Vampire Diaries (the books)

Apparently, L.J. Smith may have been fired from writing the rest of her Vampire Diaries series, primarily because she was giving too much love to Damon. She decided that she wanted Elena to genuinely be in love with Damon, not just Stefan - and she had a close bond formed between Bonnie and Damon. This made the publishers unhappy and apparently something she'd signed when she started the series gave them the authority to yank it from her and give it to a ghost writer.

source; additional

I haven't read the books and what I've read about the books doesn't make me want to run out and buy them but... damn, if that's true, it's all kinds of horrible that a publisher can do that.

(and the publisher in question is HarperTeen/Alloy Publishing)