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Congrats to Yvette, who won Training Season by Leta Blake!

Congrats to Loren, who won Where the Lovelight Gleams by Keira Andrews!

Congrats to Karl, who won Nowhere to Hide (2nd ed) by Clare London! Nowhere to Hide (2nd ed) was released December 22 by JMS Books.

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today is the (apparently) annual Baddest Santa Guy holiday special post. Check out the original Baddest Santa Guy post from two years ago to find out how he got his name. (That post is not recommended for people who actually eat candy canes.) Here’s the post from last year.

to

,

received

in response to their

– as with most

, it started with

to deliver some

, as well as a bit of

in the form of

, who had a

and

and definitely helped them celebrate

, so much so that

, the naughty elves all shouted out with glee, “

” Hopefully this was all

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“Wake me up when this very naughty naughty boy is gone.” -Mayhem

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Congrats to Paula S, who won Soul Magic (Triad #3) by Poppy Dennison! Soul Magic is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Congrats to Dianna, who won A Sticky Wicket in Bollywood by Devon Rhodes and TA Chase! A Sticky Wicket in Bollywood is being released today by Total-E-Bound.

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be checking in to see what Baddest Santa Guy‘s been up to. (I really didn’t want to believe this was Baddest Santa Guy, nor that the covers without a jacket were the same guy as the covers with a jacket, but… the hairline and the underwear line say otherwise.) (Don’t forget you can hover your cursor over the covers to see the title text as used in the Misadventure!)

In the

, flashing back to

,

(the

) were on the trail of a

who was wanted

for

and being a

after she

the denizens of

with a

that led to an unfortunately

…

It’s a shame I can’t get a job as a run-on sentence writer… 😉

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“There’s really no hope for Mom, is there? Alas…” -Mayhem

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Congrats Penumbra, who won Santa, Actually (That’s Entertainment #2) by Clare London! Santa, Actually was released on December 16 by JMS Books.

Congrats to Ria H, who won Chase the Ace by Clare London! Chase the Ace was released on December 16 by Amber Allure.

Congrats to sylvan65, who won Naked Tails by Eden Winters! Naked Tails is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today is the (apparently) annual Baddest Santa Guy holiday special post. Check out the original Baddest Santa Guy post from last year to find out how he got his name. (That post is not recommended for people who actually eat candy canes.)

Said Baddest Santa Guy, “This year,

was

working as

during

,

with a little

in his own

way while I was at

for

to celebrate

,

. We were laughing about

(

) when we realized with dismay that

, who’d been

and left with a

, no longer led

and would be

,

and

, like maybe

and to come

(but not get

) unless we could avoid

, practice our

, and celebrate some

.”

The not-very-conclusive end.

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“Once again this doesn’t make any sense, Mom, because Santa Claws is a kitty, not a naughty boy!” -Mayhem

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Congrats to Shelley, who won When Love Flue In by Lillian Francis! When Love Flue In was released by Silver Publishing on December 1.

Congrats to Lori S, who won Eight Days by Cardeno C! Eight Days was released on December 1 by Dreamspinner Press as part of their 2012 Advent Calendar collection.

Congrats to Stacia H, who won Snowbound in Nowhere by Andrew Grey! Snowbound in Nowhere was also be released on December 1 by Dreamspinner Press as part of their 2012 Advent Calendar collection.

Congrats to Judi P, who won An Isolated Range (Stories from the Range #5) by Andrew Grey! An Isolated Range is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Congrats to Josieb1 and Marie A, who won the Oh, Come All Ye Kinky anthology, courtesy of  Kim Dare and Ava March! O Come All Ye Kinky is being released by Riptide Publishing today.

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be checking in on Baddest Santa Guy…

was able to convince himself that only the

of

with

, could pay off

to a

, who had been heard exclaiming

, “

! Ah,

as you

with those

y,

s* my need to go on a

to discover which you prefer –

“

*Apologies for that bit of disturbing alliteration. And… pretty much for the rest of this Misadventure, too! 🙂

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“My name is Mayhem and I disapprove of this post.” -Mayhem

Not sure exactly how May’s left eye is going to look in the end. Not only did it get scratched during the Chaotic Misadventure, but after she developed the abscess in the back of her mouth, the left side of her face was all swollen… the point where she couldn’t completely close her left eye the morning the vet drained the abscess. From back when Chaos scratched his eye, I know it will take her a while to get used to holding that eye completely open again, so hopefully the pirate thing is temporary. But while her left pupil reacts to light ok, it also seems to stay slightly larger than the right. Still! She’s alive and getting back to herself, which is the biggest thing.

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Congrats to Pat N, who won Accounting for Luke (Dangerous Lovers #2) by Amber Kell!

Congrats to Sally, who won Summer School by Tam Ames! Summer School was released by Silver Publishing on July 28.

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be joining Baddest Santa Guy as he heads to the beach…

By

s (may the

),

with

left him

on the beach after

, so he decided he could keep

and stick around through a couple of

to go to

and maybe enjoy a

of

or some

on the beach.

That last title would work much better with an “and” between “love” and “midnight”…

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“That naughty boy needs to learn to keep his undies on!” -Mayhem

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Congrats to Ann Roberts, who won the grand prize in the Beat Your Winter Blues blog tour with her comment here!

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be trying to catch up with Baddest Santa Guy – and this time, he actually makes it out of bed. 😉

While

was well aware of

, he couldn’t resist using some

,

, and

to speed up the

he was

would be a success, since he had no intention of stopping until

was

. He didn’t expect

to make any trouble, but ever since he’d

her plan to be

, she’d taken to muttering, “

, but you won’t get a

with the

, you jerk” whenever he was near. So he waited until the

, when he knew her

and engineered a

that ended with her as a

.

The end! Just in case you were worried about how much sense some of the recent Misadventures have made… 😉

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“Is the naughty boy gone? Is it safe to come out yet?” -Mayhem

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Baddest Santa Guy…

,

, wanted to make sure

was

, or, basically,

by giving him as

(plus he hoped it would be

for Jesse, instead of the

he usually got). Jesse’s first words upon being presented to Santa were, “

” and then, “Whoa, check out

!”

and some

later, he was

, making him

through to his

.

Erm. Yes. Moving right along!

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“Wait a minute… Santa Claws is a kitty, not a naughty boy!” -Mayhem