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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 108th (Smarmy Guy)

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Congrats to Nette, who won The Only Easy Day (Sanctuary #2) by RJ Scott! The Only Easy Day was released by Silver Publishing on February 18.

Congrats to Melissa, who won The Pirate’s Gamble by Eden Winters! The Pirate’s Gamble was released by JMS Books on February 19.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Smarmy Guy. Would you buy a used car from this man?!

was at the

in

, snacking on

and dreaming his

, when suddenly

showed up with some

and forced a

with

over some all-but-

he’d kept track of

. By the end of the showdown, they were all

together and making

s, thanking each other for these

. Awwww! 🙂

“Some things can’t be unseen, Mom….” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 107th (The return of the return of the return of Crouching Guy)

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Congrats to Morgana, who won Academic Pursuits by Lou Harper!

Congrats to Demetra, who won The Swimming Swan (Cob Brothers #2) by Stephani Hecht and Amber Kell!

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

During

,

fascination with

was revealed by

in a fit of jealousy and

. Alex was understandably very upset and warned the Greek Lover, “I’m going to start planning a

, buster! You might claim to have

, but the

has had enough of your

! I’m

that can

, that warms me, that weaves a

around me with

and leaves me panting,

.”

Erm. What exactly just happened there?! 😮

“Hmph. I told you this naughty boy should’ve gone with his black kitty nature! No one ever listens to me.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 106th (The Return of ITSFMSG)

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Congrats to Giselle, who won The Decisions We Make by RJ Scott!

Congrats to Orannia, Eva, Bogusia, SarahM, and Zanara, who all won copies of Fall into the Sun by Val Kovalin!

Congrats to Helena, who won Cinder (A CinderFella Story) by Marie Sexton! Cinder was released by Silver Publishing on February 4.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with I’m Too Sexy For My Shirt Guy (ITSFMSG).

to get that

was

example how he couldn’t resist

– the

of the situations he got himself into was legendary! Who can forget that time he insisted on

with

? Or that time he was wearing

and

in the

of

? Or that time he indulged in the

of the

, even after they told him, “

!”?

Really, you don’t remember all that?! I’m surprised. 😉

“Is it safe to look yet?” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 105th (Starey Glarey Guy)

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Starey Glarey Guy (SGG). (Don’t forget that you can hover your mouse pointer over the covers to see how I used the titles in the Misadventure.)

felt that

was the

, as it allowed him both the

and the

of the

so he could

, who reminded him how important it was to

and beware

– succumbing to that

would only lead to

and

.

Ah, it’s been a while since I had a good run-on Misadventure! 🙂

*miffed* -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 104th (Emo Blond Guy)

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Congrats to Cathy M and Alder, who each won their choice of Saving Valor (Fanged Love #1) or Chalice (Planetary Submissives #1) by Amber Kell! Saving Valor (Fanged Love #1) was released by Silver Publishing on January 14. Chalice (Planetary Submissives #1) was released by Total-E-Bound on January 16.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Emo Blond Guy (EBG).

Because

had

that

couldn’t match, a

began to develop between the crews on

as everyone felt

to choose sides. Even

got involved when he declared to Robert’s VP, “I’ll do

! Don’t despair –

all the time. I mean, look at me and the Sun – I’ll be

tomorrow. Oh, I just can’t wait for him to be

with me again!”

“I’m just going to sit here and stare at you until you stop with this naughty boy nonsense, Mom.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 103rd (The Return of TTTHHG)

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Congrats to Cayce, who won Noble Metals by L.A. Witt!

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Trying To Tip His Hat Guy (TTTHHG).

, the

, never met a

or a

that he could resist. Said Tyler, “According to the

,

, the more likely it is you’ll end up with a

when you

.” And really, he should know, since he always gets caught up in the

, never heeding the warning of a

and telling everyone, “

! Besides, I’m not late –

somewhere.”

Well. That makes less sense than usual, which is really saying something. 🙂

“Not. Amused. At. All.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 102nd (The Return of Underwear Guy)

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Congrats to Gina, who won Blind Space by Marie Sexton!

Congrats to Azure J, who won The Gallows Tree by RJ Scott!

Both Blind Space and The Gallows Tree were released by Silver Publishing on January 7.

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

Once

, it was

at

because the

would not stop

with pictures of their hot

and rhapsodizing over

, then telling her she had not the

for any

since the personal trainers wouldn’t get

on

s with anyone but naughty boys, no matter what Tamara thought her

was telling her. Said Tamera, “Your cruel taunting does not

at all! But I’ll have the last laugh, because you’ll

. After all,

, even on the

!”

Huh. As I’ve mentioned before, the endings are always a surprise to me, too. 🙂

“Calling a book about naughty boys Naughty Boys seems like overkill to me. It should be obvious without the title!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 101st (Baddest Santa Guy)

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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!

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

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 100th (Back to the Beginning: Candy Cane Guy!)

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Congrats to Dianna, who won Winter Warmers by Josephine Myles, JL Merrow, Clare London, Chrissy Munder, and Lou Harper!

When I started the Misadventures back on December 3, 2009, I had no idea it would evolve into a long-running series of quirky, incoherent little stories strung together from book titles. Thanks to all of you for reading and commenting! A special thanks to those of you who’ve sent me covers, too. I’m honored to be part of you never looking at book covers the same way again. 😉

For this, the 100th edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography, I thought we should go back to the very beginning, to the cover that started it and gave Candy Cane Guy his name. 🙂

Because he was

,

just couldn’t seem to stop himself from

, especially when he was

, wandering the

and trying to avoid

with

as he looked for things that needed to be

while a not-quite-

(maybe a

?) kept playing in the back of his mind. Obviously he hadn’t done enough

in his misspent youth, when he worked as a

, then abruptly left behind his

of

and went

, traveling

to stay

‘s notice.

*blink blink blink*

“I can’t believe there are so many naughty boys! Surely you must be almost out of them by now, Mom?!” -Mayhem

Bad news, May: I have plenty of naughty boys stocked up! 🙂

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 99th (SBBG)

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Congrats to SueM, who won Men Under the Mistletoe by Ava March, Josh Lanyon, Harper Fox, and KA Mitchell! Men Under the Mistletoe is being released today by Carina Press. (The stories will also be released separately.)

Congrats to Tracey D, who won While Under the Influence (Perfect Timing #8) by Kim Dare! While Under the Influence is being released today by Total-E-Bound.

From today through December 23, Keira Andrews is hosting  : “…a holiday extravaganza featuring giveaways, holiday recipes and more. ‘Tis the season for some hot man-on-man action.” Keira will be here next week to update us on how MtYG is going. 🙂

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Seriously Boring Blond Guy (SBBG). Keep an eye out for Smarmy Guy (you’ll recognize him, even though he hasn’t had his own post  yet) and Slave Boy!

,

had been friends since they were

, when they met at college in a required

they were all taking at the

. In order to pass the course, they each had to identify

of people who’d been arrested for infractions such as

,

, and

. Now, at their class reunion, they were toasting each other, hollering, “

! Let us drink

, of those glorious days before we hit the accursed

of graduation and everything went

!”

Huh. Yeah, I’m usually surprised with how these turn out, too.

*glares* – Mayhem