as a new Dom in need of a mentor to make it easier for he and partner, Jess Mitchell, to investigate the inner workings of the group, while they secretly hunt for the ellusive, but vicious serial killer known only as Mr. Clean. Months later, after Mr. Clean is apprehended, and Kevin and Jess are outed as law enforcement, Elaine along with a handful of other key members of her circle, welcome the pair, who had developed a real interest in the Lifestyle during the investigation, into the community for real.

Later, in Dangerous Heat, Elaine lends her knowledge in a different way to another case in Los Angeles, California, to help authorities identify the psychotic arsonist known as Cinderella.