Elena is the school beauty, but she's bored. Until a new boy turns up in her class. Stefan is dark and mysterious - and she's determined to get to know him better. But Stefan is just as determined to resist her ... until a series of attacks in the area terrify the town and Stefan is held responsible. Elena is the only one who offers to help and, falling in love with her, Stefan tells her his terrible story. He is a vampire, on the run from his evil brother, Damon, who doesn't share Stefan's qualms about drinking human blood. And Damon is the one Stefan suspects of really being behind the recent attacks ... Can Elena help prove his innocence - without revealing his secret?

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L. J. Smith was the author of more than twenty books for young adults, including the bestselling Vampire Diaries and Night World series.

Lisa knew that she wanted to be a writer since she was about six, when a teacher praised a poem she'd written. She wrote her first book in high school, finishing it in her first year of college. She lived in Northern California, in a rambling house in a small town.

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Darker than Twilight, more punch than Buffy and bloodier than True Blood. Read the books that inspired the smash-hit TV series The Vampire Diaries. Sink your teeth into a deadly love triangle and get ready to be obsessed.

Elena Gilbert is a high school golden girl, used to getting what she wants. And who she wants. But when the boy she's set her sights on - the handsome and haunted Stefan - isn't interested, she's confused.

She could never know the real reason Stefan is struggling to resist her: Stefan is a vampire, and Elena's in danger just by being around him. What's more, Stefan's dark, dangerous vampire brother Damon has just arrived in town.

And wherever Damon goes, trouble always follows.

Perfect for fans of Midnight Sun (Stephanie Meyer), The Beautiful (Renée Ahdieh and Crave, Vampire Diaries is filled with heart-stopping suspense, fierce romances, and jaw-dropping surprises that have captured millions of fans and inspired the hit TV show (available on Netflix and ITVX).

Read the whole series:
Book 1: The Awakening
Book 2: The Struggle
Book 3: The Fury
Book 4: The Reunion
Book 5: The Return - Nightfall
Book 6: The Return - Shadow Souls
Book 7: The Return - Midnight
Book 8: The Hunters - Phantom
Book 9: The Hunters - Moonsong
Book 10: The Hunter - Destiny Rising
Book 11: The Salvation - Unseen
Book 12: The Salvation - Unspoken
Book 13: The Salvation - Unmasked

And discover more of L.J. Smith's world in STEFAN'S DIARIES, NIGHT WORLD, THE SECRET CIRCLE and THE ORIGINALS (by Julie Plec).

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Darker than Twilight, more punch than Buffy and bloodier than True Blood. Read the books that inspired the smash-hit TV series The Vampire Diaries. Sink your teeth into a deadly love triangle and get ready to be obsessed.