Books with title Heart's Desire

Emily Bennett had her future all figured out. Her boyfriend was heir to one of the largest oil fortunes in Texas, and she was growing accustomed to a life of luxury and prestige. The only problem was that he seemed to be more possessive of her with each passing day.When she stopped to think about it, that wasn't the only problem. In recent months, they'd been growing apart, and she wondered if they were compatible at all. She struggled with the thought of abandoning what should be every girl's dream. It wouldn't be easy, but with a little faith and the spark of a new flame, she might just find her heart's desire.

It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States, said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide. We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines. This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views. Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,-the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains. We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.

It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States, said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide. We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines. This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views. Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,-the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains. We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.

Peter is a ten year old whose lonely life is shattered one day when a mysterious new shop opens in the town of Plumton where he lives. He is drawn into a world of danger, fruit, intrigue and fruit by his selfish parents who unwittingly make purchases from the shop's strange new owner, Count Backwards.Delight and excitement soon turn to horror and despair as the people of Plumton are gradually brought under the sinister Count's spell. As they begin to realise that the Count has more on his mind than sales, the only hope for a safe return to normality lies in Peter's hands.Will Peter save the day for his parents, his town and indeed the rest of the world? Or will he be tempted by the Count who promises to satisfy 'Your Heart's Desire'?

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