Book excerpt: From 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! “From the beginning it was a riveting read - I was unable to put it down. It was a fun and sweet tale.” —Elodie is Reading on A Marquess, A Miss and a Mystery “A great book, told with a lot of heart and feeling. The characters are well drawn and you can’t help but fall in love with them.” —Sanoobar Unscripted on A Duke in Need of a Wife