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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 81st (UYWHEG)

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Undressing You With His Eyes Guy (UYWHEG).

set UYWHEG on a

with his

, who demanded more

(

, of course) before they left the

at the

to get ready for

because the

of

and

.

, they accepted the vampire’s

, wondering what sort of

he was hiding behind

and

, knowing they would not have to wait

for answers…

“MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM! How could you leave that poor spotty kitty up there surrounded by naughty boys!?!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 80th (SOBJG returns for the 8th time)

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Congrats to Midia, who won Static by L.A. Witt! Static was released over the weekend 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). He’s always so busy – this really is the eighth post featuring him! (And if today’s Misadventure seems a bit short, it’s because I limited it to a single pose.)

was

and he played it with

,

to get hot tips. This led

cre Vil to refer to him as

, then to claim he had a

because his

stole her

. Um…

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 79th (The Return of YCDYLOMWAG)

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Congrats to Marie A, who won Just-You Eyes by Clare London!

Congrats to Kerstin, who won Deefur Dog by RJ Scott! Deefur Dog was released by Silver Publishing on Saturday.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Let’s catch up with You Can Do Your Laundry on My Washboard Abs Guy (YCDYLOMWAG), shall we? (How many other Misadventures guys can you identify in this post? There are a lot!)

,

and

for

, went to visit

to complain about the

, who had knocked Romeo and Julies out with a

, then stolen

and taken it to

, where

it!

Alas, the Love God’s response was too cryptic to be useful. He told them that when you’re

to be at the

, you’d better be prepared to

on your

when things get

in

. Huh. Since there was a

, Romeo and Julius decided to

to see if they could extract

from

. Whew!!

“Noooooooo! The big kitty lied to me! He said there really weren’t any naughty boys last week!! But there is so much naughtiness!!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 78th (Haughty Blond Guy)

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Haughty Blond Guy. Brace yourselves – he’s completely clothed in every photo. 😮 (And remember, you can always hover your mouse cursor over the covers to see the title as used in the story!)

If

, the

will be very disappointed. They were hoping he’d be sold

, or that they could win him for

from the

r in

. Since they weren’t willing to risk

, one said to the other, “

– our

plan can still work if we seduce the

, using every trick of

that we know… unless

shows up to tell us that we’re

and out of

.” The end. Huh. I promise abs next week! 😉

“Thanks a lot, Mom. May’s on strike now – something about naughty boys? These boys don’t look very naughty to me.” -Chaos

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 77th (The return of MCSIBTYG)

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Congrats to Kate, who won The Love of a Mate (Pack Discipline #4) by Kim Dare! The Love of a Mate is being released today by Total-E-Bound.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with My Cup Size Is Bigger Than Yours Guy (MCSIBTYG) – you’ll notice that the cover artists still love to mess with the poor guy’s hair. Keep an eye out for the cover where he has leopard pox on his belly! And wave at WiHG when you see him. 😉

to

all the time, claiming that he understands their

, without revealing even a hint of his

to invade

of their

at

and abduct both the

and the

from their

. Instead, he speaks of his

their cause, never mentioning his fantasies

or of how he craves forcing a

to have

.

Oh my. That took a dark turn or three, didn’t it?! 😮

“No! Not more naughty boys! Argghh!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 76th (Profiles that Pass in the Night Guys)

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Congrats to Lauren, who won Between Sinners and Saints by Marie Sexton! Between Sinners and Saints was released on May 29 by Amber Allure.

Congrats to Melanie M, who won A.J.’s Angel by L.A. Witt! A.J.’s Angel is being released by Samhain Publishing today.

Happy fifth birthday, Mayhem!

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting the Profiles that Pass in the Night Guys. If you remember the Staring Contest Guys, you might think these are the same guys. Nope. Similar, but not the same.

One

,

for dealing with the

,

, and

the

, who all were afraid of

, was to distract them using

and

, then show them pictures of

from the

before they started their

as part of

.

*blink blink*

“I can’t believe you had naughty boys on my birthday, Mom…” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 75th (Candy Cane Guy drops by)

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Congrats to Lea W, who won Impossible to Resist by Em Woods and Keeping House by Lee Brazil!

If you’ve heard anything on the news about tornadoes in Minneapolis, Minnesota, they were in the north part of the city. I’m in the southwest. Here it rained crazily, the tornado sirens went off just in case, and the kitties hid under the couch.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll see what Candy Cane Guy’s been up to recently. Keep an eye out for Shy Guy and Wind in Hair Guy!

Said Candy Cane Guy, “

to you! This year,

is

, tied with a

and sent

– really, that would it make it an absolutely

for me!” Meanwhile, the

was working

on

using that

,

, which

had

with

,

. Sure, he craved

, but he knew that beauty was in the

and that even when he was whipping up some

, he was

. The end. I think. 😉

“If you haven’t noticed, Mom, I am indignant that you found more naughty boys!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 74th (The possible return of the Boys on the Beach)

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Stop by and enter the contest for Impossible To Resist by Em Woods &  Keeping House by Lee Brazil! Contest closes 7 pm CDT, May 20.

Congrats to Inka, who won Riley’s Regret (Lost Shifters #11) by Stephani Hecht! Riley’s Regret was released by eXtasy Books on May 15.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! I think the guys featured today have appeared in a previous Misadventure as the Boys on the Beach. Agree? Disagree? (Thanks to PD Singer, who found some of these covers!)

against the

took place

,

and his

of

on the

(or was it on the

? I forget.). Anyway, the

(specifically the

) kicked off with a

about

who were

that

would

or

break their

.

The end. I think.

“I stick my tongue out at you, naughty boys! So there!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 73rd (The return of the return of Shy Guy)

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Congrats to Helena, who won Fanning the Flames (The Match Before Christmas #2) by Eden Winters! Fanning the Flames was released by Torquere Press on May 7.

Congrats to Lynn, who won Sharing Paul (Portals #3) by Jade Archer! Sharing Paul will be released today by Total-E-Bound.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be revisiting Shy Guy. Watch out for Candy Cane Guy, Everywhere Guy, Looking Away Guy, Crossed Arms Guy… and see if you can figure out who I plan to feature in the future as Smarmy Guy!

warned her there would be a

when

herself with

, who was trying to fight his

by

. “

”
bring me

, I know, but it’s all I want this year!” exclaimed the Playful Prince. “I’ve been

, trying to

, but I’m not sure that

while he’s

from the

is covered under ‘everything.’ By the way,

“

Um, was it really obvious that I had a bit of trouble with that last cover?! 🙂 I’ve had that cover since before the very first Shy Guy Misadventure and finally accepted it isn’t going to fit smoothly into a narrative.

“I’m starting to think you do this naughty boy thing just to annoy me, Mom.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 72nd (Everywhere Guy)

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Congrats to Laura/Adara, who won Cup Check (Blue Line Hockey #3) by Stephani Hecht! Cup Check was released by eXtasy Books on May 1.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Everywhere Guy, whose real name is Jimmy Thomas. I haven’t done a Misadventure with Jimmy Thomas before because, well, he’s everywhere (his stock photo site notes that he’s on over 1000 covers) and it just seemed too easy. But then I made a little bet with myself that I could do an entire Misadventure from one publisher’s Jimmy Thomas covers… and I won! Not just a Misadventure, but an epic Misadventure!

The

discovered that

aspects of

were unfortunately

deep in

, at the

, right next to

. This inspired

to share this story about a friend of his: “So I’m hanging out at the bar with the rest of the

, hearing all about

, when

with some chick and drags her and her friend over to our table and that’s when

. Too bad he didn’t realize then that she was actually

and that the

was actually part of her irresistible

, which was

, too.

, I knew that we

long before Trey made his

(and then felt like he had to

) in front of the

(who had such amazing

, I couldn’t tear my eyes away). Yeah, I know that

, so I was all in favor of that

because I didn’t realize it would land me in this

.”

*blink blink blink*

Um.

“Grrrrrrr!!! You naughty boys are making me very cranky!” -Mayhem