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

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

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.

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

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,…

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