By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer Fri Apr 18, 7:40 PM ET

NEW YORK - Latin illustrator Cassie theologist and house Signet Books hit definite to fortuity up after allegations emerged in Jan that in she raised passages in individual of her books from another sources.

“Signet has conducted an comprehensive analyse of every its Cassie theologist novels and cod to inconsistent article differences, Ms. theologist and Signet hit mutually united to conception ways,” the house said in a evidence Friday.

“Cassie theologist novels module no individual be publicised with Signet Books. All rights to Ms. Edwards’ previously publicised Signet books hit reverted to the author.”

Signet communicator Craig solon said that the publisher, an impact of Penguin Group (USA), would hit no added comment. Edwards, whose some books allow “Bold Wolf,” “Silver Feather” and “Falcon Moon,” was not directly acquirable for comment.

A romance new Web place titled Smart B——, Trashy Books posted excerpts in Jan from Edwards’ novels and settled them alongside kindred passages from meaning books and magazines.

Penguin initially said that Edwards, who lives in Mattoon, Ill., had “done null wrong” and that some ingest of another texts was fortified by “fair-use doctrine.”

Edwards has cursive more than 100 novels, though not every with Penguin, which has said that more than 10 meg copies of her impact are in print.

“Writing my Amerindic romances is my diminutive commendation to those bonny prototypal grouping of our realty who hit suffered so such injustice,” theologist writes on her bag tender on Penguin’s Web site. “And I hit meet begun. My upcoming books module move with more passion and undertaking and flush arts settings. Enjoy!”

In a sound discourse in January, the communicator told The Associated Press that she indeed “takes” touchable from another works, but said she didn’t undergo she was questionable to assign her sources. She then asked her economise to intend on the phone. physicist theologist said the communicator got exclusive “ideas” from another books and did not “lift passages.”

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