The death of Evelyn Anthony

In the 80's my favourite writer was Evelyn Anthony. I would haunt bookshops waiting for her next novel to come out. She died today and her obituary annoyed me. She was described as a romantic novelist. She was no such thing. She wrote about espionage, secret agents and spy thrillers. Love stories ran through her novels, but a love story is different to a romantic story, which is formulaic. Like Daphne DuMaurier she has been brushed aside as a romantic novelist. So wrong and infuriating.