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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Spoilers!!!

OP here. I’m surprised everyone is so quickly turned off Pierce! Yes he has a drinking problem. He has ptsd. He has trauma. He has self loathing regarding his past. Those are all cons.

But on the pro side: he’s been on his own since six and is still so kind and compassionate. Several different characters make a point of telling Emma how “good” he is. He likes unconventional women and hates stuffy manners and propriety. This is a good thing for Emma in this time period! She could actually have some freedom in her life with him as her husband. He has an interesting job and comes into contact with interesting people (artists, poets, philosophers, museum curators, bohemian types). He invests in the American stock market, so we know he has some money. They could stay in her house (I don’t see how she could do this if she marries the Duke).

And most important, he and Emma already have a pretty deep emotional intimacy. They eat breakfast and dinner together, alone (a big no no in this time period). She told him about Maxwell and he helped her through those hard anniversaries. He constantly defends her to other people. When she told the boys about how she lost her private secretary job, Islington was disapproving but Pierce said “good for you.” They read books together and discuss them. The notes through the wall are unbelievably cute and sweet.

The author said she hopes to write [b]24 books in the series[/b] so we are only about a third of the way through. I hope she is setting Pierce up for a healing journey and eventual happy ending.[/quote]

OMG, I had no idea. I enjoy the books a lot but this would require quite a commitment!

Although I suppose in a way the "journals" are very short and episodic--perhaps the story is supposed to have the feel of Dickens' serialized publications of his books, where each journal feels more like a monthly installment than a "novel"... [/quote]

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