Gloria craves love, the encompassing love that only Ellis can give her. Haunted by his past, Ellis is a drifter. He makes his own rules and refuses to stay in any place long. When Gloria Harris oversees the arrangements of her mother’s funeral, she is burdened with a major challenge. Mercy Harris was a powerful woman who never set foot in a church in her life. Gloria wants her to have a proper Christian burial. She visits her local parsonage and meets Ellis Miller who is wearing a clerical collar for the first time in his life. He’s eager to start work as a religious leader, ordained or otherwise. The passion Gloria and Ellis share opens a new world to her. She finally understands the success of the family guesthouse, The Black Hen, that caters to unconventional sexual appetites of its many loyal patrons. Soon Ellis is on the trail of Mercy’s murderers. When he wades into danger, he doesn’t know that Gloria is right behind him.