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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 67th (Smirking Guy)

March 28, 2011 Chris 28 Comments

Congrats to Nikyta, who won Looking for Adventure by Valentina Heart!

Congrats to Sandy Jay, who won Wrong Number, Right Guy by Mia Watts! Wrong Number, Right Guy was released by Amber Allure on March 27.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Smirking Guy. You may have trouble believing these are all the same guy, but Jordan Castillo Price discovered the stock photo evidence! (Thanks, Jordan!)

hoped that, by

and all the fascinating

they’d used for

, he would begin to understand the

behind the

by the

as he lived out his

, trying to convince himself that he was actually a

drifting on the

and singing the

Did you happen to notice that this Misadventure was a single sentence? 🙂

“Not looking at any more naughty boys. Nope.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 66th (The Return of the Return of Too Smooth Guy)

March 21, 2011 Chris 31 Comments

Congrats to Dianna, who won Accidentally His by Shawn Lane! Accidentally His was released by Amber Allure on March 20.

Congrats to Tracey D, who won Trust, Love, Submit by Kim Dare, and congrats to Sandy Jay, who won Treacherous Sun (Nu Hayven, Book 1) by Jade Archer! Both books are being released by Total-E-Bound today.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be catching up with Too Smooth Guy. Make sure you keep an eye out for CrAG, too! You’ll be seeing some of these covers again in future Misadventures for the other guys on A.J.’s Adventures and Understanding Mark.

The

provided by

, helped protect A.J. from

of the

, whose

had lured poor A.J. into

in the

, instead of into the

for which he yearned. All those

eventually led him into

from which

could extricate him. Now it was

: time to give up all hope of

, time to stop looking for

, time to just survive until

….

Ah, the suspense!! The faint sense of wooziness from trying to follow that semi-linear run-on narrative! 😉

“ARGH!! There are more naughty boys than ever!!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 65th (CrAG)

March 14, 2011 Chris 28 Comments

Congrats to Lori O, who won Memories by Valentina Heart! Memories was released by Silver Publishing on March 12.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be meeting Crossed Arms Guy (CrAG). Keep an eye out for Slave Boy and Too Smooth Guy!

and his

told the

of the

, “Get

s, or you will be

and left behind bars with

. Then your

of being

will come to naught after a few

. By then you’ll be

, begging Goldeneye, “

, please! You are my only hope for

!”

*blink blink* Well, since I’m out of covers, this Misadventure is done! 🙂

“Naughty boys, I sneer at you!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 64th (The Return of Slave Boy)

March 7, 2011 Chris 39 Comments

Congrats to Susan C, who won The Duty of a Beta (Pack Discipline #3) by Kim Dare! The Duty of a Beta is being released by Total-E-Bound today.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be catching up with Slave Boy. And keep your eye out for Looking Away Guy (LAG) (once), Shy Guy (once), You Can Do Your Laundry on My Washboard Abs Guy (YCDYLOMWAG) (twice), and Slouching Open Black Jacket Guy (SOBJG) (three times!). Whew. Onward!

While

finally came out – he was

and thus

so that he could embrace the

, hoping to avoid the

of the

that haunted him. However,

would only get him so far; he needed to be a

and chanting, “

!” if he was going to have any chance of avoiding the

generated by

. *tsk tsk tsk*

, won’t they?

“I. Can’t. Believe. My. Eyes. Are there an infinite number of naughty boys?!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 63rd (The Return of SHAGY)

February 28, 2011 Chris 23 Comments

Congrats to Marsha, who won The Tourist by Clare London! The Tourist will be released by Carina Press today.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be catching up with Seventies HAir GuY, aka SHAGY.

focused on

in the art of

, leaving him without

“Now it’s

,” Jamie told Peter. “Wherever you go, you’ll always remember

and

.”

The end. Definitely one of the more straightforward narratives lately! 🙂

“Not looking at the naughty boys, nope.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 62nd (Chin Dimple Guy)

February 21, 2011 Chris 22 Comments

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be making a new friend – please welcome Chin Dimple Guy!

his wings so he could answer a

that immediately (and quite unexpectedly) put him in the

for

. Haunted and

, but with

and filled with

, Chin Dimple Guy intercepted an

! Suddenly, he could see

gleaming in the darkness, compelling him to reach for his shirt.

, he realized the time for

was long past. All he could do now was rely on his sex appeal and

to eleven if he wanted to survive…

“New personal low, Mom?” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 61st (Well, hello again, SOBJG)

February 14, 2011 Chris 28 Comments

Congrats to Juni, who won Yearning (Greenâ€™s Hill Werewolves, Book 1) by Amy Lane! Yearning was released by Torquere Books on Saturday.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll catch up with Slouching Open Black Jacket Guy (SOBJG). Onward! (And keep an eye out for Trying To Tip His Hat Guy!)

Returning with

upon completing Operation

and rescuing the

(after making her

), SOBJG traded her for some of

and prepared himself for the many

before he would reach his

. When he finally got there,

yelled, “

! What happened to the rest of the

?”

“I’m sure they’re all

and hearty,” replied SOBJG. “But you know me and my

! I just felt too much internal

to the idea of hanging around and waiting for

to finally be complete, when instead I could be back home,

and enjoying

in the

.”

The end, because you’re all terribly out of breath from reading run-on sentences to yourselves.

“NO MORE NAUGHTY BOYS!!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 60th (The Return of the Return of Crouching Guy)

February 7, 2011 Chris 34 Comments

Congrats to Natasha, who won Opposites Distract by Stephani Hecht! Opposites Distract was released last week by All Romance Ebooks as part of its Perfect Strangers series.

Congrats to Otter, who won How the Other Half Lives by Clare London! How the Other Half Lives was released yesterday by Amber Allure.

Congrats to Carmel, who won Chocolate Dreams by Em Woods!Â Chocolate Dreams will be released today by Total-E-Bound.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! This week, we’ll catch up with Crouching Guy. Onward!

guessed he probably had many

, if only he could remember what they were… He’d simply been living

for too long, becoming

, conducting his

, and waiting for

connection to

(although a lasting connection to a

would do in a pinch). Suddenly, out of nowhere, there was a horrible

, which washed

, necessitating a

Whew! 🙂

“NO MORE NAUGHTY BOYS!!!!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 59th (The Return of the Return of Torso Guy)

January 31, 2011 Chris 37 Comments

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

shame was that he didn’t

. He’d thought about

to his girlfriend about the problem, but then

and wondering just

would distract him. He’d always believed there should be

, until his girlfriend told him that, due to his condom fails, he’d better get ready for a

with

the

. Having

anymore, Ayden (aka Torso Guy) gave up on his

and settled into

with his now wife and Shayno.

The end. Thanks to Wren Boudreau for finding the non-cover in today’s post!

“………………….” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 58th (The Many Faces of WiHG)

January 24, 2011 Chris 34 Comments

Congrats to Wren, who won Threadbare by Clare London! Threadbare was released by JMS Books yesterday.

Congrats to cturtlechick, who won Sandpipersâ€™ Secrets by Jade Archer! Sandpipersâ€™ Secrets will be released by Total-E-Bound today.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today, you’re going to see many more photo variations of our old friend Wind-in-Hair Guy (WiHG). If, at any point during my narrative, you doubt that a cover is actually WiHG, head over to fotolia and check out the two pages of his photos. Hard to believe, but all him. Oh, and keep an eye out for Slouching Open Black Jacket Guy! Onward!

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