Just Ella, by Annette K. Larsen

I'm a huge sucker for Princess books and this is one of my new favorites. Ariella is a princess with an independent streak and an unlikely friendship with a gardener. Very clean with well-rounded characters and a well-plotted storyline. 4.99 or free to borrow with a Prime membership.

Edenbrooke, by Julianne Donaldson

I have jumped on the Julianne Donaldson bandwagon with everyone else and can't stop gushing about her first novel Edenbrooke. It is a fun clean romance set in the Regency period. For the month of September the Kindle edition is on sale for $1.99. Don't miss it!

The Fairest Beauty, by Melanie Dickerson

This is a loose retelling of Snow White. I thought it was pretty good (I gave it 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads). It is $5.12 for the Kindle book on Amazon. There is a Christian aspect to it, some action, a wicked stepmother, and plenty of romance. I do have to say that it is one of those books where the characters have some serious problems to be resolved and somehow it all just works out in the end. Just a beef of mine. Recommended, nonetheless.

Coffeehouse Angel by Suzanne Selfors

This cute book is a definite recommend and it's only 1.99 on your Kindle. Bargain! I thought from the cover and synopsis that it was a chick-lit novel about a twenty or thirty-something. I was surprised when I realized that the main character is a 16-year-old high-school sophomore who lives with her grandmother above their coffee shop.

The angel character, Malcolm, came off a little weird in parts, but I loved Katrina and her friends. I thought it was well-paced, funny, and interesting.

(A note for my parent friends: There are some sexual jokes from stupid boys at her school - hilarious, and very similar to what I heard ever day as a sophomore, but just a heads up.)

Open Minds / Mindspeak

I really shouldn't have read these at the same time. I tend to be forgetful anyway, and reading two books with similar plots and similar covers is just asking for trouble. In Open Minds, by Susan Kaye Quinn, Kira is a high school girl who has to hide her extraordinary ability to influence other people's thoughts. In Mindspeak, by Heather Sunseri, Lexi is a high school girl who has to hide her extraordinary ability to influence other people's thoughts. I liked Open Minds better. It's part of a series, and if I stumbled upon the next one I would probably read it. In Open Minds, everyone can read thoughts to some extent. Lexi is dangerous because she can make people do things and think it came from their own head. The author is good at exploring both sides of the issue. Kira's ability is dangerous to society, but as she meets others like her she realizes people can have various shades of good or bad intentions. Mindspeak was all about cloning and genetic manipulation, but somehow failed to make the subject very interesting. They both have an element of romance, but I felt like in Mindspeak I was being hit over the head with it, while Open Minds had a love triangle of sorts that held everything together.

Mindspeak is $2.99

Open Minds is normally $2.99, but is free right now on Amazon. Check it out.

Glitch (a comedy of errors) by Amber Gilchrist

This was a cute LDS novel about life in a singles ward and falling for your best friend. I recommend it. $4.49 on your Kindle.

Bittersweet

This book is 2.99 or free to borrow. I liked the premise of it, however, I am only reviewing so others know that it's not clean. The first quarter was fine. Then suddenly, F-word, character's sexual thoughts and then soon after a very detailed sex scene. I deleted and didn't read the rest.