As a high priestess of the goddess Callandra, Elya lived a life of devotion and service. Targeted, seduced, and then betrayed by Callandra's enemy, she is finally free of the spell that left her responsible for endless pain and suffering. Unable to forgive herself or forget her actions, she sees only one solution: she must travel to the Temple of Atonement and petition for the ritual that will erase all memories of her life before. But travel to the temple is a dangerous journey; one she cannot complete on her own. From the moment she meets Gareth, she's entranced, but the last thing she can ever trust is her heart. No matter how much it might want this man. Better to forget everything and move on.

Imprisoned for crimes against Callandra, Gareth is unable to deny the goddess's request to guide Elya to the temple. Especially when doing so will release him from all obligations in the future. But traveling to the temple means facing danger, not only from magical forces, but from enemies Gareth has made on previous journeys. This beautiful, distracting, annoying priestess is everything Gareth has spent his life despising, but she's also something more. Something that leaves Gareth desperate to change her mind. Because once she enters that temple, it isn't only her mistakes she'll forget; she'll forget him as well.

But the goddess works in mysterious and sometimes manipulative ways for Callandra knows what Gareth and Elya have yet to learn: that love, above all, is the most powerful healing force there is.