River Heights (Nancy Drew)
River Heights was an American paperback spinoff series (1989-1992) from the original Nancy Drew series of mystery stories for preteen girl readers published by Simon & Schuster.[1] This series (also credited to Carolyn Keene) involved Nancy's neighbor, Nicki Masters, and revolved around Nicki's friends and rivals at River Heights High School.
Notable among the characters beside Nikki include her arch-rival, Brittany Tate, a popular newspaper reporter; her two friends, wealthy Kim Bishop and transplanted southerner, Samantha Daley (Samantha and Brittany later become rivals); Nikki's boyfriend, Tim Cooper, whom Brittany wants as well; Jeremy Pratt, a stuck-up rich boy who falls for Kim and softens her somewhat. Others include Ellen Ming, Madge Pouchard; Karen Jacobs and Nikki's best friend, Lacey Dupree among many others.
These books, unlike the originals, were mostly romance books. The series lasted for a short time, consisting of 16 volumes and a "Super Sizzler" special edition.[2] Although sharing the same (pseudonymous) author, in this series Nancy Drew is only featured in the prologue to the first volume.[3]
Titles
- Love Times Three
- Guilty Secrets
- Going too Far
- Stolen Kisses
- Between the Lines
- Lessons in Love
- Cheating Hearts
- The Trouble with Love
- Lies and Whispers
- Mixed Emotions
- Broken Hearts
- Hard to Handle
- A Mind of Her Own
- Love and Games
- Friends and Rivals
- The Jealousy Trap
- Super Sizzler #1: Junior Class Trip
References
- ↑ Books: Nancy Drew Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- ↑ River Heights (Nancy Drew Spinoff Series) Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- ↑ Nancy Drew River Heights spinoff Retrieved 2012-08-04.