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

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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 (Sutter’s Bay #4) by Shawn Lane! Finding Forever was released by Amber Allure on 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)

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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.

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”…

“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)

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Don’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 we’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

and

would be the same person – the

whose

meant he didn’t know that he was

, the notorious

and

who

to be

(

) in

and

.

Well, that was more of a tease than anything, wasn’t it? But hey, run-on! 🙂

*sigh* -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 128th (Leisure Suit Guy)

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Congrats to Melinda, who won Owner of My Heart (Mending the Rift #2) by Valentina Heart! Owner of My Heart (Mending the Rift #2) was released by Silver Publishing on July 14.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Leisure Suit Guy. 🙂

, trying not to believe that

because he didn’t want to be

yet again,

cursed

when his

went out after he’d had only

of

for the

of

.

Short and sweet this week! 🙂

“I am Mayhem and I disapprove of this post and those naughty boys.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 127th (Guy of a Different Color)

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Guy of a Different Color (GoaDC), so named because he reminded me of the Horse of a Different Color from The Wizard of Oz – he’s a slightly different shade every time you see him! 🙂

One night,

were hanging out with

, drinking beer to quench their

and mending their tattered clothes using

, when who should appear with some

but the

, yelling, “

, you

heathens!

had to deal with such recalcitrance – rest assured that you’ll be

. Bwa-ha-ha!”

Hmm. Anyone suffer a brain sprain reading that?

“You don’t listen!! I said no more naughty boys!!!!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 126th (The Return of Pumkin Ravioli Boy)

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Pumkin Ravioli Boy. (If you don’t remember how he got his misspelled name, you can find out here.) (You can hover your cursor over the covers to see how I used the title in the Misadventure.)

and those

,

, were

on their way home from a

, which had been the

for all of them. The

of the Desperate Fay King’s

made short work of the ticket when he got

with the police officer, using some

he’d learned while

with the

(who’d

him to go riding), right before his unplanned

in a

that left the Desperate Fay King without

, but with a painful new

in his spine.

*blink blink blink*

“This is my indignant about naughty boys look. As if you didn’t already know that.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 125th (The Return of UYWHEG)

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Congrats to Ria M, who won Saviours of Oestend (Oestend #2), by Marie Sexton! Saviours of Oestend is being released by Total-E-Bound today.

Congrats to garnetyuna, who won Full Circle (Sanctuary #5) by RJ Scott! Full Circlewas released by Silver Publishing on June 23.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Undressing You With His Eyes Guy (UYWHEG). To make things more fun, I’ve only used covers from two different publishers.

remembered

all too well, as he’d been stuck

(

) at

had started a

with

over a missing

and a

as

flickered around the combatants until suddenly,

and the

,

exploded throughout the Buckhampton Country Club and only the timely intervention of the

saved the day.

Whew! 🙂

“You should be ashamed of yourself, Mom. I think you’re egging on these naughty boys!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 124th (The Return of Starey Glarey Guy)

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Starey Glarey Guy (SGG), who has been very, very busy…

Says SGG, “First I was bitten and

, then

,

, and

, a

who was

and could

with just a glance, at

in the

. Although I was a

be sure, when the

finally settled into place one

night, I’m sure you could

for miles.”

Curses. I couldn’t quite make it work as a single spectacular run-on sentence. 🙁

*radiates disapproval and disappointment* -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 123rd (Slave Boy drops by again)

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Congrats to Nette, who won her choice of Left in the Darkness (Haven Coffee House Boys #2) or Tagged and Bagged (EMS Heat #14) by Stephani Hecht!

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Slave Boy yet again. Onward!

meat dinner was completely unsatisfying,

. Not even

with seasonings or his infamous

,

,

, and

sauce could improve the mystery meat meal – although who much cared (or remembered) after that sauce?! Maybe it was all that booze or maybe it was

and fanciful

, but after Sage went to sleep, he had

filled with

,

for

. Alas, when he awoke, there was no escape from

(no matter how he much he avoided

) – elves don’t

performing random

or

, so he was stuck in

with the

.

Um… at least it wasn’t a single run-on sentence, right?! 😉

“I have had enough!! I am going to smack that naughty boy with my Deadly Paw of Smacking!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 122nd (SOBJG, back again)

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Congrats to Melissa E, who won Where Nerves End (Tucker Springs #1) by L.A. Witt! Where Nerves End was released on June 3 by Amber Allure.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll catch up a bit with Slouching Open Black Jacket Guy (SOBJG), for something like the ninth time. 🙂 Remember, you can always hover your cursor over the covers to see how I used the title in the Misadventure.

Once in a

, a

for a

goes very, very wrong and the

lead

– not just any treasure, but

– now

on a map for any

to find. If you think the one man was happy about that,

, how wrong you are! At first he was

with fury, burning with the

of anger – anger hot enough to start a

or anywhere else he happened to be

. But then he had some

to calm down, considered his possible

, and decided maybe things weren’t as bad as he feared. Maybe he was just in an especially dark frame of mind because he’d been

(

) during a

and gone down after a

, ending

.

Heh. You think your brains hurt – you should try writing these! 😉

“I… just can’t believe there are so many naughty boys!!” -Mayhem