Irresistible heartthrob Pastor Lapins hides his snake oil charm under his clerical collar as he ministers to the unsuspecting seniors of the Ottawa Latvian congregation. Who hates him enough to bring him down? Whoever it is discovers that the pastor doesn't die easy. Free spirit Stacy Karsubova, a new-comer to the church coffee klatches, finds herself enmeshed in the lives of the seniors and is forced to relive a dark unspoken chapter in the closing days of WWII. The tragic night on which the Wilhelm Gustloff was torpedoed by the Soviets in the Baltic Sea continues to haunt the survivors and changes their lives forever.