Many thanks to Piper Vaughn and Kade Boehme for donating an ebook copy of their forthcoming m/m romance, Wood, Screws, and Nails, for a lucky commenter to win! Wood, Screws, and Nails will be released by Dreamspinner Press on April 23.

Aaron Costa’s summer was all planned. Despite having to remodel the family lake house, it would be a vacation of sorts, and he had every intention of enjoying it – until the friend who was supposed to help him got injured and left him in a lurch. He decides to take the opportunity to bond with his son and hires Julian and his roommate, Malachi, to assist.

As a broke college student, Malachi could use the money, and spending the summer with Aaron for eye candy sounds like a dream. “Look but don’t touch” becomes his motto. But when Julian starts flaking on his responsibilities and Malachi and Aaron are forced to spend long hours alone together, their mutual attraction is impossible to resist.

Aaron can’t fight the temptation sexy Malachi presents. But more than their age difference stands in their way, not the least of which is Aaron’s semi-closeted status and the fact that he’s never openly discussed his sexuality with his son. He has no idea how Julian will react when he learns his father is not only gay, he’s also dating his best friend.

Other Books

• Piper’s books
• Kade’s books

About Piper

Piper Vaughn wrote her first love story at eleven and never looked back. Since then, she’s known that writing in some form was exactly what she wanted to do. A reader at the core, Piper loves nothing more than getting lost in a great book – fantasy, young adult, romance, she loves them all (and has a thousand book library to prove it!). She grew up in Chicago, in an ethnically diverse neighborhood, and loves to put faces and characters of every ethnicity in her stories, so her fictional worlds are as colorful as the real one. Above all, she believes that everyone needs a little true love in their life…even if it’s only in a book. You can find out more about Piper at her website, Facebook, and Twitter.

About Kade

Kade Boehme is a southern boy without the charm, but all the sass. Currently residing in Seattle, he lives off ramen noodles and too much booze. He is “the epitome of dorkdom,” only watching TV when Rachel Maddow or one of his sports teams is on. Most of his free time is spent dancing, arguing politics, or with his nose in a book. He is also a hardcore Britney Spears fangirl and has an addiction to glitter. It was after writing a short story about boys who loved each other for a less-than-reputable adult website that he found his true calling, and hopefully a bit more class. He hopes to write about all the romance that he personally finds himself allergic to but that others can fall in love with. He maintains that life is real and the stories should be, as well. Find out more about Kade and his writing at his blog, Twitter, and Facebook.

Contest Rules

• To enter, leave a comment below stating that you are entering the contest. Contest closes 7 pm CDT, Tuesday, April 22.
• 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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“Nope. We are absolutely not snuggling together!” -Mayhem

*side eye* -Chaos

So much for the weekend when the CEO wants something done by Monday… At least he only asks for such things when there’s a lot of $$ on the line. Anyway! How about this cute picture instead of a Misadventure?

*smug* -Mayhem

“Come on, May,  you’ve been in that basket long enough! It’s my turn now!!” -Chaos

Randonymity

• So, we got 10.5 inches/26.67 cm of snow last Friday. Then it got sunny and warmer and the snow was completely gone by Sunday afternoon. This video will help you share some of that experience: Are You MN Enough? Winter Sucks.

• Saturday night I dragged Jeanne to see Cloud Cult at the Fitzgerald Theater. It was awesome. Here’s a great song of theirs (“Armor and Calla Lilies”) that sadly wasn’t played.

• Less than awesome was Chaos managing to scrape one of his corneas again (scroll down to the cat picture and note below it) on Wednesday. Ointment four times each day and back to the vet Tuesday for a recheck. Ugh.

Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of Dance Until Dawn by Berni Stevens. Closes April 12.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance) and Tor.com (PNR)

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Writerly linkity from Becky Black.

• “In search of the ‘pure reader’“.

• Fiction Vixen shares tips for making sure the last book in your series actually feels like the end of the series.

• KJ Charles with a great flowchart for helping authors deal with negative reviews on Amazon.

• One reader’s tale of switching from iPhone to Android. (One of her complaints was that Mailbox wasn’t available for Android, but it is now.)

• 10 interesting American libraries.

• “Spoilers for every book ever“. (Thanks, Kate!)

• Good point!

• ‘Tis a bitter moment in the fanfic reader’s life, this. Time to reread!

• Erm… I might resemble this one.

Think, Do, Make, Learn

• You probably need to change some passwords because of the Heartbleed security bug. Good luck figuring out which sites have properly updated and reissued their security certificates so that it’s safe to change your password. (“Safe” as in you won’t have to change it at that same site again right away because they weren’t completely done with the fix.) Some black humor to help you through. (Hover your cursor for additional text.) And an explanation of Heartbleed from xkcd. (Again with the hovering.)

• Lots of vehicle recalls this week – this post about BMW’s recall has links to Ford and Toyota’s as well. “What to do if your car is recalled: An explainer“.

• CallRed can help you contact people who can actually help you with problems when a company has bad customer service.

• Tips for baking without gluten.

• “The leading flank in discovering how to use technology in cool, interesting, thoughtful ways will generally always be the amateurs.“

• When your favorite TV shows continue on after they should end.

• How to generate electricity from your faucet.

Cookity

• Saag paneer.

• Spicy peanut kale salad.

• Spring asparagus quinoa salad with tarragon vinaigrette. (via The Kitchn)

• Shrimp and asparagus risotto. (via The Kitchn)

• Asparagus and mozzarella pizza.

• Chocolate lava cakes with salted caramel goo. (via The Kitchn)

• Apricot chocolate fudge cake.

• Pink grapefruit margaritas. (via The Kitchn)

Gluten Free

• Sandwich Thins copycat recipe.

• Tiramisu cupcakes.

• Blondie-style quinoa bars.

• Elephant ears/palmiers.

• Cinnamon sugar soft pretzel bites and sticks.

• Crullers.

• 10 parve Passover desserts. (I haven’t confirmed that each of the recipes is gf, but it’s very likely that most, if not all, are. Beware any matzo.)

• Links to lots of muffin recipes.

Crafty

• Turn leftover cardboard into a cardboard ball toy for your cat. (via CRAFT)

Cool

• The geology of Game of Thrones. (via Tor.com)

• Game of Meows. (via The Mary Sue) And Game of Cats.

• All of the onscreen deaths (5179) in Game of Thrones… so far. (I’m going to guess this contains spoilers……)

• Animated short made with sticky notes.

• Completely amazing 3-D pregame video extravaganza by the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

• Tetris, 29 stories tall.

• Behind the scenes of 2001: A Space Odyssey. (via Wil Wheaton)

• Iconic album covers in Street View. (via Sploid)

• Geeky plushies from Funko. (via The Mary Sue)

• Timelapse of LEGO Fenway Park being built.

• Crafty miniatures.

• Dragon with a yarn hoard!

• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• Goats and sheep bleating the Game of Thrones theme song.

Wha…?

• A proposed addition to US Copyright Law that would make it illegal to link to certain content.

• As Hollywood’s leading men age, their love interests (overall) do not. (via Wil Wheaton)

• A man in China built a copy of the space shuttle on his roof.

• Creepy baby doll cakes.

• Minty fresh jeans.

• A woman received a birthday card in the mail – a birthday card that was mailed in 1969, from her (now dead) parents.

LOL

• The best of Parents Shouldn’t Text.

• How gay marriage affects straight men.

• What does the type of coffee you order say about you? (It’s spot-on for me with the mocha!)

• International landlubber code flags. (via java-genie)

• How to figure out who painted a painting.

• More truth in advertising…

• The comments on this app-enabled smart egg tray are hilarious. (Thanks, Cheryl!)

• Vicious polar bear attack!

• Kittens are extremely dangerous.

• “Cats are not nearly as impressed with magic as dogs“.

Teh Cute

• Jaguar and baby! Otters and babies! Cranes and baby! Kitten! Muskox and baby! Baby tiger! Baby agouti! Baby penguins!

Reading Update

• It’s almost time for the playoffs!

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*kitty meditation* -Mayhem

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Congrats to MarMight, who won the Special Delivery series (Special Delivery [2nd ed], Double Blind [2nd ed], and Tough Love) by Heidi Cullinan! Special Delivery and Double Blind are already available; Tough Love is being released today by Samhain Publishing.

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Many thanks to Cardeno C and Mary Calmes for donating an ebook copy of their forthcoming paranormal m/m romance, Control, for a lucky commenter to win! Control will be released by Dreamspinner Press on April 18.

Vy Aleknos is the leader of a hawk shifter flock. Openly gay since he was a teen, Vy is proud and self-assured on the outside, while secretly worrying he’ll be forced to spend his life alone because two males can’t be mates. When bear shifter Robert Cimino appears in Vy’s small town, Vy realizes his concerns were unfounded – he has a male mate, and a sexy, dominant one to boot.

Robert is a bear shifter who refuses to shift. Immediately attracted to Vy, he deviates from his normal pattern and seeks more than a one off with the powerful, bristly hawk. But Robert’s affections are rooted in his human form, and when Vy discovers Robert doesn’t recognize him as his mate, he pulls away. If Robert wants to stay with Vy, he must convince a man deeply ruled by his animal instincts to give their relationship as humans a chance.

Cardeno’s 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.

Mary’s Other Books

• Other books

About Mary

My name is Mary Calmes and I have been writing since I was in the seventh grade. One of my first stories ever was about Demetrius and Konor, two big strapping gorgeous knights and while it was not historically accurate in any way, hello, seventh grade, the one thing that became glaringly obvious was that the guys liked each other more than the damsels in distress they were trying to save.

“Boys don’t sleep in the same bed when they’re grown-ups,” my mother said when I read it to her.

“Men don’t talk nice to each other like that,” my step-father said that night.

They do in m/m fiction which I was destined to write.

I tried really hard to write a female lead but it just left me flat. I read all kinds of different books and I have favorite writers in every genre but I can only write about men. The dynamics between two men are more interesting to me and as a woman, I like men and the idea of two men together, two beautiful men… I don’t understand the question.

When people tell you that they’ve enjoyed something you’ve written, there really is no greater feeling.

Contest Rules

• To enter, leave a comment stating that you are entering the contest. Contest closes 7 pm CDT, Thursday, April 17.
• 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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“Go away, big kitty! I was here first! And I’m really sleepy…” -Mayhem

“Why is there only one tiny basket?!” -Chaos

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Congrats to Louise, who won Moonlight Becomes You (Lucky Moon #1) (2nd ed) by Piper Vaughn and M.J. O’Shea!  Moonlight Becomes You is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting My Eyes Are Crossed From Staring Up At My Cowboy Hat Guy (MEACFSUAMCHG). Remember, you can hover your cursor over the covers to see the titles as used in the Misadventure – and you’ll probably need to on some of these covers.

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“More naughty boys. Blah blah blah.” -Mayhem