No Thanks, Mommy, I Peed Yesterday

No Thanks, Mommy, I Peed Yesterday
Author: Sandy Appleyard
Publisher: Sandy Appleyard
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2014-08-31
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1500674524

Do you have kids? Do you sometimes want to send them to their bedroom until puberty? And other times, do you want to hug them until they burst? What about those moments when they say something so innocent and incredibly cute or hilarious that you wish you had a pen and paper so you could remember it? Well, that’s exactly what I did. My children have given my husband and I so many gifts, but the most precious has been laughter. I made a record of each funny or cute thing that they said since the moment they could speak. It’s all here in this short yet unforgettable ‘Kids Say The Darndest Things’ style memoir. No thanks, Mommy, I peed yesterday is a witty, side-splittingly funny comedy that can be enjoyed by both young and old. The humorous comments, explanations, and kid-thoughts will stay with you for years to come!

To Hide in Holly Springs

To Hide in Holly Springs
Author: Sandy Appleyard
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2015-09-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1515149064

“An eye for an eye.” Layla Dixon never dreams of living in the small town of Holly Springs, North Carolina. Having been born and raised in New York City, the teen never fathoms the idea of ever leaving her hometown. Until one day when a horrific scene makes her beg to be anywhere but home. Her parents, both doctors, are kept in the dark when their daughter begins to display strange behaviour. And when they finally learn the truth, it may be too late. Uncle Jack is a lawyer, and the only one who Layla tells her secret to. As the teen’s story unfolds, it becomes more complicated and disturbing. Jack begins to fear for the family’s safety. That fear is perpetuated by the fact that he could be putting not just the perpetrator behind bars, but a member of his own family.

When Will Knocks at Your Door

When Will Knocks at Your Door
Author: Sandy Appleyard
Publisher: Sandy Appleyard
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2016-02-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0994961855

Her bad-boy lover is no good for her, but she doesn’t realize how much until her house is ransacked and she’s left for dead. Overcome with grief, Ripley begins seeing her life as hopeless. Dreams that were once within reach become unfathomable, replaced with nightmares and horrifying flashbacks. Her father, a well-known airline CEO, steps up, finding a subtle way to help. But he doesn’t anticipate his plan backfiring as it does. Inadvertently Ripley’s heart is on the chopping block again. Ripley loses the drive to move on, but suddenly her life changes, and it happens when a young man named Will knocks at her door. Ripley learns of Will’s secret, which makes her question everything about his feelings toward her, but a tragic yet precarious bond keeps them together….for how long is anyone’s guess. Soon, Ripley has to break his heart in ways she never dreamed, and she’s forced to ask him the one thing she’s terrified to ask.

Stuck in Texas

Stuck in Texas
Author: Sandy Appleyard
Publisher: Sandy Appleyard
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-03-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1989427847

The millionaire. The orphaned Texan woman. The deadly night that changes everything. The contract that nobody bargained for. This rich guy and his friend show up, one’s drunk as a skunk, the other has an accent matching mine. I wonder why this stranger is here, dressed to kill, hanging with the usual vagrants that patronize my fifty-dollar-a-night motel. When he leaves his wallet here by mistake, I end up learning a whole lot more about this Terence Daniels fellow than I ever dreamed. Unfortunately, he doesn’t shed all the light, but when Ruby, his former lover, does, I realize why he kept mum…but I’m not about to keep my mouth shut. I don’t trust her to keep my wallet safe, or to send it via courier, so I drive, from Louisiana to Dallas, again, to get it. In the few minutes that I talk to her, this time sober, I wish like hell that I didn’t make the mistakes that I did. Before I know it, I’m emotionally involved with this woman, who runs a dilapidated motel, but has so much more promise. And days later, her world falls apart. Kobie is guarded, rightfully so, although what I offer her makes her eyes twinkle. But can what I’ve given her be the glue that holds us together? Or will Ruby’s fate darken Kobie’s future… HEA (Happily Ever After) Ranch romance Cowboy romance Medium heat Course language Cliffhanger ending

Seven Lies, Four Truths

Seven Lies, Four Truths
Author: Sandy Appleyard
Publisher: Sandy Appleyard
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2016-01-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0994961812

When your dream means changing someone else’s life, what lengths would you go to to make it come true? After Elizabeth witnesses domestic violence, her father is suddenly killed in a car crash. Elizabeth is inserted into a new life: a new father and brother, and most unusual; a completely new name. Grampa Terrence is a father figure since Grant’s parent’s divorce. Terrence is grooming Grant to be the next mayor of Louisville and will stop at nothing to see him appointed; no matter whose life is ruined. As Grant patronizes Elizabeth’s restaurant one day, all eyes are on them. Like ostriches with heads in the sand, things have been concealed: a baby, betrayal, bribery...even murder. Sex and Nudity: yes Offensive Language: yes Violence: yes Note: Books in the 'Betrayal' Series can be enjoyed in any order.

Broken in Texas

Broken in Texas
Author: Sandy Appleyard
Publisher: Sandy Appleyard
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-06-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1989427871

She takes her secret to the grave. He can’t live again until he knows. But will the person he trusts tell him before he loses everything…again? Nope, I won’t do it. I’ve been offered many jobs over the years and stubbornly, I turn them down. But the what and when of this job offer may be too much to turn my cheek, especially when my boss is trying to sabotage me. And Jacob, damn, he’s the reason I want to turn the job down, but he’s also the reason I want to accept it. It’s written all over his face. It’s written in the contract. And the writing is all over the wall…in my guest bedroom. I’ve given her everything she could want. Sloane is the star employee, but Ruby warned me that she wouldn’t cave for me. Not even for the tidy sum I’m offering her. A woman like that…I’ve only seen once before. Never thought I’d see that type again. But she’s not for me, for so many reasons, and then something crazy happens, something that changes everything. And when Sloane is in my life, I have to stop myself. It’s not what you think. I can’t love anyone else. That part of me is dead. …but what if it was all a lie? …and what if I ruin everything, when the truth is only a screen touch away? HEA (Happily Ever After) Ranch romance Cowboy romance Office romance Medium heat Course language Cliffhanger ending

Torn in Texas

Torn in Texas
Author: Sandy Appleyard
Publisher: Sandy Appleyard
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-01-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1989427758

She returns home. He watches over her. Then they both find out the truth, amongst a killer…a day too late. Years ago, I left Clarkstown with a sour puss on my face and better hopes for the future. But what I ended up with was extra baggage, in more ways than one, and even more reasons to leave. Now that I’m home, I’m not sure if Austin Walters looks at me with pity, hatred…or something else, as most of the town folk do. But when he figures out the real reason why I left, he looks at me in a different light. Even more importantly, he realizes more of what I need now that I’m back. And now I seem to look at him and everyone else differently, thanks to him. Whinny has changed a lot. It’s too bad that my family and my hometown can’t see that. Never the thorn in anyone’s side, as she thought she was, Whinny left. But now she’s back, and she needs help. Mama always says that there’s no point existing if we can’t help each other. So, I do, regardless of the warnings and looks I get in the process. As I’ve told her many times before, Whinny is one of a kind. I just wish she’d believe it. With a new baby arriving in the family, another wedding, and a renewed hope for Whinny, none of us realizes that a stranger from Whinny’s past is on his way to Clarkstown…with a gun in his hand and a score to settle. HEA (Happily Ever After) Ranch romance Cowboy romance Medium heat Course language Cliffhanger ending

The Wheels of Change

The Wheels of Change
Author: Sandy Appleyard
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2015-02-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1507529848

Simon Cross is a type-A personality advertising executive who has a penchant for sleeping with married women. When one lover’s husband learns of the affairs, Simon finds himself at the mercy of a madman. The advertising executive develops a very different view of life and the people around him, but not before things are radically changed in ways he never dreamed possible. As Simon’s world is turned upside-down, police are hunting for a murderer. Soon afterward, Simon is paid an unwelcome visit by the killer. The maniac demands Simon do the one thing he can’t do…or die. Sex and Nudity: yes Offensive language: yes Violence: yes

Lost in Texas

Lost in Texas
Author: Sandy Appleyard
Publisher: Sandy Appleyard
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2021-09-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1989427715

The cowboy refusing to mourn. The city girl in a strange predicament. The scoundrel that thinks fiancés come with a price tag. Never, ever date a client. That’s what I keep telling myself. Until Terence Daniels walks into my office. Fine. I caved. Biggest mistake of my life. Next thing I know I’m fleeing Louisiana, hunkering down with my best friend in Dallas. I’m starving, terrified, so confused, and I’m thinking…things just cannot get any worse. Until Kate’s car breaks down outside this bar that looks like their patrons kill women with sticks. We have no choice but to go inside. What I find in there is nothing that I would expect. What unfolds in the coming weeks are more mistakes. Better ones. And then one that I’ll forever call my favorite mistake. After the day I’ve had, I’d sooner eat my boot than cook something. My brother Zack agrees, so we go to this hillbilly bar, where we keep a tab. One cranky woman and her sidekick show up, looking like lawyers among us cowboys, and we ask if we can help. The cranky one thinks we’re trying to steal her car, but the other one softens. All is fine and dandy until she hits us with something that would shock a groundhog back into his burrow until hell freezes over. The look in her eyes is what gets me. Fear. I can’t stand that in a woman. Especially this one, with the tough exterior, making out like she’s fine when inside she’s a crumbling mess. Never figured she’d turn things around like she does. Never figured I’d be the one to help her put it all back together. Never figured she’d see right through me yet show me the way in a way that nobody else has. …and for the life of me, I never figured that she’d inadvertently bring so much danger to the ranch. HEA (Happily Ever After) Ranch romance Cowboy romance Medium heat Course language Cliffhanger ending

Would You Still Love Me?

Would You Still Love Me?
Author: Sandy Appleyard
Publisher: Sandy Appleyard
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2019-01-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1989427022

She fell in love when she first saw him on the television screen. From that moment on, Nicole vowed to become an actress. Decades later, when Gary and Nicole meet by chance, Gary doesn’t fall in love with the real Nicole Graham, just a sanitized version of her. Since childhood, Nicole has had a cross to bear that nobody knows about except her mother, Reba, but she can’t tell anyone….anymore. Through years of diaries and letters hidden in a secret trunk, Gary learns the truth about his beloved. As he reads the story of her life in her own words, Nicole clings to life after being involved in a near-fatal plane crash. But will he still feel the same about her, even if she survives? Can he forgive her for all the lies? This book was written in memory of one of my favourite actors, and to remind us that not all illnesses are worn on one’s shirt sleeves.