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Congrats to Arzu and SarahM, who won Again by Mary Calmes! Again is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

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Many thanks to Mickie B. Ashling for donating a copy of her forthcoming m/m romance, Momentos: Mick’s Journey (Loving Edits #3), for a lucky commenter to win! Momentos: Mick’s Journey will be released by Dreamspinner Press on July 18.

And if the winner hasn’t read  Loving Edits or Tono, those books will be included in the prize!

Before Mick Henley brought Paul Alcott and Tono Garat together in Loving Edits, it was simply Mick and Paul, two optimistic teenagers who began a love affair that would span twelve years – and leave an indelible mark on their lives.

The passionate young lovers shared a series of firsts before Paul’s harsh father drove a wedge between them, shattering their dreams and destroying everything Mick believed to be true about love. After Paul’s defection, Mick met Tono, a closeted Spanish athlete, who helped heal his broken heart.

From passionate highs to heartbreaking lows, Mick inspires the two most important men in his life and brings them together with his impending death. They’ll learn that all their memories, even the most difficult to bear, are precious and that love is the most amazing journey of all.

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Other Books

• Cutting Cords
• Horizons and Taste
• Impacted! and Bonds of Love
• Loving Edits and Tono

About Mickie

Reading and traveling are my hobbies, but writing is my life. I was introduced to the world of men who love men around the time I discovered Queer as Folk in 2000. The characters on that show intrigued me, and I began to read everything I could find in the m/m genre. Soon after, I found myself writing the kind of stories that I enjoyed reading.

All of my novels are contemporary, and yes, I admit, filled with angst. Drama and emotional upheaval seem to be the ongoing theme so far; I like hurt/comfort stories where my characters work hard for their happy endings. There are usually graphic sex scenes, so if you are uncomfortable with the concept of men loving men, I suggest you move on.

I’ve had the good fortune to live in many parts of the world, but right now, home is a suburb outside the Windy City where the long winters are very conducive to writing.

You can find out more about Mickie and her books at her website.

Contest Rules

• To enter, leave a comment stating that you are entering the contest. Contest closes 7 pm CDT, Tuesday, July 19.
• 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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“Look deep into my eyes. When you wake up, you will feed me all the kitty food I want.” -Chaos

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Congrats to Lora G, who won Smart Ass: Close Quarters from LB Gregg!

Congrats to Marie, who won the Uniform Appeal anthology, courtesy of Dreamspinner Press! Uniform Appeal will be released on April 11.

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Contests

• Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of Ciji Ware’s A Race to Splendor. Comment by April 8 for your chance to win. (US & Canada only)

• If you’d like a little Mardi Gras in your life, enter Book Addict Patti’s contest for a box of beads and other fun things from Mardi Gras. Contest closes April 10. (US only)

• Book Lovers Inc is giving away a $20 gift certificate to the online bookstore of your choice. Leave a meaningful comment on the interview with Laura Wright by April 23 for your chance to win.

• Shawn Lane’s having a contest in which five winners will be able to pick anything off her backlist, her forthcoming Galaxy’s Heart (Sutter’s Bay #3), or her forthcoming Becoming His. Comment by April 25 for your chance to win.

Bookity

• New releases and more: Lily (m/m romance), AAR (romance audiobooks), Literary Escapism (UF/PNR, newsletter), KB (various romance/PNR/UF), and Book Lovers Inc (various romance/PNR/UF).

• If you’ve read J.R. Ward’s latest Black Dagger Brotherhood novel, Lover Unleashed, head over to Smexy Books and share your thoughts in the comments.

• Kassa wonders if book blogs are addicted to negativity.

• Turn a dvd case into a book clutch.

• Do you think book covers affect book sales?

• Is this the future of libraries?

• Great quote about libraries and books from Dr. Who. (rest of site is NSFW)

• The intersection of Cthulhu and Sesame Street!

Ebookity

• Each week, MLR Press has a different m/m romance ebook you can download free. The download link is to the right of the “Free Read of the Week” banner.

• Have you been downloading the books that All Romance eBooks is giving away for Earth Day? Here’s the complete list – I highly recommend picking up Cut & Run on April 11! (My reviewette is later in this post.) If you sign up to receive the newsletter, you’ll get notified about each day’s book.

• Sloan Parker’s got a new free short m/m/m story, The Break In.

• J.K. Rowling is once again considering releasing the Harry Potter books as ebooks. *rolls eyes*

• The new ebook version of From Here to Eternity will put back the gay sex that was removed by the original publisher. (via Addison Albright)

• Librarians Against DRM.

• Looking at ebook and hardcover pricing.

Do, Think, Make, Learn

• Infographic about for-profit college education.

• How to use multiple free online storage services to back up your important files.

• How to pack your suitcase efficiently.

• Interesting idea for how to procrastinate more productively. Or you could just build a cubicle mansion…

• To illustrate how slow driving in NYC is, a guy raced an NYC city bus on a Big Wheel… and won.

• Sixteen failed computers… hey! I really loved the wireless keyboard on my PCjr – in 1983.

• An amazing story of one man’s effort to reach his wife after the tsunami hit Japan. (via First Things First)

• Beware Crayola’s “Washable” Colored Bubbles, which are reported to stain.

• Did you know that unless you’re crouching on the seat of your toilet, you’re probably pooping wrong?! O.o

Cookity

• Butterbeer cupcakes.

• Nutella three-ingredient brownies.

• Bacon cinnamon rolls.

• Mobius bagel. (via The Kitchn)

• Asparagus season begins.

• Roasted Peeps on a stick!

Crafty

• Needle felted Peeps!

• Nerdy embroidery.

• Nothing says badass like wielding a chintz mace!

• Sew some cute little plush dinos.

• How to make gloves with conductive thread in them so you can use your smartphone in the winter without baring skin.

• I like these finger knitted bracelets a lot.

Cool

• Wow, these are some acrobatic goats! (Thanks, CursingMama!)

• 57 spectacular LEGO scenes.

• The Royal Wedding in LEGO.

• Do you have your Timelord t-shirt yet?

• I wonder how many accidents this “real” world Hot Wheels loop will cause?

• Linkity from MrsPao.

• What’s a little procrastination between friends? (rest of site is NSFW)

• Journal bandolier.

• Indexed on creativity.

Wha…?

• Is Texas the Dr. Pepper Bermuda Triangle?

• Bacon cologne…

• Cat men?!

• Scariest bunnies ever.

• Professor arrested for assault… for closing a student’s laptop during class?!

• Beware the plastic clown head.

• Must’ve had a really, really thick beard if he needed all those razors…

Randonymity

• Long ago (in the mid-1990s), I lived with a guy who made videos for local bands. I have a very, very tiny cameo in one of them: I’m at 44 seconds in the video for “Smile” by Arcwelder. Check out my long, spiral-permed hair (complete with crazy white streak from the sun) and my Lennonesque glasses.

• Wren found a smokin’ hot ad for the Jawbone Bluetooth headset. *fans self*

• And if that video whetted your appetite for rugby, Smart Bitches found an All Black-themed New Zealand Air safety video.

LOL

• ReadReactReview linked to five very funny April Fool’s jokes.

• The origins of the spork! (Thanks, CursingMama!)

• Annotated math test. (Thanks, CursingMama!)

• Schrodinger’s cat…

• xkcd looks at research and how it’s reported…

• This is also the exact distance at which May drops the toys she’d like me to throw for fetch.

• Feline floral arranging isn’t usually this tidy…

• Protect teh bunneh!

• This is Chaos!

• What is the internet?

Teh Cute

• Lion and cub! (Thanks, CursingMama!)

• Kitten! (Thanks, Amy!)

• Videos: Bear cubs and tiger cub! Red pandas playing!

• Maggie had her kittens!

• Kittens! Wee clouded leopard cubs! Kitten! Polar bear! Kitten! Wee baby bobcat! Kittens! Fennec foxes! Cat and kitten! Ferret! Kittens! Bobcat! Kitten! Penguins! Kitten! Baby ferrets! Kitten! Fennec fox! Kitten! Cheetah family! Kittens! Polar bear and baby! Baby penguin! Jaguar! Lioness and cub!

Reading Update
Taste (Horizons #2) by Mickie B. Ashing. ebook. Very good m/m romance about a San Francisco architect visiting friends (Jody and Clark from Horizons) when he meets a cute tattooed guy working at Taste of Chicago.
Mandarin Orange: Sweet and Sour by T.C. Blue. ebook. Good m/m romance about a guy who eventually realizes he might not be as straight as he’d always believed after he meets the guy who will be living in the apartment downstairs.
Three Alarm Fire (EMS Heat #8) by Stephani Hecht. ebook. Sweet m/m romance about an EMT who was in an abusive relationship a few years ago and since then has been afraid to let anyone that close to him.
Wrong Number, Right Guy (Celebrity #1) by Mia Watts. ebook. Cute m/m romance about a guy who misdials and doesn’t realize that he’s talking to a closeted movie star in town for a film shoot.
Getting Off the Ground (Postcards from Paradise #1) by L.A. Witt. ebook. Good m/m romance about a guy who was left at the altar by his live-in boyfriend of six years. He decides to use one of the honeymoon tickets to go to Hawaii by himself and meets a very intriguing man in the airport when their flight is delayed. Please note that this is just the first part of the story – the second part will be released in a few weeks.
Anything in a Skirt (Gay Until Graduation #2) by Kim Dare. ebook short. free. Very good short kinky m/m romance following up on the two guys from Gay Until Graduation (G-A-Y #3). (I took that photograph at Twin Cities Pride 2010!)
Handcuffs & Ball Gags (Rawlings Men #6) by Kim Dare. ebook short. Good kinky short m/m romance about a police constable who gets upset when his flatmate attends a potentially dangerous environmental rally, which leads to a most interesting discussion…
Cut & Run (Book 1) by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux. ebook. reread. Good m/m romantic suspense about two wildly different FBI agents who are tossed together to try to catch a serial killer. I think this would’ve been a better read if it had been tightened up – parts of it seemed to drag.
Sticks & Stones (Cut & Run #2) by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux. ebook. Very good m/m romantic suspense two FBI agents who can’t go back out in the field until they pass their psych evals, so their boss sends them on vacation to relax for a few weeks… Usually Urban & Roux’s headhopping doesn’t particularly bother me, but it did a few times in this book.
Fish & Chips (Cut & Run #3) by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux. ebook. Excellent m/m romantic suspense in which our two FBI agents are sent on a cruise to impersonate a high rolling couple. As usual, nothing much goes as planned.

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“Put the computer down and feed me now and no one gets hurt… much.” -Chaos

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Congrats to Kimberly, who won Three Alarm Fire (EMS Heat #8) by Stephani Hecht! Three Alarm Fire is being released today by eXtasy Books.

Congrats to Kero, who won Precious Possession by Clare London!

Congrats to Lily, who won Resisting the Temptation by Valentina Heart!

Congrats to Dana A, who won Taste by Mickie B. Ashling! Taste will be released by Dreamspinner Press on April 4.

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Contests

• Go read the very funny BDB skit that Katiebabs put together! And if you get there early enough today (April 1), your comment might be selected to win a $20 Amazon gift certificate!

• Knitnzu’s having her annual Snow Melt Contest! Hurry and get your guesses in by 6 pm EDT today, April 1, for your chance to win yarn, a needle case, or a $25 donation to your favorite human rights, child advocacy, or animal welfare organization.

• Blodeuedd’s giving away three different Edie Ramer ebooks to three different winners. Comment by April 2 for your chance to win.

• Ethan Stone’s giving an ebook from Marie Sexton’s backlist to someone who comments before the evening of April 3. Amara’s giving away your choice of one of Marie Sexton’s ebooks, including the forthcoming Paris A to Z to someone who comments by 11:30 pm PDT, April 5.

• Sweet Vernal Zephyr’s giving away a copy of Dust to Dust by Heather Graham. Comment before April 8 for your chance to win. US only.

Bookity

• New releases: Lily (m/m romance), Elisa (LGBT), Tor.com (UF/PNR; YA PNR; fantasy; scifi), Literary Escapism (UF/PNR), and Book Lovers Inc (all sorts of romance/UF).

• Book and publisher news from Dear Author and Katiebabs.

• How not to respond to a lukewarm review. Definitely read a chunk of the comments.

• Amazing photos of an 868-year old library.

• Cool embroidery featuring Penguin classic book covers.

• Neil Gaiman shares a conversation he had in the Highlands and Islands.

• You know you’re a fan of m/m romance when… (NSFW)

• If you read or write GLBT fiction and live in or near the UK, start planning for the UK Meet on July 23.

• A dress made out of discarded Golden Books…

• I never thought of turning an old book into a purse.

• Turn spice racks into children’s bookshelves.

• Romance book cover humor.

• Kittens and books!

• Kitties love to help authors write!

Ebookity

• Some interesting thoughts on ebook piracy.

• Things that publishers should understand about readers.

• Dear Author has part two of their posts about the right price for books.

• You can read Connie Willis’s short story “Fire Watch” free online.

Think, Do, Make, Learn

• I was wondering this myself after seeing how fast Japanese highway workers have been fixing earthquake ravaged roads. (Thanks, CursingMama!)

• Wednesday was World Backup Day. How did you celebrate?

• Guess which three countries don’t use the metric system!

• Have you heard about the cursed billiards room located under an English lake?

• If you’re a fan of daily deals sites, make sure you’re aware of the pitfalls.

• Sounds like we should all avoid water-walking balls due to how dangerous they are!

• Some teens text so much at night that they’re messing up their sleep patterns.

• What to do when perfectionism triggers procrastination.

• So back when I was in grad school and would clean my apartment instead of writing a paper, it was because I knew the clutter was reducing my mental focus! (Um, right. I was procrastinating.)

• “OMG” and “LOL” have made it into the OED…

Crafty

• Knit a TARDIS blanket! (This should keep you busy for a few weeks, Lorraine. )

• Knit a vintage looking honeycomb sweater.

• Knit your own royal wedding! (Tam sent this additional picture from the book.)

• Crochet a cool lamp cover.

• Weave a rug from old t-shirts on a hula hoop!

Cookity

• This cutting board is the perfect gift for that OCD friend or relative.

• Make a mojito float.

• I didn’t realize that Bloody Marys are the most chemically complex cocktails.

• Geeky cakes!

• Bake Glee slushie cupcakes.

• Make mini Nutella cheesecakes.

• Tuxedo Peeps! (via The Kitchn)

Cool

• The video “Around the World in 2000 Pictures.” (Thanks, Jase!)

• Twenty-five years of Pixar animation in five minutes. Awwww!

• Fun linkity from MrsPao – make sure you check out the knitting video and the link to the penguin party!

• EPBOT has some fun linkity, too.

• Cool kitty towers – love the castle!

• Not that I could (or would) ever wear these black cat high heels, but I like them (and the LEGO stilettos) anyway!

• Love the photoshopping on this AT&T picture!

• Animal butt wine stoppers.

• LEGO royal wedding. (via Gizmodo)

• DIY LEGO birthday party!

• TARDIS ring.

Cool or Wha…?

• Phase-changing material that melts to cool your coffee, then reforms to keep your coffee warm longer?!

• Pan to make multi-tier mini-cakes… but how useful are mini-cakes?!

• Ten different varieties of fancy, geeky fingernails…

• Starry Night bra?!

• It’s kind of a cool idea for a charging station, but not at that price.

• Romulan Ale Energy Drink (alcohol-free).

Wha…?

• Bacon-flavored air?!

• Chinese cows that produce human milk?!

• Skittles commercial that makes me want to stay far, far away from Skittles… (Thanks, Juni!)

• Baconalia at Denny’s…

• Artist who sculpts skulls out of McDonald’s fries.

• People wearing clothes made from their dogs’ fur. (via Cabled Sheep)

• Anti camel toe guard…

• Apparently Dove wants women to worry that our armpits aren’t “pretty” enough.

• How to stuff zucchini with a power drill…

• Taxidermic antiques of London…

• The Radio Shack mothership isn’t very happy about the Montana store that’s giving away guns to people who sign up for the Dish Network.

LOL

• Good advice…

• The best airline safety video ever!

• Ten amazing work-related autocorrect fails.

• Explaining your cable bill. (via Gizmodo)

• Barbie the barbarian…

• A very different twist on finding a magic lamp!

• Cthulhu humor.

• Coyotes are adaptable.

• Seattle weather (also covers Portland, Vancouver, and the UK!).

• What cat parents know. Muggles just don’t understand.

• Kitteh talking to Mae West?

• Revealed: why cats clean themselves with their tongues!

• Sadly, black kitties show dust and cobwebs all too well.

• Beware Basement Cat…

• Iz ninjacatz!

• I hope my kitties remember the hungry part before they start such a project…

Teh Cute

• Kitten! Chinchilla! Bean and kitten! Kittens! Bunnies! Kittens! Baby cheetah! Kitten! Hyena cubs! Kittens! Baby polar bear and parent! Kitten! Baby panda! Kitten! Tiger! Kittens! Chick and kid! Kitten! Kittens!

Reading Update
Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 9) by J.R. Ward. Well. It was better than Phury’s book, covered a lot of ground at breakneck speed, didn’t have any boring chapters focused on the lessers, and ended most unexpectedly.
Shades of Gray by Brooke McKinley. ebook. Excellent m/m romantic suspense about an FBI agent who’s spent his whole life looking at things in black and white and blocking out what he doesn’t want to see or acknowledge. Things get infinitely more complicated for him when he has to keep an ex-con alive to testify against a drug kingpin.
Concubine by Jill Knowles. ebook. Very good kinky m/m fantasy romance about a prince who suddenly and most unexpectedly finds himself as a demon warlord’s concubine.
Out There in the Night (Out There, Book 1) by Laura Baumbach. ebook. Very steamy paranormal m/m romance about a doctor working in Alaska for six months who’s rescued by a very mysterious and compelling man after being seriously injured.
Horizons by Mickie B. Ashling. ebook. reread. Very good m/m romance about a deeply closeted college football player with a homophobic family who finds himself falling (despite himself) for the very out ER doctor who cares for his broken arm. That bizarre cover does such a disservice to this book!
Accidentally His by Shawn Lane. ebook. Good m/m romance about two guys who sort of meet after a bus accident during their commute.
Breaking Point by Chris Quinton. ebook short. Good short m/m romance about a guy who’s supposed to meet his ex to accompany him to a book auction but gets upset and a bit vengeful when his ex doesn’t show.
Clue Game (Breaking Point, Book 2) by Chris Quinton. ebook short. Good short m/m romance about two guys who’d really rather spend the day in bed together, but get up to help an annoying friend with her scavenger hunt clues.
Breaking Logan’s Laws (Quinn Security, Book 4) by Cameron Dane. ebook. Steamy m/m romantic suspense about Quinn Security’s newest employee, Logan, who lives by a series of rules designed to keep his heart safe. The sex and romance are completely overdone and unrealistic in the usual Cameron Dane way.
Christmas at Reynolds Hall (With or Without, Book 4.1) by J.L. Langley. free ebook short. Good short paranormal m/m romance about Matt’s first Christmas dinner away from his family in New Mexico.
Attack of the Killer Dust Bunnies (With or Without, Book 4.2) by J.L. Langley. free ebook short. Cute short paranormal m/m romance about Aubrey, Matt, and Matt’s young twin brothers.
In the Light of Day by Sasha Devlin. ebook. Good m/m romantic suspense about a straight cop who’s been struggling with his feelings for the guy he went undercover with to break up some sort of porn film ring. I kept thinking there had to be a previous book about their undercover stint, but this is the author’s first book.
Mane Attraction by Sarah Masters. ebook. Ok paranormal m/m romance about a London man who see a lion change into a man on his fire escape. Little does he know that things are going to get stranger after that… This was obviously the first book in a new series (things were left really open-ended), but I can’t say that I have any interest in reading future books.
Undercover Sins by Hayley B. James. ebook. Trainwreck. This m/m romantic suspense about an undercover cop working as a rentboy in order to get close to one of the honchos in a human trafficking ring was extremely convoluted. The plot had as many holes as loops, no one behaved consistently or believably, and I never came to care what happened to the main characters. Be warned that there’s noncon and a complete absence of lube.

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“What are you doing, Mom? I hope you’re not trying to sneak that tiara onto my head!” -Mayhem

Many thanks to Mickie B. Ashling for donating a copy of her forthcoming m/m romance, Taste, for a lucky commenter to win! Taste will be released by Dreamspinner Press on April 4.

What should have been a brief interlude turns into something deeper when Lil Lampert meets Grier Dilorio at the Taste of Chicago. Lil is in town visiting good friends Jody Williams and Clark Stevens (from Horizons), and he didn’t plan to hook up with a younger man and discover a mutual love for architecture, interior design, and a unique sexual kink that keeps Lil coming back for more.

By all appearances, Grier is the quintessential bad boy who loves speed, tattoos, and leather, but Lil slowly uncovers another side: selfless, responsible, and tender, especially for  Luca, the son he’s had to deny. With Lil’s love and support, Grier will make a decision key to opening the door to a possible future together, one that includes fatherhood, something Lil has dreamed of but has never dared to explore.

Excerpt (scroll down and click expand)

Book Trailer

Other Books

• Cutting Cords
• Horizons
• Impacted! and Bonds of Love
• Loving Edits and Tono

About Mickie

Reading and traveling are my hobbies, but writing is my life. I was introduced to the world of men who love men around the time I discovered Queer as Folk in 2000. The characters on that show intrigued me, and I began to read everything I could find in the m/m genre. Soon after, I found myself writing the kind of stories that I enjoyed reading.

All of my novels are contemporary, and yes, I admit, filled with angst. Drama and emotional upheaval seem to be the ongoing theme so far; I like hurt/comfort stories where my characters work hard for their happy endings. There are usually graphic sex scenes, so if you are uncomfortable with the concept of men loving men, I suggest you move on.

I’ve had the good fortune to live in many parts of the world, but right now, home is a suburb outside the Windy City where the long winters are very conducive to writing.

You can find out more about Mickie and her books at her website.

Contest Rules

• To enter, leave a comment stating that you are entering the contest. Contest closes 7 pm CDT, Friday, April 1.
• 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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“Whoa. That was some good ‘nip, dude!” -Chaos

Many thanks to Mickie B. Ashling for donating a copy of her forthcoming m/m romance, Tono (the sequel to Loving Edits), for a lucky commenter to win! Tono will be released by Dreamspinner Press on January 14.

In the aftermath of Mick Henley’s death, his two lovers, Paul Alcott and Tono Garat, find themselves at odds. Tono has rejected Paul on the pretext that the public will find out about their love affair, thus tarnishing Mick’s memory; the reality is that Tono fears Paul will lose interest in him because they’re not intellectual equals. Tono’s fear is compounded when Mick’s final novel, Momentos, is presented to Paul posthumously with a request to start a trust from the proceeds to aid artists and writers suffering from ALS. Mick’s only stipulation is that Tono spearhead the organization.

Paul is energized by Mick’s request, but Tono is angry and conflicted about the challenge. After a five-month separation, they reunite, rekindling their strong physical attraction – and illuminating their many differences. As always, Mick’s presence lingers, intruding at unexpected times. Are their memories preventing Paul and Tono from finding true happiness as a couple? Can there be a life for two vibrant alphas without the gentle Mick to buffer the discord?

Excerpt (scroll down and click expand)

About Mickie

Reading and traveling are my hobbies, but writing is my life. I was introduced to the world of men who love men around the time I discovered Queer as Folk in 2000. The characters on that show intrigued me, and I began to read everything I could find in the m/m genre. Soon after, I found myself writing the kind of stories that I enjoyed reading.

All of my novels are contemporary, and yes, I admit, filled with angst. Drama and emotional upheaval seem to be the ongoing theme so far; I like hurt/comfort stories where my characters work hard for their happy endings. There are usually graphic sex scenes, so if you are uncomfortable with the concept of men loving men, I suggest you move on.

I’ve had the good fortune to live in many parts of the world, but right now, home is a suburb outside the Windy City where the long winters are very conducive to writing.

You can find out more about Mickie and her books at her website.

Contest Rules

• To enter, leave a comment stating that you are entering the contest. Contest closes 7 pm CST, Thursday, January 13.
• 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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“Maybe all of you should go take a nap. You look sleepy.” -Mayhem