"Clare, a Ph.D. psychologist and divorce therapist, is a widow whose husband died in what may have been a hunting accident. Her step-daughter, Haley, is married with two young children when her marriage goes asunder, an event that Clare did not see coming. Two men love Clare. Rye Ballenger is a sophisticated Southerner and cousin to her late husband. Lex Yarbrough has just moved down from Maine, bought the local marina, and been divorced by his harridan of a wife who then wants him back so Clare cannot have him. Clare's best friend Dory is married to Son who thinks he "owns" the town by birthright and has just been allowed back into her life. It sounds like a soap opera, but this story is imbued with more humanity, understanding, and well-rounded characters."

Review of Cassandra King's Queen of Broken Hearts