Every four seconds a Harlequin Mills and Boon romance novel is sold somewhere in the world. In India, the books give Shumita hope that her straying husband will return. In Japan, housewife Hiroko yearns to make fantasy reality with her handsome ballroom dancing teacher. In Warrington, mum-of-three Shirley rifles through the books for ideas on how to keep her marriage spicy. It's not only the female readers who dream of a perfect romance though. New York model Stephen has been on over 200 Mills and Boon covers, but can't find his true love. While romance novelist Gill Sanderson is in fact a pensioner called Roger, writing from a caravan in the North of England. 'Guilty Pleasures' explores our universal struggle to reconcile inner fantasy with the tragicomic truths of real-life relationships. Because real life begins where Mills and Boon ends...
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