White Witch, Black Curse

Confusion reigns for characters and readers in the complicated seventh urban fantasy outing (after 2008's The Outlaw Demon Wails) for witch detective Rachel Morgan. Rachel's reputation is in tatters—to save humanity, she used powers that are considered evil—and she's still devastated by the mysterious death of her boyfriend six months earlier. 

Night's Pleasure

Savanah Gentry's life was so much simpler when she was a reporter for the local newspaper. That was before her father's sudden death drew her into a mysterious new world she was just beginning to understand. A Vampire hunter by birth, Savanah has been entrusted with a legacy that puts everyone she cares for in danger - including the seductive, sensual Vampire who unleashes her most primal desires.Rane Cordova has always been alone, half hating himself for his dark gift even as he relishes its extraordinary power.

Deeper Than the Night

There's something otherworldly about Alexander Claybourne. With his dark, arresting features and mesmerizing eyes, the seductive stranger looks every inch a vampire. Kara Crawford laughed at the local talk of creatures lurking in the dark, never imagining that Alex really was a vampire.

Smith L. J. - The Vampire Diaries

5. The Return: Nightfall

[Unabridged audiobook with text]

 

Elena Gilbert is alive — again.

When Elena sacrificed herself to save the two vampire brothers who love her—the handsome, brooding Stefan and the sleek and dangerous Damon—she was consigned to a fate beyond death. Until a powerful supernatural force pulled her back. Now Elena is not just human. She has powers and gifts that were bestowed on her in the afterlife. What's more, her blood pulses with an overwhelming and unique force that makes her irresistible to any vampire...

Smith L. J. - The Vampire Diaries

4. Dark Reunion

[Unabridged audiobook with text]

 

Told from Bonnie's point of view, the fourth book begins six months after Elena's death, while Bonnie is dreaming (about Elena). At a surprise birthday party for Meredith, Bonnie and Caroline (along with Vickie and Sue Carson) contact Elena using a Ouija board. Elena warns them there is another evil in town, and that they are all in danger...