The Vampire Diaries - The Return: Shadow Souls Vol. 2 (L.J. Smith)

The Vampire Diaries - The Return: Shadow Souls Vol. 2

L.J. Smith

Blurb: On the run...

Elena Gilbert's love, the vampire Stefan Salvatore, has been imprisoned by demons who are wreaking havoc in Fell's Church. To find him, Elena entrusts her life to Stefan's brother: Damon, the handsome, deadly vampire who wants Elena, body and soul.

Elena will stop at nothing to free Stefan. Yet with each day, tensions between Elena and Damon grow, and she is faced with a terrible decision: Which brother does she really want?

ISBN: 9780061990267 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Harper Teen

Pages: 599 (Fiction)

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1. Buy from Amazon

2. Excerpt of the book

3. Goodreads page

4. Wikipedia page for the series

5. Official Vampire Diaries site

The Fury and Dark Reunion - The Vampire Diaries #3 & #4 (L.J. Smith)

The Fury and Dark Reunion - The Vampire Diaries #3 & #4

L.J. Smith

Blurb: Elena: transformed, the golden girl has become what she once feared and desired.

Stefan: tormented by losing Elena, he's determined to end his feud with Damon once and for all - whatever the cost. But slowly he begins to realise that his brother is not his only enemy.

Damon: at last, he possesses Elena. But will his thirst for revenge against Stefan poison his triumph? Or can they come together to face one final battle?

Collected here in one edition are the third and fourth volumes of The Vampire Diaries, a riveting conclusion to the tale of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.

ISBN: 9780061140983 (Paperback)

Year: 1991

Publisher: Harper Teen

Pages: 520 (Fiction)

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1. Buy from Amazon

2. Wikipedia page for the series

3. Google books page

4. Goodreads page

5. Publisher's page for the book (browse the book)

The Return: Vol 1. Nightfall - The Vampire Diaries (L.J. Smith)

The Return: Vol 1. Nightfall - The Vampire Diaries

L. J. Smith

Blurb: To save the two vampire brothers who love her, Elena Gilbert sacrificed her life.

Now that a supernatural force has brought Elena back from the dead, all handsome, brooding Stefan wants is to keep her safe. But when he is lured away from Fell's Church, sleek, powerful Damon seizes the chance to win Elena over, unaware of the danger they're both in. A malevolent being has infiltrated the town and is growing stronger. Able to possess Damon at will, the creature is also drawn to Elena and the new power she has acquired. But it's after more than Elena's power: It thirsts for her death.

ISBN: 9780061990250 (Paperback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Harper Teen

Pages: 586 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the series

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Blog on the book

4. Link to read the book for free

5. Author's goodreads page

The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)

The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith

Blurb: If you've got a problem and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female detective.

The traditionally built heroine of the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels may not rely on conventional methods, but Mma Ramotswe has warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, as well as a host of wonderful friends. And she's going to need them all as she sets out on a trail that will lead her into a hotbed of strange situations and more than a little danger...

ISBN: 9780349120997 (Paperback)

Year: 1998

Publisher: Abacus

Pages: 250 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official page

2. Author's Wikipedia page

3. Publisher's page

4. Google books page

5. Review of the book

The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries Vol. 2 Bloodlust (L.J. Smith)

The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries Vol. 2 Bloodlust

L. J. Smith

Blurb: A new beginning...

When Stefan Salvatore's first love turned him into a vampire, his world - and his soul - were destroyed. Now he and his brother, Damon, must flee their hometown, where they risk being discovered...and killed.

The brothers head to New Orleans, looking for safe haven. But the city is more dangerous than they ever imagined, full of other vampires - and vampire hunters. Will Stefan's eternal life be forever damned?

Based on the popular TV show inspired by the bestselling novels, Stefan's Diaries reveals the truth about what really happened between Stefan, Damon, and Katherine - and how the Vampire Diaries love triangle began.

ISBN: 9780062003942 (Paperback)

Year: 2011

Publisher: Harper Teen

Pages: 225 (Fiction)

Links

1. Read a sample of the book

2. Review of the book

3. Harper Collins Page for the book

4. Buy at Amazon

5. Buy the ebook

The Ruins (Scott Smith)

The Ruins

Scott Smith

Blurb: What happens when one simple innocent decision becomes a catastrophic mistake...

Craving an adventure to wake them from their lethargic Mexican holiday before they return home, a group of four friends impulsively set off in search of one of their own who has travelled to the interior to investigate an archaeological dig in the Mayan ruins.

After a long journey into the heart of the jungle, the group come across a trail. A hillside covered in bright red flowers lures them closer. A Mayan horseman approaches behind them. But this is no friendly welcome: he has a gun and orders them away fiercely. In the midst of the confrontation, one of the group steps inadvertently backwards, into the flowering vine. And at that moment their world changes forever...

ISBN: 9780552152709 (Paperback)

Year: 2006

Publisher: Corgi Books

Pages: 524 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Random House Page for the book

3. Buy from Amazon

4. New York Times Review of the book

5. Author's Wikipedia page