Sister Lucy

Men and Women of the cloth struggle with love, lust, and faith

Not everything is peachy with the ministers and preachers of the St. John Fellowship Community Church. Beyond the sermon and the hymns, they are stuck in illicit affairs, spiritual crisis, and lies. Sister Lucy Davis, one of the ministers, sings like an angel but her heart cries out with guilt and discontent. She struggles to reassess her faith and to find her way out of dead-end relationships.
Swinney successfully weaves a tale of ambivalence and faith, religion, wrath, envy, and love with characters who stumble through the complexities of their deceptions. They teeter on the edge of self-destruction, looking for an opening of hope, but falling into the traps of their weaknesses and delusions. At one point, Lucy scans the mess in her life, wondering what the heck happened to that church-going woman who was always ready to extend a helping hand.
Lucy Davis is caught in a cycle of failed relationships. Her latest boyfriend is none other than Reverend Clyde Mitchell, a charismatic leader who finds pleasure in the beds of every woman...except his wife’s. Mitchell’s son Kip, a handsome detective, struggles to be faithful to the ideals of his religion but covets Lucy. Minister Samantha Marsh further complicates matters by plotting to ensnare Kip. Unknown to Lucy, her misadventures are pushing her into danger.
Sister Lucy depicts church leaders in their fallible lives, their chaotic entanglements and their struggles with temptations. The novel opens with a mystery that would lead to a spiritual, exploding conclusion.