The Vampire Diaries: The Return & The Hunters Collection

The Vampire Diaries (Complete) #5-10

by L.J. Smith

Nobody does vampires, love, and dark secrets better than L.J. Smith. This collection brings together all six books in the two story arcs following the original wildly popular Vampire Diaries series that spawned the hit TV show.

In the three books of The Vampire Diaries: The Return, darkness is infiltrating the peaceful town of Fell's Church. A demon has come to town, and his powers threaten the whole world. Worse still, it causes the very dangerous vampire Damon to turn on his brother, on the citizens of Fell's Church, and on Elena herself.

The dark, romantic saga of Elena and the two vampire brothers who love her continues in the three books of The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters. Elena, Stefan, and Damon must face the dangerous creatures being drawn to Fell's Church.

The six books included are:

The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Nightfall


The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls
The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Midnight
The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters: Phantom
The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters: Moonsong
The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters: Destiny Rising

1792 pages, ebook

First published September 30, 2014

About the author

Smith was born in Villa Park, Orange County, California. In interviews, she has said she realized she wanted to be a writer sometime between kindergarten and first grade, “when a teacher praised a horrible poem I’d written”, and began writing in earnest in elementary school. Smith received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1987, followed by teaching credentials in Elementary education and Special education from San Francisco State University.

She taught kindergarten and special education for several years before becoming a full-time writer. Her first book, The Night of the Solstice, was published by MacMillan in 1987, followed by, Heart of Valor in 1990, and the 4-volume Vampire Diaries series in 1991-2. Three trilogies followed: The Secret Circle (1992), The Forbidden Game (1994), and Dark Visions (1995). The first installment of her popular Night World series was published in 1996, followed by eight more over the next two years. In 1998, Smith began a decade-long hiatus from writing, returning in 2008 with a new Web site and a series of new short stories. The Vampire Diaries series was reissued in 2007, followed by re-printings of The Secret Circle trilogy and Night World series in 2008/2009. The Night of the Solstice and Heart of Valor was also reissued in 2008. Three new Vampire Diaries installments were published in 2009 and 2010.

Smith lived in the San Francisco Bay area “with one dog, three cats, and about ten thousand books.”

She passed away on March 8th, 2025, after a lengthy illness.

Reviews

[Nati · Rating 1 out of 5]

Actual rating: 1.5


RUN FROM THIS REVIVAL LIKE IT'S THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

I removed a star from this review because 2 stars means "okay" and books that fuck up a series are not okay at all.

[Jennifer Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing like the tv show not sure how I feel about that. The story was good just not what I expected.

[Eleanor · Rating 5 out of 5]

omg!

[Esther Ruijgvoorn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot better than the tv-show which i stopped watching after season 4

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

its an amazing kourney of vampires