Sad Note

I'm sorry to find out today that Anne Weale (Andrea Blake), one of the Grande Dames of romance, passed away Oct. 24. She wrote 88 books, the first one published in 1955. Anne Weale was one of the first Mills and Boon (Presents) authors I read when I was eleven or twelve. I always loved her island settings, which was so romantic and exotic to me.

She was one of the founders of the Romantic Novelists Association (RNA). Never a shy voice, she kept an interesting blog with quite a few controversial postings in the past years, called Book Worm On The Net. You can click on the link and post your condolences at the last entry dated Sept. 13, 2007.

Here's a short Romance Wiki on Anne Weale. My prayers and condolences to Ms. Weale's family and close friends.

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