Maxine Douglas first began writing in the early 1970s while in high school. She took every creative writing course that was offered (grammar was not her best course) at the time and focused her energy for many, many years after that time on poetry. When a dear friend's sister revealed she was going to become a published romance author, that was all Maxine needed to get the ball rolling. She finished her first manuscript in a month's time. Maxine currently resides in Oklahoma with her husband, and is a member of Romance Writers of America, Oklahoma Romance Writers of America, and the Oklahoma W...