When the Heart Decides

<P>When Sarah Lawson's father is rescued from the claws of death by David Saye a notorious rebel commander she believes it is simply a miraculous coincidence. It isn't long however before Sarah realises that behind this extraordinary intervention is David's wish to lure her into his arms.</P><P>He is handsome educated and generous-all qualities that ignite the fires of her heart. But they are from very different worlds. Sarah is the daughter of a respectable middle-class family while David has been accused of gruesome atrocities. As the heat of the Liberian civil war casts waves over them all Sarah faces a three-front battle of her own. Despite her feelings she must contain David's advances preserve her family's integrity and prevent her heart from betraying her.</P><P><i>When the Heart Decides</i> is a story of the triumph of love over adversity and of the strength of the heart that seeks love even in the midst of one of the world's bloodiest civil wars.</P> <P>A classic African epic that recounts the realities of war with a dash of romance and Christianity.</P>-Belynda A. Akello President of the African Students' Association and Vice President of the Postgraduate and Research Students' Association of the Australian National University.