Congrats to Lynn Baker, who won Branded by Clare London! (I did not hear back from Angela Reeves within 48 hours – sorry, Angela…)

Congrats to Tj, who won Pride and Joey by Devon Rhodes!

“Where are you going, Mom?! That’s a lot more stuff than you usually take to work… Darn it, I knew something was up. Don’t go!!!!” -Mayhem

Many thanks to Devon Rhodes for donating an ebook copy of her forthcoming paranormal m/m romance, Pride and Joey, for a lucky commenter to win! Pride and Joey will be released by Total-E-Bound on October 25. (Yes, that is Wind-in-Hair Guy!)

Vance thought his pride meant everything to him…until fate sent Joey into his lair and into his heart.

Vance grew up the odd one out in a macho and very insular pride of lion shifters. Differences like enjoying the cool fall weather are bad enough – his pridemates would kill him if they learned he was gay. Still, his pride is all he knows. He’d never even met a shifter of another type…until he discovers an unconscious cougar male in his lair.

Joey is on the run and wants to keep Vance at arm’s length, especially since someone very close to the lion is the root of all his troubles. But there is something irresistible about Vance, something which has Joey wanting more than he ever dared to dream.

When their lives are threatened, Joey must choose whether to sacrifice himself, or try to live and keep Vance close…for the very short remainder of his life.

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Other Books

• Total-E-Bound
• Dreamspinner
• Amber Allure

About Devon

Devon started reading and writing at a young age and never looked back. After a creatively sapping career in the business world, she gratefully took some time off to be at home.

At 39 and holding, Devon finally figured out the best way to channel her midlife crisis was to morph from mild-mannered stay-at-home mom into erotic romance writer.

She lives in Oregon with her husband and two children, who are (mostly) understanding of all the time she spends on her laptop, aka the black hole.

For all the latest, visit her blog.

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“Why are you laughing at me, Mom?!” -Chaos

Congrats to Lily, who won the copy of Mobry’s Dick by K.Z. Snow, which is being released today from Loose Id. (Congrats, K.Z.!)

• It’s been ages since I did a random update on my life and stray thoughts.

• When last we spoke, I was worried whether the new refrigerator would arrive before the old refrigerator died.

• It did!

• The new refrigerator was delivered on April 29 by two guys who were unnaturally cheerful about carrying refrigerators up and down three flights of stairs at 7:30 am.

• The new refrigerator is more spacious despite being smaller (I know!) and is quieter.

• The kitties remain deeply suspicious of it.

• On Saturday, I finally wandered over to the hardware store and picked up a patch for the screen.

• There shall be no more bats!

• I’m sure the kitties are sad about that.

• Knitting? Um, what? Ok, fine. I’m nearly done with the foot of the second of my SIL’s birthday socks.

• Yes, her birthday was two months ago.

• Give me a break – it’s nearly 80F, so she’s not going to be wearing wool socks for months!

• Sheesh.

• I’m trying to figure out what the three sickly trees in front of our building are.

• I know that they are not ashes, elms, oaks, maples, boxelders, lindens, any sort of evergreen, sycamores, gingkos, hophornbeams, cottonwoods, or aspens.

• You’d think I’d get a bit further than that with a forestry degree, wouldn’t you?

• Quit laughing, Mel. (We have the same undergraduate degree.)

• Hmm. Apparently I’ll be leaving both cat carriers portable kitty caves out for a while. I hate to discourage this sort of behavior:

*….zzzzzz….* -Mayhem

*….zzzzzz….* -Chaos

Congrats to Laurie, who won the copy of K. Z. Snow’s m/m romance, The Prayer Waltz!

• Will my current refrigerator last long enough for my backordered refrigerator to arrive?

• Inquiring minds really, really want to know.

• Although I’m pretty sure it makes no difference to those ten-year old pickles…

• *ahem*

• Monday night I had to work an upgrade.

• My part consisted of staying awake until 1:25 am (yay! they didn’t think they were going to be ready for me until 3:00 am!), then doing quality assurance testing for one hour.

• After which, I couldn’t fall asleep until 3:30 or 4:00 am.

• Later in the morning, I was sitting on my couch in a stupor and preparing to log in and work for a few hours when my boss called to tell me about a noon meeting that I really, really needed to attend.

• It was 11:45 am.

• Eeep!

• I managed to shower and get there by 12:30, which I thought was pretty good.

• I think my boss was just happy that I got there.

• I spent the rest of the day feeling as if I was having an out-of-body experience.

• Have I mentioned that I really don’t do sleep disruption very well?

“Go ahead, make my day.” -Mayhem

• I have no idea why the CommentLuv plugin is reduced to a single sad checkbox without text below the comment box. If you have some idea, please do share.

• Today’s free book at All Romance eBooks is the highly rated m/m romance, Love Means… No Shame by Andrew Grey. (The book will become free once you add it to your cart.)

• Last night, I was harmlessly sitting in my bathroom when Chaos, apparently attempting to leap out of the tub and chase after May, got tangled in the shower curtain and fell into the water dish.

• What? You don’t have a kitty water dish in your bathroom? What happens when they lock themselves into the bathroom when you’re not home? (The toilet is kept closed to keep kitties from playing in it, so it’s not available as a water source.)

• The kitties survived their vet visit!

• The kitty treat trick worked very well on Chaos (aka Mr. Food Motivated).

• He started to get a clue as he was zipped in, but it was too late! *bwahaha*

• May suspected something was amiss and didn’t jump into the other carrier, but she was too slow to flee the scene. *bwahaha*

• Verdict #1 from the vet: tartar! Both kitties will need to go back to get their teeth cleaned.

• Verdict #2 from the vet: May continues to maintain her perfect self (quote from the vet on a prior visit: “She poops rainbows!”), but Chaos…

• Chaos needs to lose a pound and… has an ear wax issue.

• Obviously May isn’t keeping his ears as clean as he’s keeping her ears.

• *sigh* I had my annual celiac checkup last week and, once again, I’m vitamin D deficient.

• Back on the prescription vitamin D, hi-ho, hi-ho.

• Still waiting on the official test results letter from my doctor to see what else might be awry.

• Hmm. Not hiding that I’m in a bit of a mood very well, am I?

• So… Tell me something that will cheer me up! Anyone who leaves a cheering comment on this post by 6 pm CDT, April 11, will have the chance to win their choice of one of the following mix cds: Coffee, Everybody Wants To Be a Cat, Eh Canada, Werewolf Moon, Vampire Life, Books, or ManLove. Winner will be selected by random number. [CONTEST CLOSED]

*…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…* -Chaos