When an insecure housewife welcomes her former cult leader into her home, she must face up to old betrayals of friendship and passion or risk being duped once again.

It's years since Rita Harper left People Under God's Command and its ambitious leader, Leland Swann. She's happily married now, to a man she met in the group. But Rita's still obsessed with Leland and when he unexpectedly turns up, she believes he's offering her a last chance at salvation.

Leland's arrival coincides with Rita's daughter Stella, who has retreated home after the end of a relationship and is in no mood to flatter a guru. Rita throws herself into Leland's quest for fame and interferes in Stella's life, but if she doesn't face the past she will alienate her daughter and destroy her own marriage.

Acts of Love is a darkly funny story of passion and ambition, love and duty, and what 'God' can mean to different people.