You can stay in Trickery just use your Cleric as a cleric. They get great choices for:
Healing - obvious
Crowd control - Bane, Command, Silence, Hold person, Fear, Banishment, Blade barrier
Bolstering teammates - Guidance, Resistance, Bless, Sanctury, Shield of Faith, Warding Bond and others
AOE damage - Glyph of Warding, Spirit Guardians, Flame Strike, Insect Plague
Above spells are just a sampling. Get your AC up, gear for Advantage and saving throws (especially for concentration), and you can be very effective.
I do use her as a cleric. Clerics in 5e are really versatile and powerful hence my OP comments about her using melee, ranged and spells.
