The Other Countess tells the story of Lady Eleanor Rodriguez of San Jaime, or Ellie. With a worthless title inherited from her deceased Spanish mother and a scholarly alchemist father whose obsession with discovering how to make gold has left them penniless, her position at Queen Elizabeth’s court is lowly and often resented. When the handsome Will Lacey, Earl of Dorset, arrives desperate to find a wife with a large dowry to save his own families dire finances the pair are instantly attracted to one another. But little does Will know, Ellie is the daughter of the man responsible for his own father’s demise and the focus of Will’s hatred.