Monthly Archives: June 2010

Contests, Reading

Print and Ebook Giveaway: Dark Designs by Luisa Prieto [CONTEST CLOSED]

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Many thanks to Luisa Prieto for donating both a print (US only) and an ebook (worldwide) copy of her recent dark fantasy m/m release, Dark Designs (Half Lives, Book 1)! Rest assured that I have already started pestering her about the sequel. 🙂

Paperback via MLR Press

Ebook via Aspen Mountain Press

The Dark is coming… Moments after an enigmatic tattooed woman approached him, freelance journalist Kyler Withers began remembering a past life. Once known as Etherwolf, Kyler was a mage-knight serving a sentient evil known as the Darkness. The knights are rising… Since the time when humanity crouched around trembling fires, the Darkness has watched, growing hungry. Angry. Now, its knights have all been reborn, and Kyler is the first to wake. The Dark is waiting for him. In another life, Kyler gloried in his power. Now, he was horrified. As he struggled to escape both his past and his former allies, he realized that the Darkness’ time had come. Soon, the rest of the knights will gather and begin the last battle. If he can’t resist the Darkness, Kyler knows he’ll help it destroy everything, starting with the former lover he’d once hoped to seduce to the Dark.

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Says Luisa About Herself…

Dark fantasy writer by day, dark fantasy writer by night. I’m charmingly dull that way. 😉

You can visit Luisa at her website and her blog. Also, please note that the book has been approved by Luisa’s cat, Darian!

Contest Rules

  • To enter, leave a comment stating that you are entering the contest. Make sure you state which format (or either) you prefer! Contest closes 9 pm CDT, Wednesday, June 9.
  • 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.
  • The ebook contest is open worldwide! The print book contest is US only.

“I know that you’re all jealous you can’t lick your noses clean.” -Chaos

Um, no, not so much… O_o

Contests, Reading

Ebook Giveaway: Gay Man Seeks Same by Kim Dare [CONTEST CLOSED]

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Many thanks to Kim Dare for donating an ebook copy of her forthcoming short m/m romance, Gay Man Seeks Same (G-A-Y, Book 8 ), for a lucky reader to win! This book will be released by Total-E-Bound on June 7.

Can a man who wants nothing more than to be part of a boring old married couple really find happiness with a man whose relationships have only ever lasted until he zips up his fly?

Craig knows what he’s looking for in a lover. He wants someone just like him – a nice guy he can build a nice, simple, uneventful life with. He’s hoping that’s just the sort of man who will answer his internet ad.

Donovan’s nothing like Craig. He’s all about leather, fast cars and relationships that last hours rather than years. They may work at neighbouring desks, and Craig may have a crush on his colleague, but that doesn’t mean he should forget about the kind of man he’s sure will make him happy in the long run.

The only trouble with internet ads is you never know who will answer them…

Reader Advisory: The stories in this collection are linked solely by theme. Each story can be read on its own and the stories can be read in any order.

About Kim

26 years old, from Wales, UK, Kim writes about kink, love and happy endings. If a story doesn’t have those three things, it’s not going to be written – at least not by this writer!

Apart from that, Kim likes to write a little bit of everything. So far that list includes Male/Male, Male/Female, a few different varies of menage, shifters, vampires, fairytales, time-travel and ghosts. It’s anyone’s guess what will come next…

A firm believer that there is no “One True Way” for people to kink, Kim likes to let the characters in each book pick their own ways to dominate and submit to each other. As long as they stay safe, sane and consensual, Kim’s happy to let them live their lifestyle 24/7, or just open the toy box on weekends – whatever’s right for them.

Published since 2008, Kim also writes BDSM erotic romances for Total-e-bound.

You can visit Kim at her website and her blog.

Contest Rules

  • To enter, leave a comment stating that you are entering the contest. CLOSED. Contest closes 7 pm CDT, Monday, June 7.
  • 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!

“Haha, big kitty! You are lying down there on the floor, but I am standing up here on top of Mom! I rule!” -Mayhem

Contests, Reading

Ebook Giveaway: Pool Hall Green by Sara Bell [CONTEST CLOSED]

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Congrats to Antonette, who won the copy of The Blue Moon Cafe by Rick R. Reed! And congrats to Kassa, who won the copy of Phonebook by Amy Lane, which will be released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Many thanks to author Sara Bell for donating an ebook copy of her recent m/m romance, Pool Hall Green, for a lucky reader to win!

Drew Harris is a master when it comes to the game of pool, but family is always a crap shoot and Drew rolled snake eyes. His parents want little to do with him. The only time they call him is when they need money, or when they want him to bail his gambling-addict brother, Vic, out of a jam. So when Drew’s mother calls in a panic to let Drew know that Vic owes a local casino owner two-hundred and fifty grand, Drew’s not exactly shocked. Not shocked, that is, until he learns that the guy Vic owes doesn’t want the money: he wants Drew.

Casino mogul Evan Stacie never thought he was the kind of man to resort to blackmail, but the death of his brother two years ago changed a lot of things. He needs Drew’s skill with a stick to ruin the man who sent Evan’s brother to an early grave, and if Evan has to fight dirty to make that happen, so be it. Nothing, not his growing attraction to Drew or the soft spot Evan feels for the guy, is going to stand in his way.

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About Sara Bell

Sara Bell lives in North Alabama with the world’s sexiest, most supportive husband, the two most beautiful, gifted daughters on the planet, and two of the most neurotic but lovable dogs ever created. She’s a full-time author who writes stories about never-ending love for all kinds of characters – gay, straight, and somewhere in-between. Sara still can’t believe she gets paid to do something she loves so much, and she’s darned grateful to her incredible readers for making her dream a reality. To find out more about Sara or to give her a shout-out, please stop by her website.

Contest Rules

  • To enter, leave a comment stating that you are entering the contest. Contest closes 7 pm CDT, Tuesday, June 8.
  • 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!

“Whoa. Was that ‘nip spiked or something?” -Mayhem

Covers, Reading

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 25th (Wind-in-Hair Guy)

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Congrats to Ava March, who won the copy of Lights and Sirens by Stephani Hecht, which was released today!

Many thanks to author Clare London, who found at least a third of these covers! (If you keep an eye on the authors on these covers, you’ll figure out why she was so interested…)

Meet Wind-in-Hair Guy (WiHG), who was a victim of

, which left him with a bad case of

. Hearing rumors of a cure, Wind-in-Hair Guy tried

to see if her fabled

could save him. Instead, it consumed him with

, so he fled to the

, where he was forced to participate in numerous

and

in an attempt to quell his

. Then

, believing that

, there’s fire, tracked down Wind-in-Hair Guy and

him to make him

.

*blink blink* Yeah, I’m always surprised where these little stories end up, too.

“Yes, Mom, I see the black kitty. And I see the brown kitty. Why aren’t the kitties the focal point here?!? Hmph. Everyone like kitties better than they like naughty boys.” -Mayhem