Category Archives: Covers

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 239th (Are We Done Yet Guy [AWDYG])

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Are We Done Yet Guy (AWDYG)!

became a

after he was quoted saying, “

!” before revealing that his

‘s kiss kept him alive in

weather, even though it was

.

Erm. Look! Over there! Up in the sky!! 😉


Mayhem turned nine years old yesterday! 😮

“You couldn’t skip the naughty boys in honor of my birthday?! Weak, Mom, very weak.” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 238th (The return of Serious Twinkie Guy)



Stop by and enter the contest for Secrets and Bow Ties (Secrets #3) by Lou Harper! Closes 7 pm CDT, May 18.



Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Serious Twinkie Guy.

Taking a

after severing his

from the

,

(that

and notorious

!) caught

while reading

and went out searching for a

.

For anyone who’s been concerned that these have been making too much sense lately, fear no more! 😉


“Why bother looking at naughty boys when you could just look at me instead?!” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 237th (The Body Snatching Cloak)



Congrats to Sadonna, who won Jack in the Green (2nd ed) by JL Merrow! Jack in the Green was released by JMS Books on May 3.



Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting The Body Snatching Cloak. Onward!

accidentally

ed himself out of his house on the

when, upon

the morning after conducting a very successful and

, he had

d down the stairs and

outside to watch the sun rise. Whoops!

So there are actually only four photos of the same, presumably original, guy, as seen on The Mercenary. Then it looks like a publisher used him on the cover of Lock and some poor cover artist had to figure out how to include the cloak and arm/chest rope on a bunch of other stock photos to visually link the rest of the covers for the series.


“Birds birds birds are way better than naughty boys!” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 236th (Torso Guy #2)

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Torso Guy #2 – check out the original Torso Guy to see how they differ.

heard the

in the distance and realized he’d taken a

when he left

after having

– now he stood little chance of

in time for some

or two with the

and blissfully escaping his

s while

in sexy comfort at home.

Is it my imagination, or did that make sense? *squints*


“I despair of you, Mom, and I despair of all the naughty boys.” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 235th (Not Kissing, Just Resting Our Lips on Each Other Guys [NKJROLoEOG])



Congrats to Ali G, who won I’m the Guy You Hate by Isa K!

Congrats to Mary B, who won LIMBO by Clare London!



Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting the Not Kissing, Just Resting Our Lips on Each Other Guys (NKJROLoEOG). Thanks to Becky Black, who found a number of these covers for me. 🙂

When

are

s, they use

(particularly the

) to make themselves less likely to be discovered and

as punishment as soon as they realize they’re

anymore.

And it started so promisingly! 😉


“Naughty boys

?! And now they’re infringing on my space! I’m just so exhausted by such naughtiness…” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 233rd (Staring Off into the Distance Guy)



Congrats to Angeles G, who won As Spring Rain (2nd ed) by Valentina Heart!



Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Staring Off into the Distance Guy (SOitDG), albeit briefly.

After

from being held for questioning about a

something or other cruise ship, his lover,

felt unsure about all of Kyle’s sweet

, wondering if he was being

by a con man and a murderer.

Oh dear! :O


“At least there weren’t very many naughty boys this time…” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 232nd (The return of the return of Neck Crick Guy)

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Neck Crick Guy.

, the

and

were

with the

on

of the year on the

when

realized someone should be

instead of imprisoning him, as there were already

.

Well then! 🙂


“Why do you make me suffer so with these naughty boys, Mom?!” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 231st (The return of the return of Holding on to His Hat Guy [HotHHG])

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Holding on to His Hat Guy (HotHHG). Again.

The

rode through the

to join the other

behind

, where the

was having a very serious conversation with Blake: “But you’re

! Why can’t you just

?! Don’t you remember when

the night away, so blissfully lost in our

?”

I don’t think there’s going to be a HEA (happily every after) on this particular Misadventure – what do you think?


“I think that the naughty boys must be stopped!!!!!!” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 230th (The return of Your Face Is Going To Freeze Like That Guy [YFIGTFLTG])

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Your Face Is Going To Freeze Like That Guy (YFIGTFLTG). (Don’t forget that you can hover your cursor/long-press on the covers to see how I used the book title in this story.)

By the time he reached

(in the

, on the

), it seemed like

(at least according to his

and what he remembered from

) was to

be a

, unable to resist

in black

after

ing to drink

with bad ideas and no

s.

Well then!


“I have sparkly socks to bathe on – today I do not care about naughty boys!” -Mayhem