Ex-lovers Josh and Lily meet again as volunteers at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, Israel, a possible location for the burial and resurrection of Christ. Under the influence of the Jerusalem Syndrome, a set of mental phenomena that involves religious, psychosis-like experiences during a person’s travel to the Holy Land, how do Josh and Lily deal with betrayal and guilt? Growing up in Hong Kong with a sick older brother and a younger sister, Josh is the invisible child. At age thirteen, he represents Hong Kong in the Asia-Pacific Youth Piano Competition. For the first time in his life, he makes a bold request for his parents to accompany him to Tokyo. He wins the Grand Prize, but his brother, Charlie, dies from an asthma attack. The question haunts him, “If I hadn’t forced my dad and mom to go to Japan with me, would Charlie still be around?” Lily, an only daughter, grows up in a well-to-do family in Southern Taiwan. Her father’s sister, Mayko, comes to live with them following a bitter divorce. Though Lily loves her aunt, Mayko kicks her and her mom out of their shared home after her dad passes away. She becomes an adult overnight at age sixteen. Her aunt’s betrayal fills Lily with bitterness and anger. She cannot establish deep relationships with others. Her mother insists she has to succeed in order to bring honor to her parents. She attends the top school in Taiwan, but her peers view her as an odd object. What college student lives in a rented room by the campus with her mother? Through the care and love of her Christian professor, Lily accepts Christ as her personal Savior. Born into a Christian family, Josh doubts God’s existence after Charlie’s death. A discussion with Lily prompts him to read Isaiah 9. Verse 6 comes alive. He tastes the joy of interacting with God on a personal level. At Ohio State University in Columbus, frequent meetings bring them close. Josh and Lily connect emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. A marriage made in heaven seems the natural next step. Lily’s mom visits her at OSU, and the first sign of trouble emerges. When Josh’s parents attend a conference in Indianapolis, he takes Lily to see them and learns that his dad also disapproves of their courtship. Lily passes her Ph.D. qualifying exam, while Josh fails. To please God in whatever they do, with Lily’s support, Josh returns to Hong Kong to try to change his dad’s mind. After Lily graduates, against her mom’s warning, she attempts to join Josh, yet her application for a visa to Hong Kong is rejected. Worse, she receives a letter from Josh’s dad, informing her that Josh will soon become engaged to a girl at their church. Heartbroken with new betrayal by the love of her life, Lily remains unmarried. In Jerusalem, Josh harbors a hope to gain Lily’s hand in marriage. Inside the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum, at the City of David, and going to group gatherings, he struggles to gauge Lily’s feelings for him. His old habit of being diffident and indecisive holds him back. On the other hand, after learning that Josh is still single, Lily ponders whether she wants to give up her lifestyle as a successful, independent career woman to be the wife of a man who once betrayed her. At the Garden Tomb, a white cross appears to Josh in a vision, while Lily dreams of St. Paul visiting the Skull Hill. Are they under the spell of the Jerusalem Syndrome? Although their hidden guilt and resentment resurface, the power of the Holy Spirit transforms and reunites two lonely hearts. At last, they are in harmony in all three aspects: body, mind and soul.