Laurel is a leading scholar of the ancient Roman poet Ovid, whose sophistically naughty erotic poetry made him a bestseller while also causing his exile from Rome.  Those poems took the form of advice for both sexes on how to get laid.  Which was the extent of an ancient Roman’s conception of romantic love.  

We moderns are not so lucky and daily struggle with the hope that love lasts forever, with one person.  Laurel, recovering from a rotten marriage, is grateful to at last be finished with love.  But then there’s this intriguing man who moves in next door….  And when Ovid himself appears, giving her love tips, Laurel has to figure out if she’s brave enough to be in love.  And what the hell does that mean exactly?