She has written three trilogies, two series and two companion novels. Her books are characteristically populated with unusually beautiful people, human and supernatural; most of them young, or at least appear youthful. There is usually a dark/light, good/evil conflict, revolving around a central, ambiguous character who, while trying to seduce the heroine to the darkness, ends up being himself reborn into the light and thus becoming a hero. Sometimes this scenario is flipped, or otherwise, it is a variation upon the theme. In the Night World series, the dark/light conflict is institutionalized into a reality-altering conspiracy. The dark/light tension is further played out in romantic soulmate scenarios. She will be coming out with a new book in April 2011 that will be called Strange Fate.

Beginning in 1998, Ms. Smith went on a nearly 10-year hiatus from writing, returning in 2008 with a new website and a series of new short stories. The Vampire Diaries were reissued starting in 2007, and The Secret Circle trilogy and Night World series novels in 2008/2009. The Night of the Solstice and Heart of Valor were also reissued in 2008. The first installment of her new Vampire Diaries trilogy, entitled The Return: Nightfall, was published on February 10, 2009. The most recent book in the trilogy, Shadow Souls, was published on March 15, 2010. The book, Midnight, will be released March 15, 2011.

Companion Novels

• The Night of the Solstice
• Heart of Valor

Series

• Night World
• Secret Vampire
• Daughters of Darkness
• Spellbinder
• Dark Angel
• The Chosen
• Soulmate
• Huntress
• Black Dawn
• Witchlight
• Strange Fate (4/26/2011)

• The Vampire Diaries
• The Awakening
• The Struggle
• The Fury
• Dark Reunion
• The Return: Nightfall
• The Return: Shadow Souls
• The Return: Midnight (March 15, 2011)
• Spirit Hunters: Phantom
• Spirit Hunters: Evensong
• Spirit Hunters: Eternity

Trilogies

• The Secret Circle
• The Initiation
• The Captive
• The Power

• The Forbidden Game
• The Hunter
• The Chase
• The Kill

• Dark Visions
• The Strange Power
• The Possessed
• The Passion

Short Stories

• Blood Will Tell
• Thicker Than Water
• Brionwy's Lullaby
• Ash & Mary-Lynnette: Those Who Favor Fire
• Jez and Morgead's Night Out
• Matt & Elena: First Date
• Bonnie & Damon: After Hours