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Congrats to Joder, who won A New Man by PD Singer! A New Man was released yesterday by Dreamspinner Press.

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Many thanks to Mickie B Ashling for donating an ebook copy of her forthcoming m/m romance, Chyna Doll (Horizons #4), for a lucky commenter to win! Chyna Doll will be released by Dreamspinner Press on February 23.

Lil Lampert’s forty-fifth birthday turns the effervescent architect into a brooding mess, and his partner, Grier Dilorio, takes him to Italy to help him regain his zest for life. The timing is bad – almost-fifteen-year-old Luca has just started high school, and his mother and stepfather are also traveling. Luca is left in the care of Chicago Bear, Clark Stevens, and his partner, Dr. Jody Williams.

Growing up with two dads and two gay uncles has given Luca a unique perspective on gender roles, but not all the answers. He’s had a secret crush on his straight best friend, Chip, for years. Suddenly, Luca finds himself attracted to Chyna, Chip’s twin sister. Now he’s wondering if this means he’s bisexual.

Born with a sexual development disorder, Chyna should have been raised as a male, but due to an epic parenting fail, is being raised as female. Hiding the truth becomes more difficult when Chyna hits puberty, and crushing over Luca adds another element to Chyna’s struggle to fit in.

Is Luca’s moral compass strong enough to guide him successfully through this period of discovery or will he succumb to peer pressure and shatter Chyna’s dreams for happiness?

Other Books

• Complete list

About Mickie

Mickie B. Ashling is the alter-ego of a multifaceted woman raised by a single mother who preferred reading over other forms of entertainment. She found a kindred spirit in her oldest child and encouraged her with a steady supply of dog-eared paperbacks. Romance was the preferred genre, and historical romances topped her favorites list.

By the time Mickie discovered her own talent for writing, real life had intruded, and the business of earning a living and raising four sons took priority. With the advent of e-publishing and the inevitable emptying nest, dreams were resurrected, and the storyteller was reborn.

She stumbled into the world of men who love men in 2002 and continues to draw inspiration from their ongoing struggle to find equality and happiness in this oftentimes skewed and intolerant world. Her award-winning novels have been called “gut wrenching, daring, and thought provoking.” She admits to being an angst queen and making her men work damn hard for their happy endings.

Mickie loves to travel and has lived in the Philippines, Spain, and the Middle East but currently resides in a suburb outside Chicago. You can find out more about Mickie at her website.

Contest Rules

• To enter, leave a comment stating that you are entering the contest. Contest closes 7 pm CST, Friday, February 20.
• 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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*sleepy cuddly kitties refusing to make eye contact*

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Going to Shoot Himself in the Ass Guy (GtSHitAG).

The

delayed

, which made

and

from

(

) and the

could testify in

trial even more critical, especially because of all the recent

in which the

, just

.

Whew!!

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“I’m going to be really traumatized if someone gets shot in the butt, even if it’s a naughty boy!” -Mayhem

Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away an ebook copy of Emma and Her Daughter by Linda Mitchelmore. Closes February 7.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance) and Tor.com (PNR)
• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
• “Why book price doesn’t and shouldn’t measure ‘value’“.
• Writing-related Tumblr links from Paperback Writer.
• The history of the typewriter. (via pipervaughn)
• Card catalog USB drives.
• A moment of silence, please. (via literaryescapis)
• How to tell if you’re in a high fantasy novel. (via maderr)
• Video of real-time feed of British Library book activity.
• Short film about the beauty of the alphabet.

Think, Learn, Do, Make

• Fandom should be ageless.
• Looking into the whole “chocolate is a superfood” thing.
• Make a world class paper airplane.
• The science behind why cats like boxes.
• Exercises you can do at your desk.
• What’s actually inside a bowling ball.
• The saga of Left Shark.
• More than you ever wanted to know about snot color.
• “The proper names of 17 bodily functions“.

Cookity

• Lentil, mushroom, and sweet potato shepherd’s pie.
• Tex-Mex quinoa salad with cumin lime vinaigrette. (via The Kitchn)
• Winter chopped salad with roasted sweet potato and blood orange vinaigrette. (via The Kitchn)
• Edamame-ginger rice.
• Chicken lentil soup.
• 12 dinner recipes using potatoes.
• Creamy spinach bake.
• 9 cake recipes.
• Hot chocolate pudding cakes. (via esouffle)

Gluten Free

• Kolaches.
• Instant pudding mix.
• Jiffy-style corn muffin mix.
• Chocolate muffins.
• Cookie dough cupcakes.

Crafty

• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• Movie montage of ladies kicking butt.
• Timelapse of flowers blooming.
• Poignant short animation about an Imperial Stormtrooper missing his cat.
• Super Bowl commercial highlights in stop-motion LEGO.
• Middle-Earth via Google-esque map.
• Drone footage of the world’s largest ice fishing contest (yes, it’s in Minnesota).
• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• S’Mores could be a new Oreo flavor.
• Batmobile iPhone case.

Wha…?

• “FAA allowing companies to start claiming territory on the Moon“.
• Bulletproof playing cards.

LOL

• Platonic conversation hearts. (via elvenenchantress)
• A bit more on cats and boxes.
• Oh, kitties.
• I am strangely unsurprised to see a black kitty was the culprit.

Teh Cute

• Baby jaguars! Tiger and babies!

Reading Update

• Erm…

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“Wha…?” -Mayhem

“Maybe if I don’t make eye contact, Mom will go away faster.” -Chaos

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Congrats to Serena S, who won A Clean Break (Gay Amish Romance #2) to Keira Andrews! A Clean Break is being released today by KA Books.

Congrats to Waxapplelover, who won Pluck and Play (With a Kick #5) by Clare London!

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Many thanks to PD Singer for donating an ebook copy of her forthcoming m/m romance, A New Man, for a lucky commenter to win! A New Man will be released by Dreamspinner Press on February 9.

Senior year of college is for studying, partying, and having fun before getting serious about life. Instead, Chad’s days are filled with headaches and exhaustion, and his fencing skills are getting worse with practice, not better. Then there’s his nonexistent love life, full of girls he’s shunted to the friend zone. Is he asexual? Gay?

Grad student Warren Douglas could be out clubbing, but his roommate is better company, even without kisses. He’s torn up watching Chad suffer, gobbling ibuprofen and coming home early on Friday nights. If Chad weren’t straight, Warren would keep him up past midnight. They’re great as friends. Benefits might answer Chad’s questions.

A brief encounter with lab rats reveals Chad’s illness – he needs surgery, STAT, and can’t rely on his dysfunctional parents for medical decisions. Warren’s both trustworthy and likely to get overruled – unless they’re married. “You can throw me back later,” Warren says, and he may throw himself back after his husband turns out moody and hard to get along with, no matter how much fun his new sex drive is. Surgery turns Chad into a new man, all right…

…but Warren fell in love with the old one.

Other Books

About PD

PD Singer lives in Colorado with her slightly bemused husband, two rowdy teenage boys, and thirty pounds of cats, all of whom approach carefully when she’s in a writing frenzy. She’s a big believer in research, first-hand if possible, so the reader can be quite certain PD has skied down a mountain face-first, been stepped on by rodeo horses, acquired a potato burn or two, and will never, ever, write a novel that includes sky-diving.

When not writing, playing her fiddle, or skiing, she can be found with a book in hand. Her husband blesses the advent of ebooks — they’re staving off the day the house collapses from the weight of the printed page.

You can follow her adventures on her blog and on Facebook.

Contest Rules

• To enter, leave a comment stating that you are entering the contest. Contest closes 7 pm CST, Monday, February 9.
• 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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“I demand kitty treats RIGHT NOW!!! Or a nap.” -Chaos

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with the Always Never Quite Kissing Guys (ANQKG)… again.

After completing their latest

movie shoot,

and unwound, dreaming of summery

in

, instead of their wintery reality of

every time they drove home after checking the

.

If it helps, I’m confused, too.

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“I wonder how naughty I’d have to be to convince Mom she should give up this whole naughty boy thing…” -Mayhem