• Merry Christmas Multi-Author Giveaway

    Merry Christmas, Readers and Friends! I have loved getting to spend another year with you on the blog and am so thankful for you and your support. As my last post of 2021, I want to share a special giveaway with you. I have partnered with Celebrate Lit Publicity to do a giveaway where you can win a $500 Amazon gift card or over 45+ books, including an e-book copy of The Revisionary. The giveaway is going on now through December 18. Enter the giveaway here: https://promosimple.com/ps/13033/2021-merry-christmas-readers Wishing you and yours a blessed Christmas! ~ Kristen

  • Author Chat with Mark Wainwright & Giveaway for Middle-Grade Readers

    Just because school is in session doesn’t mean our students shouldn’t read anything but textbooks. As a teacher, I believe that providing young adults with exemplary extra-curricular reading sets them up for success as life-long learners. For my friends with middle-grade readers, this post is for you! I’m grateful to know author Mark Wainwright and be able to recommend his new book, Trapped in a Hot Air Balloon. Keep reading to learn more about Mark, why the young readers in your home might love this story, and how to enter to win a copy. Would you share what inspired you to write this story or how this project began? My…

  • Book Blitz & Giveaway for Tempest by C. J. Campbell

    Speculative fiction and fantasy readers, this one is for you. C. J. Campbell hails from beautiful Ireland, and I don’t know another author better equipped to spin an epic fantasy involving Irish mythology. Today, I’m excited to take part in a blog blitz for Tempest and share a giveaway with you! Read on to learn more about this story, its gifted author, my personal review, and the giveaway opportunity. About Tempest To unearth the truth, she must embrace the legend within.For eighteen-year-old Lexi, freedom is a luxury. She’s spent her life evading capture for a genetic gift that feels more like a curse. Her bulletproof immunity and monstrous disfigurement is of…

  • We Love Our Readers Sweepstakes

    Have you finished your summer reading list, and are you looking for something new? Take advantage of this summer special! My publisher, Write Integrity Press, is hosting a sweepstakes and sale you won’t want to miss. Now through July 21, you can enter to win this prize pack: over a dozen books a free Amazon Fire 8 a $50 Amazon gift card Click here to enter the contest. Plus, all these titles are on sale for only $.99 on Kindle. I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know several of my fellow Write Integrity Press authors, and these gals are gifted writers. I hope you’ll find some titles in your…

  • The Divine Adventure: Giveaway and Book Review

    Rebecca Friedlander had me at her title. I love the idea of our relationship with God being a divine adventure. In her book, she outlines twelve spiritual practices to strengthen and enrich our walk with God. In order, they are: Say yes (to God’s grace) The quiet place Search the Scriptures Community Forgiveness Pilgrimage Obedience Meekness Sacred rest Giving Fasting Worship While many of the principles were familiar to me, some were new, or Friedlander challenged me to think about them in a way I hadn’t considered before. Through the pages, she is open with her own experiences and empathetic toward others while offering practical steps to grow in each…

  • Light in the Dark: Inspirational Suspense & Thriller Multi-Book Giveaway

    It’s giveaway time again! I’m excited for this lineup of inspirational suspense and thriller titles, which includes my own young adult dystopian novel, The Revisionary. Plus, included in the lineup are authors like Marji Laine, who was just on the blog as our guest last week, and one of my favorite romantic suspense authors, Robin Patchen. Together, the group of authors is giving away a huge collection of 45+ Inspirational Mysteries & Thrillers to two winners! Plus, the Grand Prize winner gets a new eReader. The contest runs through May 5. Enter the giveaway by clicking here 👉bit.ly/InspyMysteries-Apr21 Happy reading! ~ Kristen

  • You Want to Know these 21 Lessons for Life & Ministry

    Sometimes, a book truly helps us to be better people and followers of Jesus. Tom Lane’s book, Tested and Approved: 21 Lessons for Life and Ministry, is one. It’s not a “self-help” book but rather a “soul-help” book. The lessons he breaks down reorient our perspectives so that we can be most effective in our callings. His message is approachable and oh so relevant for our daily lives, whether we are in ministry or pursuing our passions elsewhere. Since I’m not in full-time ministry, I’ll be sharing some of the practical personal takeaways that stood out to me as a writer and educator. Keep reading to find out how you…

  • She Walked Before Us: Book Review & Giveaway!

    Oh friends, I am so excited to share this book with you. She Walked Before Us by Jill Eileen Smith is a beautiful blend of biblical fiction and non-fiction, and I honestly haven’t read anything quite like it before. If you’re looking for a Bible study that will inspire and challenge you, look no further. About the Book Smith’s book is part Bible study, part biography, and part fiction. She examines the lives of twelve women from the Old Testament and breaks the chapters into sections. Some parts encourage the reader to imagine what these women’s lives might have been like, and other parts examine the biblical record or what…

  • Website Warming Party: Scavenger Hunt & Giveaway!

    I’m so excited to welcome you to our new website here at KristenHogrefeParnell.com. You may have noticed the site received a facelift over the holidays, and I’m glad to officially welcome the new year with a new website, designed with you in mind. For fun, let’s do a scavenger hunt with a giveaway prize to help you get acquainted with the new site! Just fill out a short survey to be entered in a drawing. I’m giving away one paperback copy of William Danforth’s book, I Dare You.* I Dare You is a short classic that challenges and inspires us to be our best in every area of life. Just…

  • Merry Christmas, Readers! Multi-Author Book Giveaway

    How lovely would it be to win a Christmas giveaway of books you didn’t have to buy? And not just one book but more than 45 books or a $500 Amazon gift card? Well, good news. I’ve teamed up with Celebrate Lit and dozens of other authors for a special Christmas giveaway. I’m giving away a Kindle copy of my novel, The Reactionary, which just won the Selah award for Speculative Fiction at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer’s Conference in November. About The Reactionary The third and final book in the Rogues trilogy finds Portia in the fight of her life. At stake is her family, the man she…