A Lady's Secret. A Lord's Last Wish. A Love Neither Dared to Dream Of¿ After five failed Seasons, Emma Bartholomew's stepmother threatens to auction her off into marriage. Terrified, Emma turns to the School for Spinsters, hoping to gain her freedom. But she holds a secret that could ruin everything-she's practically blind. Cormac Ormond, the Irish Earl of Dunmeath, offers her that freedom if she agrees to a marriage of convenience. But his failing health leaves little time to win Emma's heart and secure an heir. With their fragile future at risk, can they hold on to happiness before Cormac's time runs out?.