Copyright

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: The Return: Midnight. Copyright © 2011 by L. J. Smith. All

rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By

payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, nontransferable

right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of

this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse

engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval

system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now

known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of

HarperCollins e-books.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Smith, L. J. (Lisa J.)

Midnight / L.J. Smith.—1st ed.

p. cm.—(The vampire diaries: the return; v. 3)

Summary: Eighteen-year-old Elena Gilbert’s latest battle against the demons

that have taken over her hometown of Fell’s Church is complicated by the fact

that Damon is a mortal since he, his brother Stefan, and Elena returned from the

Dark Dimension.

ISBN 978-0-06-172085-7 (trade bdg.)

[1. Supernatural—Fiction. 2. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 3. Brothers—

Fiction. 4. Vampires—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.S6537Mid 2011 2010042677

[Fic]—dc22

FIRST EDITION

EPub Edition © FEBRUARY 2011 ISBN: 978-0-06-206982-5

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

About the Publisher