Mmmm… wax. When I think of sexy, I think Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum. Dude looks like a statue of Tom Cruise circa 1986 minus the charm and that crazy shit-eating grin (shit-eating… seriously… where did this idiom come from?)… oh, and spliced with Lurch. He just seems so… uncomfortable. The photographer’s all, “Look sexy!” and Lurch is like, “umm… okay, how about I pretend I’m coming out of the car and look… constipated? Is that the same as sexy?” And the photographer is thinking, “Oh, for fuc—alright, alright. Let’s get this shit over with so I can spend my paycheck on hookers and blow.” This guy also kind of looks like… well, a serial killer. Like the type to carefully wax off all of his body hair before going to his victim’s house so he doesn’t leave any hairs or something. Heeeey… just like the killer from Linda Howard’s Dream Man. Shit, that book scared the crap out of me! But obviously he’s in between victims ’cause he’s got a full head of hair right now. Also, dude is pale. Dude is pale the way only a computer scientist can be pale (::cough::Tim::cough::). Or you know, a vampire. Oddly enough, there’s something kind of… strange about the way his leg is bent. Like he’s all about breaking out into a dance, but doesn’t know how. Aww… that’s so sad. Somebody teach this man how to dance, damn it! And maybe then… maybe then he can also learn how to… love!
Thanks to Amber for this cover!
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January 12, 2007 at 11:31 am
(shit-eating… seriously… where did this idiom come from?)
*giggles*
Glad to know I’m not the only one who’s wondered this exact same thing…
January 12, 2007 at 12:21 pm
I think this is the book they gave away free copies of at the NJRW conference breakfast. I think I actually have two copies. Why? I can’t remember. I think I grabbed books for someone who couldn’t make it to the breakfast and somehow still ended up with them (not because I wanted two because I don’t even read this imprint, for Pete’s sake). Anyhow, I will happily send you BOTH copies. See how generous I can be?
January 12, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Hey, isn’t that David Borwhatshisname from Angel?
January 12, 2007 at 4:54 pm
*Gasp!* Bite your tongue, Jackie!
I think he looks a little like Bill Paxton. If Bill Paxton were hit in the face with a shovel and also smelling something bad just under his nose.
January 12, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Christopher Walken dances beautifully and I guess he is doing cover model work, too.
Seriously. I love Walken, but he not only waxes off the body hair, he looks as if he’s *made* from wax.
January 12, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Am I the only one coming up with MUCH worse reasons he looks like that?
And Bam, where the hell is Ferfe? Did you bury her somewhere?
January 12, 2007 at 7:55 pm
OMG – Dream Man totally scared me too. I am still scared of my closet.
January 12, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Everytime I glance at this cover I think he’s sitting on a tractor. Then i look again, and it’s a little car. It’s an OK cover, save for the fact I can’t see straight when looking at it. Oy.
January 13, 2007 at 1:21 am
I swear, Eva, I haven’t heard from that wacky dame in days!
Same here, Jane. I’ve got one of them walk-in numbers and before I go to bed I always check the closet first. With my mag-lite over my shoulder!
January 13, 2007 at 1:17 pm
One day, I will make it.
I consider a snark from you a badge of honor. I beg you- go after some of my Harlequin Blaze covers! We’ve been pimpin’ the sexy more and more.
I crave attention too!
B
January 15, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Does one of the amazing powers of love heal diarrea?
I swear he’s clenching hard in that picture…”Can’t hold it… must get behind car and rip pants down… must not soil rich corinthian leather… AAAAARRRRRGH!”