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British romance novelist Penny Jordan dies, 65

Quick ReadPenny Jordan, a British romance novelist whose tales of beguiling women falling breathlessly in love with wealthy handsome men sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, died Dec. 31 in England.

Penny Jordan, a British romance novelist whose tales of beguiling women falling breathlessly in love with handsome sheiks, Sicilian billionaires and Russian oligarchs sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, died Dec. 31 at a hospital in Cheshire, England. She was 65.

She had cancer, said Jenny Haddon, treasurer of the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Before her paperback books became...

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