The Awakening (Vampire Diaries)

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?

Author Biography

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.