The Vampire Diaries series has sold more than three million copies in North America and has inspired a hit television show that averages five million viewers per week — and fans continue to flock to L. J. Smith’s novels about love among vampires.

The powerful final volume of The Vampire Diaries: The Return offers readers the kind of romance, danger, and paranormal chills that they know only L. J. Smith can provide. In Midnight, golden girl Elena Gilbert is back from the Dark Dimension, having successfully freed her vampire boyfriend, Stefan Salvatore. Saving Stefan had an unlikely consequence: His brother, Damon, has become a mortal. While the trio reels from this latest twist, they must also deal with the demons that have infiltrated Elena’s hometown. Midnight takes Elena, Stefan, and Damon to their darkest moments yet...

Published
February 21, 2011
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I loved Midnight! I love all of L.J. Smith's books. She just has a way of sucking you in that you can't escape. The book is really hard to put down. The bad news is that it ends on a huge cliffhanger and L.J. Smith can't write any more of the books thanks to the publishers.

This was posted on her website: “I fought tooth and nail to write those books--I fought until my agent wouldn't support me, when she said I would be sued and she wouldn't fight with me anymore, and I WROTE Phantom. But instead of edits what I got back was a letter to Clare the ghostwriter telling her to completely change my book. I HAD NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER. I was deceived by Alloy and got no support from Harper.”

Guess we'll really never know the truth of how the author intended to end TVD stories.

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