Origins

Mystic Falls, Virginia, in the middle of the 19th century. Stefan and Damon Salvatore are brothers who do everything together, until Katherine arrives. She is a mysterious, beautiful woman, and both brothers fall for her.

The bond between them turns into rivalry as each competes for her affection. Behind Katherine's silk dresses and glittering jewels lies a secret: she is a vampire. She wants to turn both brothers so the three of them can live together forever.

This is the first book in the Stefan's Diaries series, which supplies the backstory of Stefan and Damon from The Vampire Diaries series. The setting is a Southern town in a time of Civil War turmoil, and the romance is a supernatural love triangle with a dark edge.

The story brings in new loves, old betrayals and threats the brothers cannot foresee. It turns on one question of how a single woman makes two devoted brothers into eternal enemies.