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The Vampire Diaries: Volume 1: The Awakening & The Struggle (Books 1 & 2) by L J Smith, (2009) Paperback

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The Vampire Diaries: Volume 1: The Awakening & The Struggle (Books 1 & 2) by L J Smith, (2009) Paperback

The Awakening and the Struggle

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A DEADLY LOVE TRIANGLEElena: the golden girl, the leader, the one who can have any boy she wants.Stefan: brooding and myterious, he seems to be the only one who can resist Elena, even as he struggles to protect her from the horrors that haunt his past.Damon: sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him. Determined to have Elena, he'd kill to possess her.Collected here in one volume for the first time, volumes one and two of The Vampire Diaries, the tale of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.

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L.J. Smith is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, L.J. Smith can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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