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Congrats to Helena, who won Wood, Screws, and Nails by Piper Vaughn and Kade Boehme! Wood, Screws, and Nails is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

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Many thanks to Cardeno C for donating an ebook copy of the forthcoming m/m romance, Perfect Imperfections, for a lucky commenter to win! Perfect Imperfections will be released by Dreamspinner Press on May 5.

Hollywood royalty Jeremy Jameson has lived a sheltered life with music as his sole focus and only friend. Before embarking on yet another international concert tour, he wanders into a bar in what he considers the middle of nowhere and meets a man who wins him over with his friendly smile and easy-going nature. Accountant slash bartender slash adventure-seeker Reg Moore has fun talking and drinking with The Jeremy Jameson and can’t say no when the supposedly straight rock star makes him a once in a lifetime offer: keep him company on his tour by playing the part of his boyfriend.

Listening to music, traveling the world, and jumping off cliffs is fun. Falling in love is even better. But to stay with Jeremy after the stage lights dim, Reg will need to help him realize there’s nothing pretend about their relationship.

Other Books

• Other books
• Free reads

About Cardeno

Cardeno C. is a hopeless romantic who wants to add a little happiness and a few “awwws” into a reader’s day. Writing is a nice break from real life as a corporate type and volunteer work with gay rights organizations. Cardeno often feels that characters write their own stories and just hopes to find enough time to get those stories on the page. And Cardeno loves to hear from readers so please drop a line to share your thoughts on a story. Find out more at Cardeno’s website, blog, Facebook, and Twitter.

Contest Rules

• To enter, leave a comment stating that you are entering the contest. Contest closes 7 pm CDT, Friday, May 2.
• By entering the contest, you’re confirming that you are at least 18 years old.
• If you haven’t commented before, your comment will not be visible until after I moderate it. Please do not leave a second comment because your first doesn’t show up! The blog gnomes will decide your comments are spam and then only ritual dust bunny sacrifice will salvage your entry…
• If your comment is actually an advertisement or if your CommentLuv link turns it into an advertisement, your comment will be deleted. (Most of you do not need to worry – this refers to some pretty clever comment spam.)
• Winners will be selected by random number.
• You must leave a valid email address in the “Email” portion of the comment form.
• Please make sure that your spam filter allows email from stumblingoverchaos.com!
• If a winner doesn’t respond to my congratulations email within 48 hours, I will select another winner.
• If you win, please respect the author’s intellectual property and don’t make copies of the ebook for anyone else.
• This contest is open worldwide!

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“That picture better not make my butt look big!” -Chaos

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Make sure you enter the contest for the Butt Ninjas from Hell anthology by Kage Alan, JP Barnaby, Ally Blue, TC Blue, Shae Connor, Jevocas Green, Kiernan Kelly, & Eden Winters! Closes 7 pm CDT, Tuesday, April 29.

Don’t forget to enter the contest for Stuck in Oz (Tales from Kansas) by Andrew Grey! Closes 7 pm CDT, Tuesday, April 29.

Many thanks to Andrew Grey for donating an ebook copy of his forthcoming m/m romance, Stuck in Oz (Tales from Kansas), for a lucky commenter to win! Stuck in Oz will be released by Dreamspinner Press on April 30.

When Jeremy and Petey’s mother died, their house was taken to pay the debts she left behind, leaving them homeless. Afraid Petey will be put in foster care, they have no one to turn to but their Uncle Milt, so they pack up Jeremy’s beat-up car and leave San Diego for Wamego, Kansas.

They arrive in the middle of a snowstorm and stop at the local diner to contact their uncle, where they meet Nate. Nate and his aunt help them contact Uncle Milt, and he agrees to help.

Jeremy and Nate hit it off quickly, but Jeremy runs when he’s made to believe their new home isn’t permanent. Nate goes after him, finds him, and convinces him that he’s wanted. However, just as Jeremy and Nate begin to trust each other, Petey’s estranged father appears and threatens to tear Jeremy’s new life and fledgling family apart.

Other Books

• Complete list

About Andrew

Andrew grew up in western Michigan with a father who loved to tell stories and a mother who loved to read them. Since then he has lived throughout the country and traveled throughout the world. He has a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and works in information systems for a large corporation. Andrew’s hobbies include collecting antiques, gardening, and leaving his dirty dishes anywhere but in the sink (particularly when writing). He considers himself blessed with an accepting family, fantastic friends, and the world’s most supportive and loving partner. Andrew currently lives in beautiful, historic Carlisle, Pennsylvania. You can find out more about Andrew and his books at his website and his blog.

Contest Rules

• To enter, leave a comment stating that you are entering the contest. Contest closes 7 pm CDT, Tuesday, April 29.
• By entering the contest, you’re confirming that you are at least 18 years old.
• If you haven’t commented before, your comment will not be visible until after I moderate it. Please do not leave a second comment because your first doesn’t show up! The blog gnomes will decide your comments are spam and then only ritual dust bunny sacrifice will salvage your entry…
• If your comment is actually an advertisement or if your CommentLuv link turns it into an advertisement, your comment will be deleted. (Most of you do not need to worry – this refers to some pretty clever comment spam.)
• Winners will be selected by random number.
• You must leave a valid email address in the “Email” portion of the comment form.
• Please make sure that your spam filter allows email from stumblingoverchaos.com!
• If a winner doesn’t respond to my congratulations email within 48 hours, I will select another winner.
• If you win, please respect the author’s intellectual property and don’t make copies of the ebook for anyone else.
• This contest is open worldwide!

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“Yeah, I’m in the basket. What of it?!” -Chaos

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Make sure you enter the contest for the Butt Ninjas from Hell anthology by Kage Alan, JP Barnaby, Ally Blue, TC Blue, Shae Connor, Jevocas Green, Kiernan Kelly, & Eden Winters! Closes 7 pm CDT, Tuesday, April 29.

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Don’t forget to enter the contest for the Butt Ninjas from Hell anthology by Kage Alan, JP Barnaby, Ally Blue, TC Blue, Shae Connor, Jevocas Green, Kiernan Kelly, & Eden Winters! Closes 7 pm CDT, Tuesday, April 29.

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Hood Hair Guy (HHG). (Don’t forget that you can hover your cursor over the covers to see the titles as used in the Misadventure.)

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The end (of that run-on sentence)!

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“This is what I think of you and your shenanigans, naughty boy!!” -Mayhem

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Don’t forget to enter the contest for the Butt Ninjas from Hell anthology by Kage Alan, JP Barnaby, Ally Blue, TC Blue, Shae Connor, Jevocas Green, Kiernan Kelly, & Eden Winters! Closes 7 pm CDT, Tuesday, April 29.

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Congrats to Susan and Anita, who won Control by Cardeno C and Mary Calmes! Control is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

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Randonymity

• We had sevenish inches of snow Wednesday night… and it will be 73F on Sunday.

• Chaos’ cornea is healed! Still have to put ointment in his eye through Sunday. Giving him a treat after each application of ointment means he comes running and sometimes purrs throughout.

• Cool custom ring that I love (and am wearing right now). The custom part is that I picked the quote.

Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of The Miracle Thief by Iris Anthony. Closes April 26. US &  Canada.

• Ava March is giving away a pdf ARC of Sharp Love (Gambling on Love #2)! Closes midnight EST, April 30.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance)

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Edmond Manning on “the power of ow“.

• “To warn or not to warn, or is that even the question?” And related, “Fetish reading and genre reading“. Is it courteous to warn? (via julio)

• VacuousMinx ponders why serials garner such strong reactions. (HATE THEM!! HATE!! *ahem*)

• “Romance novel as manifesto“. (via Emma Sea)

• Good apps for various sorts of writing.

• UK red telephone boxes being repurposed as wee libraries.

• Crash Course on Jane Eyre.

• Listen to excerpts of modern works being read as if written by Geoffrey Chaucer.

• If you’ve ever wondered what makes George R.R. Martin feel guilty…

• Three-panel Shakespeare web comics. (via mental_floss)

• Dragonriders of Pern cover art flashback.

Think, Do, Make, Learn

• Worth a shot if you have an earworm.

• Cheese recommended for the lactose intolerant.

• Things no longer seen at gas stations.

• The IRS trying to convince people (in the early 1960s) that it would be ok for it to use computers. (Flashback to the 1864 1040 form.)

• Kids these days – no idea what a Walkman is! Sheesh. (And get off my lawn!)

• I think I’ll skip the Samsung Gear Fit.

• What would happen if the Earth’s rotation sped up so each day was only a second long? (Spoiler: BAD THINGS.)

• Neil deGrasse Tyson, you are awesome.

• The science behind baby cuteness.

• A study found that the US is actually an oligarchy, not a democracy.

Cookity

• Moroccan carrot and quinoa salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Smoky pea soup. (via The Kitchn)

• Rhubarb and ginger jam.

• Meyer-lemon coconut bars. (via The Kitchn)

• Sticky lemon rolls with lemon cream cheese glaze.

• S’Mores pop tarts. (via puckling)

• Peanut butter eggs. (via Consumerist)

Gluten Free

• Fry bread.

• Angel biscuits.

• Macaroons.

• Lemon pudding cakes.

• Easter cake pops.

• Two-bite chocolate chip blonde brownies.

• How to organize your gluten-free flours.

Cool

• Hockey hugs!

• If you’ve ever wondered what all the Chinese cursing in Firefly actually meant…

• Two elderly ladies fly for the first time.

• Fennec fox sculpture. (via puckling)

• Hockey Night in Canada’s playoff opening video.

• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• Short LEGO stop-motion film involving both William Shatner and William Shakespeare.

• There will be a LEGO Simpsons episode.

• Make a LEGO iPad.

• R2-D2 measuring cup set.

• Carbonite Han Solo rug. (Thanks, PD!)

Wha…?

• US tax dollars hard at work…

• Very sneaky, General Mills.

• “Ford built a Mustang on top of the Empire State Building last night“.

• Gay Jeans.

• Drumstick corsages.

• Viagra ice cream.

• Pizza cake.

• Easter Eggnog and Jelly Bean milk.

• Bilbo’s Bath & Shire Gel. (via The Mary Sue)

LOL

• What hockey team should you root for if your team didn’t make the playoffs or gets eliminated?

• Notes from kids having trouble expressing themselves. (Thanks, Cheryl!)

• True Facts about owls. (Thank, Cheryl!) (More True Facts videos by the same narrator.)

• TL;DR Wikipedia. (via Gizmodo)

• 10 Passover autocorrects.

• Things to wish upon your enemies. (via Piper Vaughn)

• Orbital mechanics, xkcd style. (Hover your cursor for additional text.)

• Woe, the poor hungry hipsters.

• When your toddler thinks s/he’s a cat…

Teh Cute

• Baby penguins! Baby lions! Otters and babies! Black kitty! Baby wallabies! Lioness and baby! Meerkats! Baby lion! Baby lion! Baby penguins! Baby mountain lions! Baby takin! Lions! Kittens!

Reading Update
Tales from the Pittsburgh Penguins Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Penguins Stories Ever Told by Joe Starkey & Mike Lange. Good collection of anecdotes from current and former players, coaches, and more. My only real issue with the book was how randomly the anecdotes were organized within the time period sections, so my logical brain kept trying to detect a pattern where there was none to be found.

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*purring* -Mayhem

*SCHLURP* -Chaos

Many thanks to Eden Winters for donating an ebook copy of the Butt Ninjas from Hell anthology by Kage Alan, JP Barnaby, Ally Blue, TC Blue, Shae Connor, Jevocas Green, Kiernan Kelly, & Eden Winters for a lucky commenter to win!

Porn stars, holy emissaries, demons, and even just plain human – ­ninjas come in all forms and from all kinds of Hell in this erotically charged comedic Wilde City anthology! Whether it’s the world of second-rate television, fluttering ninja stars, obsessions over a bronzy-olive toned soldier, or magic backsides, your authorial guides will take you where few readers have ever dared to go…without protection.

Kage Alan, JP Barnaby, Ally Blue, TC Blue, Shae Connor, Jevocas Green, Kiernan Kelly, & Eden Winters bring you…Butt Ninjas From Hell.

You’ll Never Hear Them Coming!

Contest Rules

• To enter, leave a comment below stating that you are entering the contest. Contest closes 7 pm CDT, Tuesday, April 29.
• By entering the contest, you’re confirming that you are at least 18 years old.
• If you haven’t commented before, your comment will not be visible until after I moderate it. Please do not leave a second comment because your first doesn’t show up! The blog gnomes will decide your comments are spam and then only luck and counterintuitive espionage will salvage your entry…
• If your comment is actually an advertisement or if your CommentLuv link turns it into an advertisement, your comment will be deleted. (Most of you do not need to worry – this refers to some pretty clever comment spam.)
• Winner will be selected by random number.
• You must leave a valid email address in the “Email” portion of the comment form.
• Please make sure that your spam filter allows email from stumblingoverchaos.com!
• If a winner doesn’t respond to my congratulations email within 48 hours, I will select another winner.
• If you win, please respect the author’s intellectual property and don’t make copies of the ebook for anyone else.
• This contest is open worldwide!

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Chaos apparently can’t decide if he should purr or make someone bleed…

“You’ll just have to wonder until it’s too late.” -Chaos