The secret to writing good sex?

According to Dame Jilly Cooper, the answer was simple. "Keeping it fun," she said in an interview in 2023.

Known as the "Queen of the bonkbuster", Dame Jilly's filthy and funny novels sold millions around the world.

Sex, glamour, horses, posh people behaving badly; her most famous works include Riders, Polo, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous, and of course, Rivals, which found a new audience thanks to a hugely successful Disney+ television adaptation last year.

Image: With Michael Praed and Marcus Gilbert, stars of the Riders TV series in 1993. Pic: PA

Her books have been ubiquitous since the 1980s, instantly recognisable for their simple but suggestive covers - the red stiletto! the tight jodhpurs! - and beloved for their blend of risqué storylines a

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