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Sweet Valley University Thriller Editions
Series · 18
books · 1994-2000

Books in series

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#1

Wanted for Murder

1994

Wanted...dead or alive. Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield set off on a road trip to the mountains of Colorado, ready for five days of skiing and the best Christmas break of their lives. Scott Culver is a guy with a broken-down car and a face to die for, whom the twins pick up on the side of the road. He's a medical student with a month-long job at Aspen. Or so he says... Jeff Marks is a young FBI agent searching for the outlaw responsible for a string of armed robberies. Tom Watts, Elizabeth's boyfriend, is waiting for her to show up in Aspen. Instead he finds her face on a list of the FBI's most wanted. Now the twins are running for their lives.
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#2

He's Watching You

1995

A deadly obsession... For months William White has been desperate to possess Elizabeth. Now he's finally escaped from the mental institution - and he's ready to set his deadly plan in motion. Elizabeth Wakefield is trapped in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Pitted against an unknown opponent, Elizabeth has to win the game - or lose her life. Jessica Wakefield is determined to save her sister. Can she stop the stalker in time? Watch out, Elizabeth... the hunt is on!
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#3

Kiss of the Vampire

1995

A creature of the night... Elizabeth Wakefield is falling in love... with Nicholas des Perdu, her boyfriend Tom Watt's new boss. Nicholas is tall, dark, dangerously handsome... and keeper of deadly secret. Will Elizabeth abandon her friends, her family - and even her life - to be with the man she longs for? Jessica Wakefield is desperate to save her twin sister - but she's up against a force stronger than any she's ever known. Together Jessica and Tom must fight the evil that threatens to destroy them all. Don't shut your eyes, Sweet Valley. Nobody sleeps tonight.
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#4

The House of Death

1995

When a deadly earthquake hits Sweet Valley University... Lila Fowler is trapped in a collapsed building. When she emerges from a coma, will a brilliant young psychiatrist help her build a new life - or turn her dreams to rubble? Porter Davis is thrilled to have Lila under his spell. And the more deeply he controls her mind, the more villainous his plans for her become. Bruce Patman knows Porter Davis is bad news, but Lila refuses to heed Bruce's warnings. Can Bruce make Lila see through Porter's perfect facade before it's too late? Jessica Wakefield feels bad that Tom Watts lost his dorm room in the earthquake - but that doesn't mean she wants him for a roommate. Will Jessica make Elizabeth choose between her boyfriend and her twin sister?
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#5

Running for Her Life

1996

A stab in the dark... Elizabeth Wakefield's journalism paper my cost her her life. She wrote up her theory that a young movie star's suicide was actually a murder, and two days later her dorm room is trashed. Somebody doesn't like Elizabeth's theory. Somebody may even be willing to kill her for it. Jessica Wakefield is minding her own business in the campus coffeehouse when a bullet just misses her head. Suddenly she and her twin sister are running for their lives. Tom Watts, Elizabeth's boyfriend, is frantic. His girlfriend has narrowly escaped campus with her life. Can he help her catch a murderer before the murderer catches her?
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#6

The Roommate

1996

When a stranger moves in... Isabella Ricci has found the perfect roommate. Quiet, clean, and considerate, Lisa Fontaine is totally interested in Isabella's life. But maybe she's a little too interested... Lisa starts to dress and talk like Isabella, and instantly hits it off with all her Sweet Valley friends... especially Isabella's best friend, Jessica Wakefield. But Lisa crosses the line when she takes Isabella's clothes, cuts and dyes her hair just like Isabella's, and sneaks into Isabella's boyfriend, Danny Wyatt's, room. Suddenly Isabella is scared. Lisa seems dead set on taking her friends, her identity... maybe even her life.
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#7

What Winston Saw

1996

The bedroom window.... Winston Egbert wishes he'd never been tempted by sexy Amanda Franklin's long legs and sophisticated ways. She was nothing more than a fling. A stupid mistake. And he desperately wants to forget about her. But Amanda saw something horrible from the bedroom window that night—something she can't get out of her mind. She knows she should go to the police, tell them what she saw. But she can't ... she's got secrets of her own to protect. Now Winston's afraid. If he doesn't help Amanda, she'll tell his girlfriend Denise Waters about their night of passion together. But if he does help her, he may lose more than just Denise. He may lose his life....
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#8

Dead Before Dawn

1997

Time is running out for Bruce Patman. He has fewer than 48 hours to find out who poisoned him. . . and why. Forty-eight hours before the deadly toxin in his body takes his life. Everyone around Bruce has a secret. Everyone seems suspicious. Even Lila Fowler, the woman he loves. Bruce is on a frantic search to discover who wants him dead. And the clock is ticking....
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#9

Killer at Sea

1997

Jessica Wakefield and Nick Fox had planned the perfect romantic vacation—an intimate week alone, sailing the Pacific Ocean. They didn't plan on having to save a guy from drowning after his boat capsized. They didn't plan on taking the stranger aboard. And when their emergency radio goes dead and the boat's motor cuts out, they're trapped—in more ways than one. Because the man they've rescued is no victim. He's a skilled hunter—and Jessica and Nick are his prey. And in the middle of the ocean, there's no one to hear their SOS.
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#10

Channel X

1997

Don't touch that dial... SVU STUDENTS: EARN CASH JUST FOR WATCHING TV! When Nina Harper and Bryan Nelson see the sign, they think it's too good to be true. All they have to do is watch television with electrodes strapped to their heads, some guy takes notes, and Nina and Bryan get paid. It's a cinch. But nobody tells them about the side effects. Nobody tells them that every student who takes part in the experiment changes—really changes. At first the students' behavior turns a little weird, then it gets disturbing. Before long it grows horribly, brutally violent. Nina seems safe from the side effects—for now. But will she be safe from the vicious attacks sweeping the campus...and from Bryan?
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#11

Love and Murder

1998

When Lila Fowler meets mysterious, sexy Damon Price, the connection is too intense for words. Lila instantly feels as if she's known him for ages. But despite their deep romantic bond, Lila knows nothing about Damon's past. Then the nightmares begin. Nightmares from another era in which she becomes Flora Grey, the wife of Theodore, an abusive man who looks exactly like Damon. Lila soon discovers that the Greys really existed, and that Flora was murdered by her husband. Could Flora's tragic history be repeating itself?
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#12

Don't Answer the Phone

1998

Dial "k" for killer.... SVU Hot Line operator Alexandra Rollins doesn't know what to do when she begins receiving vicious calls from a man threatening to commit a murder. She can't tell the police—all calls are meant to be confidential. Besides, it's probably just a practical joke. It's best not to get involved...right? Wrong. The maniac's threat turns into a promise when one of Alexandra's closest friends is killed on campus. Over come with guilt, she decides to trap the killer herself. But he's watching her every move...in fact, he's even closer to Alexandra than she realizes. Is the end of her life just a phone call away? Join Elizabeth, Jessica and their friends from Sweet Valley on their most thrilling adventures ever—at Sweet Valley University.
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#13

Cyber Stalker

The Return of William White, Part I

1998

When the Virtual Reality Fair arrived on the SVU quad, Elizabeth Wakefield thought it sounded like an extreme waste of time. That was before Elizabeth's twin sister, Jessica, convinced her to give virtual reality a try. That was before Elizabeth saw...him. He appeared from out of nowhere, a glowing figure with an achingly beautiful face and a wickedly familiar grin. A man she once loved—and feared. A man she thought was dead. But something evil was set into motion the day Elizabeth entered virtual reality...and it's not going to stop until he says it's over. He's William White. And he's not playing dead anymore....
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#14

Deadly Terror

The Return of William White

1999

Immortally yours... William White's reign of terror continues. Elizabeth Wakefield thought she was seeing things when William White came back into her life. But William actually survived the accident she believe had killed him—and he's changed. His handsome face is heartbreakingly scarred, and he's humble, caring, and sensitive. In fact, William staged the entire Virtual Reality Fair just to win Elizabeth back. And it's working. William's timing couldn't have been more perfect. He breezed into Elizabeth's life just when her love for Tom Watts was falling apart. Once Elizabeth succumbs to William's spell, he's going to make her pay for everything she put him through...and he's going to love every minute of it....
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#15

Loving the Enemy

1999

Jessica Wakefield is taken hostage. A shocking choice will change her life.... When Jessica Wakefield walked into the Red Lion, all she wanted was a cup of coffee. Instead, she got a gun in her face—when everyone inside the popular hangout is taken hostage by a fellow student gone mad. Jessica never imagined that shy, innocent-looking Trevor Paley would be capable of committing such a violent act. He always seemed like a nice guy. So Jessica figures she can talk Trevor down before the body count goes up. But as she gets closer to Trevor, she comes to understand why he snapped. She even begins to like him. And she's no longer sure if she wants to turn him in....
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#16

Killer Party

2000

An invitation to die for... Jessica, Elizabeth, and all their friends at SVU have been cordially invited...to the ultimate blow-out. And end-of-the-millennium blast. The party to end all parties. It's bound to be the wildest night of their lives. The kind of night when anything—make that everything—could happen. But not everyone is going to live to ring in the new year....
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#17

Very Bad Things

2000

A SECRET SORORITY... Someone is jealous of Jessica Wakefield. Someone who'll do anything to take her place. Someone who has the power to make bad things happen.... Very bad things.
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#18

Face It

2000

FACE THIS! Some summer this is. For three thousand miles, Jessica's trapped in a car with Elizabeth and her boyfriend, Sam. A guy she totally can't stand! Like this cross-country adventure will really bring them all closer. Drive them further apart is more like it. But Jessica does get close to someone in that car. And Elizabeth goes farther away than anyone ever imagined...

Author

Francine Pascal
Francine Pascal
Author · 655 books

Francine Pascal (May 13, 1938— ) is an American author best known for creating the Sweet Valley series of novels. In 1982 she created the characters and the stories for the first six books and her agent, Amy Berkower of Writers House sold them to Bantam Books. Book number one is mostly written by Ms. Pascal. From then on she wrote the stories for every book ever published in the series. After the first book ghostwriters were hired and edited by Dan Weiss' packaging company. Ms. Pascal was married to writer John Pascal (July 8, 1932 - January 7, 1981), and her brother was Broadway lyricist Michael Stewart (August 1, 1924 – September 20, 1987). She now divides her time between homes in New York and the south of France. http://us.macmillan.com/author/franci...

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