Old adversaries reunite when a long missing person's body turns up on her property. Raw passion ignites, haunting memories return and suspicion burns white hot... And which one will claim victory the deadly game of cat and mouse that ensues?

His name is Damon Salvatore. He falls like an angel from the sky, braving the fire and flames to save the woman he loves but knows he cannot have. Fellow smokejumper Elena Gilbert is fearless yet slow to trust and harbors a secret that threatens to burn a brand on all of their hearts.

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.

"This life will be good and beautiful but not without heartbreak. In death comes peace, but pain is the cost of living. Like love, it's how we know we're alive." – Elena Gilbert ***HAPPY BIRTHDAY Short on words***

July 1916 is a time of record heat, a polio epidemic, and a World War raging in Europe. But beach-goers in New Jersey are threatened by an even greater terror: a shark that has suddenly developed a taste for human flesh. Join Damon and Elena on this journey to the past...

After a fallout with his father, Damon leaves Mystic Falls to attend college on the west coast. Agreeing to return for his best friend's wedding and to house sit for a month, Damon finds himself wanting to tear his hair out when he's forced to spend the time with Caroline's maid of honor. *Happy Birthday Florencia7*

Damon Salvatore's plan is simple: hop on his Harley & experience life. The grit. The heat. The passion of the Sturgis motorcycle rally. For two life-changing weeks every August he returns to a certain doe-eyed bartender. Faced with the prospect of losing her forever, can Damon get past his fear of abandonment and let Elena take her place in his heart?

Will you be there beside me if the world falls apart? And will all of our moments remain in your heart? Will you be there to guide me all the way through? I wonder will you walk by my side and follow my dreams? With the Nazi reign of terror at its zenith, Damon and Elena form an unlikely friendship in WW2 era Czechoslovakia.