1From Cinderella in the shadows to Countess in the spotlight... Lady's companion, Eleanor Mitcham, longs to escape her unhappy life. Having been told she's too lowly to speak to Lord Lavenham, Eleanor defiantly accepts his challenge to teach her employer a lesson - by marrying him He is an eligible earl after all However, his determinedly cynical view of marriage makes her dissolve their convenient betrothal and flee - leaving the drama of the household behind and Lord Lavenham hot on her heels