Rose Sweet, Catholic Author, Speaker and Coach
"Jess's story is shocking. Heart-wrenching. Beautifully uplifting. I couldn't put it down and you won't be able to either."
Leila Miller, Catholic Author of Made This Way : How to Prepare Kids to Face Today's Tough Moral Issues
"When Jess asked me to read her story, I hesitated. Usually, it takes me days or weeks to get through a review manuscript, and who has the time? What I did not expect was a story so factually shocking and spiritually compelling that I read it straight through the night with my jaw open, willingly foregoing sleep because I could not put it down. The saints say that the cross is our ladder to Heaven, and Jess was given many heavy crosses from a young age. God has done a mighty work through Jess's suffering and redemption, and every soul who needs a steroid shot of Faith, Hope, and Love should read this inspiring book."
Patrick Coffin, Author and Host, CoffinNation.com
"Where to start? Dazzled is a scaldingly honest memoir, a cautionary tale, and a testament to the power of the Sacrament of Matrimony. If you have suffered the trauma of sexual assault, or the ravages of pornography, or felt absolutely alone and abandoned, Jess Echeverry's unlikely story reveals just how far the Divine Physician is willing to go to heal us, and what it's like to fall upward. It can happen to you, too! One day, through the Lord's unfailing grace, your gashes might even sing 'Alleluia',"
Patrícia Sandoval, Intl Pro-Life and Chastity speaker, EWTN Español Co-Host and Catholic Author
“It is very difficult to forgive the people that have wounded us the most. They have deformed our identity. Dazzled will take you on a healing journey of self-worth, human dignity and our identity in Christ. That discovery of who you are and whose you are makes us capable through His strength and grace to always forgive and to even love the ones who have hurt us the most. Layers of healing in this book.”
Fr. Charles Vijay Kumar, CSsr, Redemptorist Priest and Filmmaker
"One of the common pastoral concerns we often come across in our priestly ministry is emotional and psychological burdens carried by individuals for long periods of time due to abuse and dysfunctional families. Even as their faith calls them to forgive and journey towards healing, the gravity of human pain often chains them to their past. “Dazzled” gracefully narrates this difficult yet significant journey of forgiveness through faith. While Jessica’s story helps many who have gone through similar experiences of abuse and pain to identify their own, her own journey of healing and forgiveness, especially through faith, would help many to envision their own journey of healing and wholeness. The book can help them say, “If Jess can, so can I.”
Knowing Jess, as an active member of the parish where I served, as a supportive and loving wife to her Deacon husband, and a good and diligent Christian mother to her children, this book opened up to me her other self. Reading about her life has made me appreciate the depth of her authentic personality behind that wonderful smile. I recommend this book to all who are on their own journey with God towards healing and forgiveness. I also recommend this to pastors and ministers, for books like these helps us to be grounded while we administer to the spiritual needs of the people.
I wish God’s many blessings on Jessica and her husband Deacon Charlie Echeverry. May God continue to use this wonderful Christian couple in spreading His love and building His Kingdom."
Knowing Jess, as an active member of the parish where I served, as a supportive and loving wife to her Deacon husband, and a good and diligent Christian mother to her children, this book opened up to me her other self. Reading about her life has made me appreciate the depth of her authentic personality behind that wonderful smile. I recommend this book to all who are on their own journey with God towards healing and forgiveness. I also recommend this to pastors and ministers, for books like these helps us to be grounded while we administer to the spiritual needs of the people.
I wish God’s many blessings on Jessica and her husband Deacon Charlie Echeverry. May God continue to use this wonderful Christian couple in spreading His love and building His Kingdom."
Melody Lyons, Author/Founder, The Essential Mother
"This book took me deeply into the raw suffering of Jess's life and yet never allowed me to walk without the overwhelming consolation of Mercy. This is the Gospel come alive! Bringing the message that Christ enters into the center of our storms to heal and to permeate with Hope and Joy. We are all wounded in some way. Are you ready to heal? Prepare to be Dazzled."
Clare Short, Di Clara
"I read it straight through. Couldn’t put it down. Jess understands what human dignity means. Through her journey of pain, and then forgiveness, she helps us ask the most important questions today: Who are You, Lord? And who am I?"
Astrid Bennett Gutierrez, Executive Director, The VIDA Initiative and Los Angeles Pregnancy Services, EWTN Co-Host, The Catholic View for Women
"I long to put this powerful book in the hands of the women I meet who are facing a crisis pregnancy, a situation that is often the outcome of a life filled with emotional wounds and neglect, but also in the hands of those who are being called to serve in the pro-life apostolate who are often also carrying unresolved pain. Jess' astonishing story proves that we are unconditionally loved by God and that He invites us into His wondrous life of grace no matter what has happened in our life - and commands us to imitate Him in the magnanimous act of true forgiveness."
Molly Sheahan, Founder, We are Pro Life Women
"In Dazzled, Jess weaves a mighty, vulnerable story of deep brokenness, human dignity, and inter-generational healing. Hers is a story of profound trauma and loss but also of unflinching courage and the astonishing power of forgiveness. You will be awestruck. Jess' luminous account of suffering and faith is a reminder of the beautiful ache in all of us for God's profound love."
Cristofer Pereya, CEO, Tepayac Leadership Inc.
"Pain and suffering are an inextricable part of the human experience, consequence of original sin. In her book Dazzled, Jess Echeverry takes us through her story, a story of pain and hope. Through her coming into the Catholic Church, Jess discovers the redemptive value of suffering. Our Lord Jesus Christ never promised us happiness—as we read in John 14:27. He left us something more enduring. Christ left us His peace. Jess’s story is one of a lifetime search for that peace, and her arrival at a destination every human being is yearning for, not a place, but rather an intimate relationship with God.
Ultimately, Dazzled is a book about forgiveness and this is how its message can be of value to anyone who encounters it. We have all been hurt and left with scars. Everyone has a need to forgive or a wound to heal. In the end, this is the only way we can be truly free in order to fulfill the reason for our existence: to give ourselves entirely to God. I highly recommend Dazzled!"
Ultimately, Dazzled is a book about forgiveness and this is how its message can be of value to anyone who encounters it. We have all been hurt and left with scars. Everyone has a need to forgive or a wound to heal. In the end, this is the only way we can be truly free in order to fulfill the reason for our existence: to give ourselves entirely to God. I highly recommend Dazzled!"
Lindy Wynne, MA in Pastoral Care & Counseling, Mamas in Spirit Podcast Host, Speaker & Retreat Leader
"Dazzled is a life-changing invitation for readers to lay all of themselves down at the foot of the cross and experience the transformative healing of Christ."
Timmerie Millington, Radio Host, Trending with Timmerie on Relevant Radio
"No person, no situation, is beyond the saving hand of God. Sometimes we face circumstances or even relationships that we believe are unchangeable. Dazzled tells the story of one woman who, by the saving grace of God and the graces given in marriage, saw her life transformed and healed."