Kenzie Gilbert has slipped on some mom jeans and put off wedding planning. Legally, she's already a Salvatore, but at heart, she won't take the name until there's an official wedding. Besides she and Stefan are still reconciling from their most recent breakup. However, now there's a toddler in the picture. Kenzie is raising her nephew as her own, for her twin, who is a real life sleeping beauty. While Stefan's mother, Lily Salvatore has secretly moved into town with her family of heretics, including a woman from Stefan's past that has a secret that would add to the growing tension of his marriage with Kenzie. However, it's not the only past, present or future dilemma they face. Damon starts a war with the heretics, the town residents are compelled to evacuate, Lily's abusive husband disrupts a truce, Enzo gets entangled with an elite group that awakens a powerful vampire huntress awakens, and the surprise of Alaric's twins surviving changes the lives of many. Time starts to fly, decisions need to be made, and consequences will have to be faced. Kenzie's life is presently in turmoil and her future seems bleak, without a plan that will please all the ones she loves. The odds stack against Kenzie and Stefan, but she is determined to do whatever it takes to keep her marriage alive because he's the only thing she'd never give up on. He's the love of her life and she's the possessive twin. ~BOOK 7 OF 8~
11 parts