save-your-prayers-newcover-big (1).jpg — An emotionally gripping true story about extraordinary hope, incredible courage, and undeterred faith. After her husband and children are kidnapped and held for ransom, a woman must fight to rescue her family from the Colombian ELN guerrillas.

Available now on Amazon, Kindle Unlimited, and select bookstores!

Praise for Save Your Prayers

“I’ve read my fair share of kidnap, ransom, and hostage suspense thrillers, and this is the first that I could feel in my bones. ”

— Jamie Michelle, ReadersFavorite.com

“The perspective that author Jules Heartly embeds within the novel is truly unique... I’d certainly recommend Save Your Prayers for factual historical fans and those who enjoy emotive literary drama. ”

— K.C. Finn, ReadersFavorite.com

Read the full, five star, review here.

Media Coverage of Save Your Prayers

TV Radio Miami, with the journalist Agustin Rangugni

WLRN TV, with the journalist Enrique Cordoba

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Radio

Palm Beach Radio, with the journalist Doris Sanchez

Caracol Radio, with the journalist Sabina Cobo

Caracol 1260am, with the journalist Enrique Cordoba

Print

“Especial de El País: Secuestro de la María 20 años de un golpe al alma de Cali" [La Maria Mass Kidnapping- 20 years of a wound to Cali’s soul] - El Pais (Spanish), including an interview with the author

“La Maria, el pincel, la palabra y la cancion’’ [La Maria, the pencil, word, and song] - El Pais (Spanish)

"Novela sobre la otra historia: la de familias de los secuestrados’’ [A novel about the untold story: the families of hostages] - El Tiempo (Spanish), including an interview with the author

About La Maria Church Mass Kidnapping, the event that inspired the novel

“Los secuestrados en La Maria" [Those kidnapped in La Maria] - El Tiempo (Spanish), 1999

“Colombia Rebels Kidnap 100 At Mass but Later Let Most Go’’ - NY Times, 1999

“Clamor por la libertad de dos niños’’ [Call for the release of two children] - El Tiempo (Spanish), 1999

“Me siento revictimizada e irrespetada’: víctima del secuestro en la Iglesia La María’’ [‘I feel re-victimized and disrespected:’ a victim of the La Maria Mass Kidnapping] - El Pais (Spanish), 2017

“Houses of worship upgrade security after shootings’’ - Wall Street Journal, 2019

Photo-journalism by Juan Daniel Otoya

“Especial 20 años - Relato de un secustrado’’ [20 year Special - The account of a hostage] - Noticiero 90 Minutes (Spanish), 2019

“El día en que el Eln secuestró a 180 feligreses de una iglesia en Cali’’ [The day the ELN kidnapped 180 worshipers from a church in Cali] - El Tiempo (Spanish), 2019

Available now on Amazon, Kindle Unlimited, and select bookstores!

Praise for Save Your Prayers

Read the full, five star, review here.

Media Coverage of Save Your Prayers

Television

Mariam TV - Lebanon TV, with the journalist Pamela Heneine

Caracol TV & Caracol International, with the journalist Judy Mora

TV Venezuela Codigo 58, with the journalist Mariana Reyes

TV Radio Miami, with the journalist Agustin Rangugni

WLRN TV, with the journalist Enrique Cordoba

Radio

Palm Beach Radio, with the journalist Doris Sanchez

Caracol Radio, with the journalist Sabina Cobo

Caracol 1260am, with the journalist Enrique Cordoba

Print

“Especial de El País: Secuestro de la María 20 años de un golpe al alma de Cali" [La Maria Mass Kidnapping- 20 years of a wound to Cali’s soul] - El Pais (Spanish), including an interview with the author

“La Maria, el pincel, la palabra y la cancion’’ [La Maria, the pencil, word, and song] - El Pais (Spanish)

"Novela sobre la otra historia: la de familias de los secuestrados’’ [A novel about the untold story: the families of hostages] - El Tiempo (Spanish), including an interview with the author

About La Maria Church Mass Kidnapping, the event that inspired the novel

“Los secuestrados en La Maria" [Those kidnapped in La Maria] - El Tiempo (Spanish), 1999

“Colombia Rebels Kidnap 100 At Mass but Later Let Most Go’’ - NY Times, 1999

“Clamor por la libertad de dos niños’’ [Call for the release of two children] - El Tiempo (Spanish), 1999

“Me siento revictimizada e irrespetada’: víctima del secuestro en la Iglesia La María’’ [‘I feel re-victimized and disrespected:’ a victim of the La Maria Mass Kidnapping] - El Pais (Spanish), 2017

“Houses of worship upgrade security after shootings’’ - Wall Street Journal, 2019

Photo-journalism by Juan Daniel Otoya

“Especial 20 años - Relato de un secustrado’’ [20 year Special - The account of a hostage] - Noticiero 90 Minutes (Spanish), 2019

“El día en que el Eln secuestró a 180 feligreses de una iglesia en Cali’’ [The day the ELN kidnapped 180 worshipers from a church in Cali] - El Tiempo (Spanish), 2019

For the Press

A press release about Save Your Prayers is available here.