Raven (Orphans Series #4) » (Unabridged)

"The face of fear I display in my novels is not the pale specter from the sunken grave, nor is it the thing that goes bump in the night," V. C. Andrews once told Douglas E. Winter. "Mine are the deep-seated fears established when we are children, and they never quite go away: the fear of being helpless, the fear of being trapped, the fear of being out of control."

Raven is unique in that she does have a mother who she knows; but unfortunately, Mom's behind bars and not likely to be coming home any time soon. Beautiful Raven was never crazy about her mom's drug use -- but even a mother who's stoned is preferable to going to live with her uncle, who seems set on plunging Raven into a twisted, abusive life from which there appears to be no escape.