01713cam a2200313 4500 1022399563 TxAuBib 20120322120000.0 050201s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006-049697 9781401301774 1401301770 (OCoLC)71241985 7512 7512 TxAuBib King, Cassandra. Queen of broken hearts : a novel / Cassandra King. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion, 2007. 412 p. ; 25 cm. Illustrated end papers. Divorce therapist Clare Ballenger helps women cope from her office, affectionately know as Casa Loco, in the quaint town of Fairhope, Alabama, but her own life, and those of loved ones, haveńt benefited. Clare has misgivings about her best friend, Dory, and her marriage to charismatic and needy Son. Clare misses signs of trouble in her daughterś marriage, and has yet to deal with the death of her husband. Clare wants her patients and friends to go forward while she is stuck in the past, refusing to let a new man into her life and her bed, until a rivalry develops between an old friend and a Yankee transplant. Lex Yarbrough, retired Navy captain and new owner of the marina, wants Clare and is not willing to settle for friendship. This forces Clare to confront her past and start living in the present. 20091109. Women Southern States Fiction. Divorce therapy Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Alabama Fiction. Domestic fiction. TXNES