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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 91st (Curly Blond Bangs Guy)

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D’oh! I published this early by accident… Whoops!

Congrats to Jen B and Beth, who each won a copy of Bulletproof (A Matter of Time #3 or #5, depending) by Mary Calmes! Bulletproof will be released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Curly Blond Bangs Guy (CBBG). If you were worried about how much sense last week’s Misadventure made, rest assured that’s not the case this week. 🙂 And keep an eye out for Candy Cane Guy!

left, after

, after

thwarted

to power, what was left beyond

? Those

had been

a dream he hated to give up, even for

or

. But would being in

preclude a

?

I’m pretty sure that was the most challenging set of titles I’ve yet encountered.

“I’m not coming out until you promise there won’t be any more naughty boys!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 90th (LiBG)

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Lounging in Bed Guy (LiBG) – onward!

was perfectly willing to

for

, although he knew that his willingness was

if he wanted any chance to test his

with

. But

kept him from taking the

that could become

into

, all

revealed,

with

.

Oh oh. That one mostly makes sense! 😮

“I’m just shaking my head, Mom. You’re a lost cause!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 89th (Welcome Back, WiHG!)

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Congrats to Cayce, who won Love is in the Title (Love #1) and Love is in the Hallways (Love #2) by RJ Scott!

Congrats to D, who won Galen and the Forest Lord by Eden Winters! Galen and the Forest Lord was released by Torquere Press on Saturday, September 10.

Random: I now have a tumblr. It’s mostly going to be quotes, songs, and images that catch my eye. Sorry, nekkid menz peeps, I think it’s going to be pretty safe for work – probably not even a random ab! 🙂

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! I’m sure we all remember Wind-in-Hair Guy (WiHG), right? (Thanks to Ava March, who found the cover with the wings!)

For

and

, it was

when they were introduced to

by

. Alas, they knew all too well that the Pharaoh (and

) would never relinquish his concubine before he hit

, not even if they took

and hired

to achieve a

and end the Pharaoh’s

in

.

Well. That certainly wasn’t a very cheerful tale, was it?

“So. Disappointed. Since you didn’t have naughty boys last Monday, Mom, I thought you’d seen the error of your ways!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 88th (Scraggly Hair Guy)

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Congrats to Seanna Lea, who won Shattered Secrets (Shadow of the Wolf #1) by RJ Scott and Diane Adams! Shattered Secrets was released by Silver Publishing on August 27.

Congrats to wildflower3d, who won For the Attention Of (Pushing the Envelope #1) by Kim Dare! For the Attention Of was released by Amber Allure on August 28.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Scraggly Hair Guy (SHG).

After

bought

in the

to speed his

, not even the

of a

from a

could convince him to

when he felt

and saw the

of a

during the

of

. Woot! One sentence! 🙂

“The naughty boys go too far with their lies!! I didn’t see any black cats up there!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 87th (TYSMIPHAG)

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Congrats to jayhjay, who won On the List (Changing Plans #3) by L.A. Witt! On the List was released yesterday by Amber Allure.

Congrats to Jennifer, who won Song of Oestend by Marie Sexton! Song of Oestend will be released today by Total-E-Bound.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting a guy Jase named for me because I was stuck. So, here’s Thank You Sir, May I Please Have Another Guy (TYSMIPHAG) – a name that amuses me because it can have two very different meanings, depending on how you read the last word. 🙂

was busy

when he finally remembered

he’d made under the

after being rescued from

, when he was emotionally vulnerable and still felt like

. He’d been so happy to be

, to feel his life starting to shift back in to

, that he hadn’t questioned the need for

, nor the claim that,

it happened, it was

…and they were now bound together as

.

*tilts head quizzically*

Huh. I wonder what the first two promises were…

“No more naughty boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 86th (The Return of Tie Guy Two)

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Congrats to Tracy W, who won In His Hero’s Shadow (EMS Heat #10) by Stephani Hecht! In His Hero’s Shadow is being released today by eXtasy Books.

Congrats to Majken, who won the Cross Bones anthology, courtesy of Piper Vaughn and M.J. O’Shea! Cross Bones is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

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

, Dalton, got all

in

when he asked

of

, his friendly neighborhood

. Poor Raven was somewhat distracted by

to his

, but figured it was better than Dalton’s previous obsession with

… and he didn’t want to even think about Dalton’s attempts to use

to achieve

while working at

last year. “

” yelled Raven, hoping to distract Dalton with some

and

“It’s definitely time for one of our

, Dalton. In fact,

…”

Hmm. I wonder what happened next… 😉

“This is what I think of you, naughty boys!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 85th (BSUG)

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Congrats to Maya, who won Ashton and Justice by Stephani Hecht! Ashton and Justice was released by Amber Allure on August 7.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Blank Stare Updo Guy (BSUG). Keep an eye out for three other Misadventures guys, too!

was to agree to be

after being part of

. He figured it was an

to spend*

time

if he wanted to (even if the butterflies

), but how could he have predicted the

would be

after he jumped out of

and yelled, “

!”?

Really, who could have predicted that?!? 🙂

*Nope, that isn’t how “prerogative” should be spelled. Whoops!

“I don’t want to see any more naughty boys!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 84th (MUMMCHG Rides Yet Again)

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with My Underwear Matches My Cowboy Hat Guy (MUMMCHG) again. Guess what? The model, Jeandre, commented on the two previous MUMMCHG posts – and pointed out that he was 20 when the photos were taken, not 15. 🙂

Across the

, doing the

in his special

and yelling, “

in time! You only have

before that

goes off in

! Then I’ll be

by taking

away from him.”

Well, that doesn’t seem very nice at all, does it?!! O.o

“My name is Mayhem and I disapprove of this post, and of naughty boys in general.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 83rd (BBFHG)

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Apologies to anyone who was worried or disoriented by Friday’s linkity post going live at 3 pm CDT instead of its usual 2 am CDT! I typoed when I hit publish Thursday evening, then had no idea there was a problem until I got home Friday evening after helping my brother and sister-in-law move all day. Whoops.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Bleached Blond Fabio Hair Guy (BBFHG). Many thanks to PD Singer for sending me the first few pictures of him! 🙂

Although he would’ve preferred to be

, BBFHG was forced to traverse

to get to the

to buy

from the

in order to satisfy his

after he’d been

when trying to

. Soon after, in the

,

the

, leaving BBFHG

after

. *blink blink blink*

Huh.

“A naughty boy with bad hair – why do you make me suffer so?!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 82nd (The Return of Everywhere Guy)

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Congrats to Renee, who won Dark Sun by M.J. O’Shea!

Congrats to Julie, who won In the Shadow of a Hero by Anna Mayle!

Congrats to Amy, who won the Tea and Crumpet anthology, donated by Clare London!

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography, in which we’ll be catching up with Everywhere Guy (aka Jimmy Thomas). Today’s Misadventure will once again focus on his covers from a single publisher, albeit a different publisher than that of his previous Misadventure. 🙂

It was

and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a

…but

was

about having to host

for

(

!) and the

who had found the

in

on

by arriving

to confront the

about his

for a

who had provided

that allowed him to be

.

I’m strangely out of breath after writing that one-sentence Misadventure… I hope no one tried to read it out loud! 😉

“Words fail me, Mom.” -Mayhem