The British author's publishing house confirmed her passing in a statement on Monday. She was best known for a series of romantic novels known as The Rutshire Chronicles, including 'Rivals.'

The author of 18 ‘bonkbuster’ novels including Riders, Rivals and Bella has died following a fall

May her hereafter be filled with impossibly handsome men and devoted dogs, says the Queen

The best-selling author of novels including Rivals wrote glamorous tales of love, lust, and horses.

Cooper was best known for her books in “The Rutshire Chronicles," which portrayed the sex lives and excesses of the well-off, horse-riding set in 1980s England.

The Rivals author was famed for her raunchy romance novels, selling more than 12million books in her career.

A prolific British writer and keen observer, she sold millions of copies of her juicy, sometimes racy “Rutshire Chronicles” series.

The 'Queen of the bonkbuster' was famed for her raunchy romance books, selling more than 12million copies throughout her glittering career.

Rivals author died aged 88 after a fall, with Queen wishing her a "hereafter filled with impossibly handsome men and devoted dogs".

Author whose bestselling novels, including Riders and Rivals, were set deep in an English countryside where the natives pursued land, sports, and each other, with lust and gusto

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The author, who was known for her ‘bonkbusters’ including Riders, Rivals and Polo, died unexpectedly Sunday morning after a fall.

The novelist was taken to Gloucester Royal Hospital after a 999 call was made to the ambulance service on late Saturday afternoon.

Her romances were so intelligent, raunchy and outrageously readable that she created her own category, bewitching generations of readers

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The undisputed queen of the 'bonkbuster' sold more than 11 million books in the UK alone during her prolific career as one of Britain's most-popular female authors.