Between the Lines

In "Between the Lines", Nikki Masters and her boyfriend, Tim Cooper, are preparing for their upcoming high school play, "Our Town", in which they play opposite each other as Emily Webb and George Gibbs, the two leading roles. While Tim is very excited about opening night, Nikki can barely hide her stage fright. Brittany Tate, a reporter for the "Record" (their high school newspaper), picks up on their different reactions to the play and exaggerates on Tim's friendship with a fellow drama student, Lara Bennett, in the hopes that Tim and Nikki will break up and he'll then fall for Britanny.When she's not destroying other people's relationships, Brittany is secretly working as a waitress in a disgusting restaurant so she can earn enough money to pay her dues at the country club. Surprisingly, another classmate is also working at the same place: Jeremy Pratt, a rich snob who's gone into debt because of his new high-maintenance girlfriend Kim Bishop, Brittany's close friend.Although River Heights is written under Carolyn Keene's name, don't expect much suspense in this series. All it shares with Nancy Drew is her next-door neighbor, Nikki Masters, and her hometown locale, River Heights. These books are better suited for fans of Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High series than fans of Nancy Drew.