The Pastor's Mistress. Sunday Secrets, #4

Nola had been married to Pastor Harris for over twenty years, and Sonya was the church secretary and his mistress for almost as long. Nola had endured Sonya's he's-mine-bitch attitude and the agony of an empty womb while Sonya had given the good pastor three babies. She'd remained a dignified Christian woman until on a writing retreat to Alaska; she'd finally traded in her cheating man for a much younger and faithful one.
Now, just weeks before her second marriage and new life with Kova, Sonya wants to talk, and apparently, it's a matter of life and death. Nola has no reason to trust Sonya who could be leading her into a trap set by Harris who'd vowed to destroy Nola for the tell-all book she wrote exposing the lies behind the pulpit of his mega-church. Should she continue to ignore Sonya like she has for almost two decades, or was there something going on that was so shocking that even the pastor's mistress believed he'd gone too far? December had risen like a phoenix from the ashes of a past that included molestation, teen pregnancy, and the loss of a baby and fiancé.
She'd followed her boss, Nola, to Alaska where she'd hoped to rebuild her life. Her plan hadn't included a man, but when Dom rescues her like some white knight with a badge and an I-don't-give-two-shits-about-your-past approach; she can't help but fall for him. December is about to learn that the past doesn't go away just because you don't care about it, and that it can insidiously weave its way into your future and connect you to your boss's mistress in ways you never thought possible. Nori was a young woman well acquainted with drama and pain.
Born to a drug-addicted mother who she'd watched get murdered when she was just five, she'd been adopted by a charismatic preacher doing the devil's work. As an adult, she thought she'd left his clutches but soon learns that the talons of the past are deeply embedded in her future with Tarot, the adopted brother she shouldn't love and yet he makes up for everything that'd ever happened to her. She has no idea that she's a piece of the puzzle behind Sonya's cryptic message, and that the truths lurking in the shadows of her past are about to come to light. In the conclusion of the Sunday Secrets Series, Nola, December, and Nori have broken away from their churches and found God and love on their own terms.
But, the bonds tethering them to their pasts are not so easily broken and each woman must face the things they left behind before it destroys everything they have fought so hard for.