Maxine Sullivan credits her mother for her lifelong love of romance novels, so it was a natural progression for her to want to write them. This led to over 20 years of submitting stories and never giving up her dream of being published. That dream came true in 2006 when Maxine sold her first book to Silhouette Desire. Maxine currently lives in Melbourne, Australia and can be contacted through her website at http://www.maxinesullivan.com