The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening

Elena Gilbert rules Fell's Church High School and rarely hears the word no. She comes back for her senior year to find a new student, Stefan Salvatore, who is the one boy uninterested in her. Elena sets out to win him anyway.

Stefan has a dark secret, and it has kept him moving from place to place for centuries. Elena's pursuit pulls her toward something far more dangerous than a wounded pride.

Meanwhile, violent attacks begin to unsettle a small town in Virginia. Bonnie, Meredith, Caroline and Matt, all friends of Elena, get pulled into the mystery as fear spreads through their circle.

Then Stefan's brother Damon turns up, charming and dangerous in equal measure. A feud between the two brothers puts everyone Elena loves at risk, and she is caught in the middle of it.

This is the first book in the Vampire Diaries series, published in 1991 and later adapted for television. It blends teen romance, a love triangle and gothic horror, and the story continues in The Struggle, The Fury and Dark Reunion.