Our hearts, pornography, and a love story

Graeme Shanks  |  Comment
Date posted:  19 Aug 2025
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Our hearts, pornography, and a love story

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"Nothing is stronger than the will of the human heart"... Words famously spoken by Indian novelist Nalini Singh.

It might not surprise you to learn that Singh is a romance writer and a "paranormal" one at that. Cue the gags about "Men being from Mars and Women from Venus". (Sometimes these jokes just write themselves.)

Let me tell you, however, why I think she speaks more truth than she realises.

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