About the book: 2012 / You Can’t Command Your Heart - Nora, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a wealthy merchant, fell in love with her father’s secretary, Simon. For his sake, the girl risked her honor, violated the will of her parents, ruined her reputation in the world, but the sacrifice was in vain - her lover died in her arms. The girl loses interest in life, and her father convinces her to marry a plantation owner from Jamaica. Nora once dreamed of going there with Simon, and the girl agrees, although the groom is old enough to be her father. However, reality turned out to be different from the fairy tale. Nora saw slavery, cruelty, violence, knew fear, betrayal... and passion. She found herself between two fires - the black slave Akwazi and... her husband's son Douglas fell in love with her. Akwazi asks the priest to bewitch the mistress. Will he awaken a feeling in Nora's heart? Or does it already belong to someone else??