Fans continue to grow in excitement for the upcoming season of CW's hit TV series, The Vampire Diaries, which will be returning with its fifth season in the fall.

According to TVLine, True Blood's Janina Gavankar will be crossing over from the other standout vampire program to play the role of Tessa, a "beautiful, exotic and self-assured woman who comes to Mystic Falls to rekindle an old flame."

Executive producer Caroline Dries said that Gavankar's character will be appearing in the third episode of the upcoming season.

In other VD happenings, executive producer Julie Plec had informed Entertainment Weekly that Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Elena (Nina Dobrev) would be facing some murky waters in their newly rekindled romance.

"One is keeping a secret from another, trying not to hurt their feelings, trying to make them happy, little things that any normal couple would fight about and then hopefully make up over," she explained.

The CW's Vampire Diaries is scheduled to air its fifth season on Thursday, October 10. Its spin-off series, The Originals, will start season 1 on Tuesday, October 15. Be sure to keep checking back for up-to-date details on the vampire TV series. A fan-made trailer can be watched below.