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All About Me!<\/span><\/p>\n

Name<\/span>: Pamela Sadadi Yaye\u00a0 \u00a0Birthday:<\/span> May 12<\/p>\n

Favorite Book<\/span>: I LOVE books. It\u2019s hard to pick just one but these are some of my favorites: The Holy Bible, The Red Tent, One Day My Soul Opened Up, The Husband, The Quickie, and Babylon Sisters.<\/p>\n

Favorite Food:<\/span> That\u2019s like asking a mother who her favorite child is! I am a total foodie, and I enjoy eating Thai, Vietnamese, Caribbean, and Italian cuisine. My spinach lasagna is delicious, so if I was forced to pick one meal, that is what I would chose.<\/p>\n

Favorite Movie:<\/span> Poetic Justice, The Family That Preys, Inside Man, The Best Man,<\/p>\n

Favorite Musicians<\/span>: Kirk Franklin, Adele, Marvin Gaye, Usher, Miguel, Alicia Keys, Mary J Blige, the list is endless. I enjoy discovering fantastic new artists in every genre.<\/p>\n

Something about me that may surprise you<\/span>\u2026I am a sports junkie. Basketball, football, tennis, and World Cup Soccer are my favorites, and when playoff time rolls around I arrange my schedule so I don\u2019t miss any games. My girlfriends\u2019 think that\u2019s extreme, but I don\u2019t let anything get between me and my sports! Ha,ha<\/p>\n

The most thrilling thing I have ever done is<\/span>\u2026ride an elephant in Thailand, and climb The Great Wall of China. My brother and I had a blast, and I hope to do it again one day. It\u2019s definitely worth the sacrifice.<\/p>\n

In my free time I<\/span>\u2026ride my mountain bike, hang out with my family, and experiment in the kitchen. My children love to cook, and once a week we try to make something new from one of our many cook books.<\/p>\n

My favorite book to write was<\/span>\u2026ALL OF THEM! I love writing, and every novel I\u2019ve published caused me to grow as a writer. I research extensively for each book, and learned about the marketing business while writing Promises We Make<\/em><\/strong>, how to make a popular Mexican dessert in, Escape to Paradise<\/em><\/strong>, and about the city of Paris in, Designed by Desire<\/em><\/strong>. My new family mini-series, The Morretti Millionaires<\/strong><\/em>, was filled with so much drama I had to write not one, but three books to tell the entire story. (I have a feeling the Morretti family and their friends and enemies are going to be around for many more years to come so stay tuned\u2026)<\/p>\n

If I wasn\u2019t an author I\u2019d be<\/span>…a teacher, which I am!<\/p>\n

Five years from now I\u2019ll be<\/span>…a full-time writer, revisiting places like Singapore, South Korea, and Japan with my family, and hopefully celebrating the release of my 30th romance novel.<\/p>\n

My LifetimeTV.com<\/span>, Blog Post<\/p>\n

She said, and I quote, \u201cRomance novels are so unrealistic.\u201d Hair flip, eye roll, snort. \u201cThe main characters are sleeping together in chapter one, in love by chapter two and married by chapter four. Who writes this stuff anyway?\u201d Um\u2026I do. My smile stayed intact, but I was thinking, \u201cWhat has this chick been reading???\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been sneaking off to read romance novels since I was fourteen (please don\u2019t tell my parents! I was supposed to be reading my bible, not Brenda Jackson!) and though I\u2019ve read some novels that left me scratching my head, I like nothing better than diving into a book with engaging characters, clever banter and big, BIG, endings. When fellow readers ask me to recommend a really great book, I always say, \u201cYou can never go wrong with Sandra Kitt, Rochelle Alers or Donna Hill.\u201d These women really know how to deliver. And all three of these African-American romance pioneers write for Kimani Romance. Impressive, huh?<\/p>\n

I read romance novels for the fantasy, the escape, for inspiration and I suspect a lot of women do too. I know<\/em> I\u2019m not the only one out there who loves to read about over-the-top romantic gestures, first kisses and hot love scenes. I am a very sensual person and I have the Cosmo subscription, Motown CDS, and copies of the Kuma Sutra to prove it! What\u2019s wrong with knowing what you want and speaking up for yourself? Isn\u2019t that what the woman\u2019s movement was about? Standing up and being heard?<\/p>\n

But I digress. Let me get back to my conversation with Ms. Anti-Romance. The discussion continued and the more I listened to girlfriend talk, the more convinced I was that she was reading the wrong books! Kimani Romance features strong, intelligent heroines and successful, oh-so-fine heroes who fall in love despite the obstacles they face on their journey to happily ever after. I have yet to read a wham-bam-thank-you-mam\u2019 love story within the Kimani Romance line and I read a lot. I\u2019m talking Oprah Winfrey type numbers. (Okay, a bit of an exaggeration, but you get my point!)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m proud to say I write for Kimani Romance and aside from Ms. Anti-Romance, I\u2019ve had nothing but positive feedback and glowing reviews about the line. Kimani Romance features very realistic, but likeable characters. Regular, flawed, people like you and me. Take the hero in my novel, Love T.K.O<\/strong><\/em>. for example. Rashawn \u201cThe Glove\u201d Bishop is the first to admit he\u2019s made some mistakes. As a kid growing up in Tampa\u2019s poorest neighborhood, he was easily lured to the streets, ran with the wrong crowd and was on the fast track to a life of crime. But a teacher took pity on him when he was a teen and introduced him to the world of amateur boxing. Rashawn never looked back.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Dr. Yasmin Ohaji has lived a charmed life. A caring, supportive family, a thriving practice, a band of gregarious, fun-loving girlfriends. After the devastating loss of her fianc\u00e9, she became consumed with work and activities in the community. Expanding her business and making a difference in the lives of inner-city children is all that matters now. Yasmin Ohaji has it all. Well, everything except true\u00a0 love. A soul mate. Someone she can trust and depend on. Enter, Rashawn Bishop.<\/p>\n

Sounds intriguing, doesn\u2019t it? That\u2019s what Ms. Anti-Romance said too! \u201cRashawn sounds like my kind of man,\u201d she confessed, her hazel eyes wide and dreamy. \u201cI\u2019ll have to check this Kimani line out.\u201d To ensure that she does, I told her a few more juicy tidbits about Rashawn and Yasmin\u2019s story. No, they don\u2019t end up in bed in chapter one, or three or even ten, but when it finally does happen, she\u2019ll be fanning her face and licking her lips because it\u2019s sensual, meaningful and intense. Everything a good romance book should be.
\nLOVE T.K.O<\/em>: The Story Behind the Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

He was only 25. A young, handsome up-and-coming boxer who had an undefeated record and a smile that made women drool. Before a large, celebrity crowd at a legendary MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas, he collapsed unto the mat in the eleventh round, stunning his family, his friends and a legion of adoring fans.<\/p>\n

I read the article on AOL news and my heart instantly went out to his family. His father, who was present at the fight said something that struck me. \u201cWe hold no animosity or hatred towards his opponent. It was a good, clean match and we know he meant no harm. My son died doing what he loved and it was just God\u2019s will.\u201d They weren\u2019t angry at the other boxer and wished him well in his career. I remember thinking, but what if they did<\/em> hold the other boxer responsible\u2026what if the victim\u2019s sister was intent on revenge\u2026what if she fell in love with the man who accidently killed her brother?<\/p>\n

But a funny thing happened as I started to write. It didn\u2019t fit. I decided to forge ahead and not worry about those niggling doubts. The more I tried to make Yasmin and Rashawn do what I wanted them to do, the more they resisted. Yes, Rashawn ended up being a boxer, and yes he had a smile that made females swoon, but he turned out to be completely different than what I had envisioned in my mind. And Yasmin, well, I never would have imagined that a couples therapist could be so vulnerable, so open, so willing to be loved by a man who is opposite her in every way imaginable.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a proud sports junkie.\u00a0 I\u2019d much rather watch Monday Night Football than the Real Housewives of Atlanta or the Bachelor. Yeah, I said it. Shocking, but true. And I don\u2019t discriminate, I\u2019ll watch anything\u2014except golf. (Sorry, but Tiger Woods just doesn\u2019t do it for me!) Talk about research! I\u2019ve learned so much about men by watching\u00a0 interviews, reading articles about my favorite players and seeing how they interact with everyone from the coaching staff to the female, sideline reporters.\u00a0 There are so many characters in the world of professional sports today, and I find that the male characters in my stories have some traits of my favorite athletes.<\/p>\n

Through writing Love T.K.O<\/em><\/strong>., I learned to listen to my characters. I learned not to force what just isn\u2019t there. Everything in Yasmin and Rashawn\u2019s story happens at a smooth, natural pace and the response to their story was overwhelmingly positive. That was my goal. To write an even better story than my debut novel, Other People\u2019s Business<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do with that original story idea. I tucked it away in one of my notebooks for now, but who knows? Maybe one day, I\u2019ll pull it out and listen to what the characters are saying\u2026<\/p>\n

I have written 18 romance novels, and I am still having the time of my life \u201clistening\u201d to the characters in my stories. My new family miniseries, the Morretti Millionaires<\/em><\/strong>, was a blast to write, and I hope, Seduced by the Playboy<\/em><\/strong>, Seduced by the CEO<\/em><\/strong> and Seduced by the Heir<\/em><\/strong>, captivates you. I can\u2019t wait to \u201chear\u201d what you think, so visit my Facebook page and share your thoughts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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