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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 137th (The return of SSTTJG)

September 24, 2012 Chris 19 Comments

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be catching up with Stubborn Set To The Jaw Guy (SSTTJG). Keep an eye out for some other familiar ~~faces~~ bodies, too! (Don’t forget you can hover your cursor over the covers to see how I used the title in the story – helpful for hard to read covers, or when other text on the cover is larger than the title.)

, so, demonstrating

, ignoring

, and

, they invited

over for a

, except

(that

!) showed up at the

, wielding

, spilling their

from its

, and leaving them

. The end. If you squint just right as you read it, it makes total sense! 😉

“That poor black kitty up there! What sort of life can he possibly have, hanging out with naughty boys?!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 136th (Welcome back, Too Smooth Guy!)

September 17, 2012 Chris 12 Comments

Congrats to Laura, who won the Hearts of England anthology by RJ Scott, Meredith Russell, Chris Quinton, Lisa Worrall, Sue Brown, & SA Meade!Â Hearts of England was released by Silver Publishing on September 15.

Congrats to Brandi, who wonÂ Holding On by Em Woods!Â Holding On is being released today by Total-E-Bound.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be catching up with the always busy Too Smooth Guy.

to fulfill his

was shattered by

, and

as he was suddenly

and

. No longer one of the

, he tried to ignore the

as he prepared for

under the

, hoping that he’d find a

with his

Oh oh. That almost made sense…

“I stick my tongue out at you, naughty boys!! You are so… naughty!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 135th (No Budget for Waxing Guy)

September 10, 2012 Chris 13 Comments

Congrats to Mammarella, who won Sub Zero by Angel Martinez!

Congrats to Sarah S, who won Body Magic (Triad #2) by Poppy Dennison!Â Body Magic is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be meeting No Budget for Waxing Guy! (Remember to hover your cursor over the covers to see how I used the title in the Misadventure.)

what triggered

that

couldn’t sit in

with the other

and read

at the same time, which just made Paul’s D’Marco want to go do something

self, like put on his

and go

through

, getting

Erm… I’m just going to pretend that made sense. 🙂

“You can’t make me look at those naughty boys!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 134th (The return of the return of Starey Glarey Guy)

August 27, 2012 Chris 21 Comments

Congrats to Carla A, who won her choice of A Guitarist in the Fae Queenâ€™s Court (Fae Connections #1) by Amber Kell or the Unconventional At Best anthology!

Congrats to Andrea, who won Dead Shot by JL Merrow!Â Dead Shot was released on August 26 by JMS Books.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be trying to catch up with Starey Glarey Guy, who is nearly as busy as WiHG! (Please excuse the verb tense mess involving the first few covers.)

over

, the

drove away

and SGG awoke to find himself not back on the farm

and

as he’d dreamed, but in his bed in the city, still mired in a

, playing

s of

with the other

, responding to all the

like a

(or maybe just like a

), and

of espresso to clear the dream fog from his brain.

Mmmm… espresso…

*glaring, Ears of Annoyance, and tail thwack-lashing* -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 133rd (Wind-in-Hair Guy swoops in)

August 20, 2012 Chris 13 Comments

Congrats to Ladypessi, who won Texas Heat (Texas #3) by RJ Scott! Texas Heat was released by Silver Publishing on August 18.

Congrats to Ami, who wonÂ Nothing of a Son by L.A. Witt! Nothing of a Son was released by Amber Allure on August 19.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be trying to catch up with Wind-in-Hair Guy (WiHG) – this is his eighth post!

It was

to have the

and be

, but all that changed when he met

, who were

and convinced Alexios,

, that, according to

had to be out there, waiting for him

– he only needed to let his

and the

guide him, then free his mate with his

and the

. Edric, Red Rider, and the Big Bad Werewolf had a hard time convincing Alexios that this wasn’t just a

– while

was for him to play it safe and remain an

instead of

, they were sure he would succumb to his

and go find his mate.

The end?

“Yes, I see that poor shaggy-headed kitty up there, Mom, but he’s surrounded by naughty boys and wolves!!!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 132nd (The return of Pouty Guy)

August 13, 2012 Chris 12 Comments

Congrats to maygirl7, who won theÂ Lashings of Sauce anthology donated by Josephine Myles!

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

and

crushed

and lost him

, even as he tried to remember that

and

what the

(to be

and bathe in a

) was not a good way to be

when he should be fighting his

and setting the washing machine back to

*blink blink*

“I told you last time this naughty boy appeared – I’m the only one allowed to pout on this blog!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 131st (In Which There Is A Shocking Revelation)

August 6, 2012 Chris 29 Comments

Congrats to Jonathan, who won His Gift by Clare London!

Congrats to Linda C, who won Indulging Ivan by Kim Dare!

Congrats to Juliana, who won Finding Forever (Sutterâ€™s Bay #4) by Shawn Lane! Finding Forever was released by Amber Allure onÂ August 5.

Congrats to Lasha and Teena, who won copies of Unconventional At Best! Unconventional At Best is being released today by Total-E-Bound.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Brace yourselves – it turns out that Shy Guy and Emo Blond Guy are the same model, so henceforth he shall be known as Shy Emo Blond Guy. Please, take a moment to recover your composure before continuing with the Misadventure.

decided that living in

was too much like living

, no matter how cheap the

might be. Especially when one his old

showed up at his door on a particularly

when

had him worrying about

‘s existence like some uncouth

instead of

within, but he really just needed a

–

with and

when

just was

to comfort him.

“I’ve given you enough warnings about the naughty boys, Mom. Now I’m forced to take action!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 130th (Baddest Santa Guy goes to the beach)

July 30, 2012 Chris 13 Comments

Congrats to Pat N, who wonÂ 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.

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

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

or some

on the beach.

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

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

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 129th (Duster-Wearing Sinister Guy)

July 23, 2012 Chris 18 Comments

Donâ€™t forget to enter the contest for The Bacchi by Belinda McBride! Contest closes 7 pm CDT, July 30.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll be meeting Duster-Wearing Sinister Guy. Keep an eye out for the face swap with Seriously Boring Blond Guy, plus an assortment of cameos from other guys you might recognize from previous Misadventures. Onward!

It figured that