When the Laurel Falls is a sweeping historical romance set in the shadow of ancient Rome's empire and their wars against the Gauls, where love blooms in secret under the cover of night, surrounded by the sweet smell of lavender and laurel. Livia, the daughter of a centurion, meets a strange soldier, who isn't what he appears to be. As wedding preparations bind her to a man she doesn't love, a murder brings a quest for revenge against the Gaul spy in their midst. Torn between duty and desire, she must choose to follow the path laid before her as a noblewoman of Rome or risk everything for the fire she finds in Caelan's eyes - beneath the new moon.