British writer Penny Vincenzi, whose stories of romance, rivalry and family secrets topped best-seller lists, has died. Publisher Headline says Vincenzi died peacefully Sunday. Vincenzi worked as a journalist before publishing her first novel "Old Sins," in 1989. Fellow novelist Sophie Kinsella said Vincenzi was "like one of her own novels: once you were in her company you didn't want to say goodbye." She is survived by daughters Polly Harding, Sophie Cornish, Emily Gunnis and Claudia Vincenzi.

Source: ABC News February 27, 2018 16:18 UTC