Best-selling author V.C. Andrews has delighted her millions of fans with a continuous outpour of captivating fiction that encompasses a unique emotional intensity, with characters that come to life and continue to haunt readers long after a book's end. Now with Lightening Strikes, Andrews' continues where she left off in Rain, capturing the experiences of Rain Arnold as she journeys to unmask a legacy of long buried family secrets. Sent to live with her great-aunt in London, Rain is surrounded by opulent riches and extreme wealth, in a world that seems foreign when compared to the poor but loving family she left behind. Enrolled in one of England's most prestigious drama schools, Rain is supposed to be living out her dreams, but to her it feels more like a nightmare. Behind the beauty and extravagance of her aunt's luxurious mansion, lies something dark and unspeakable and Rain is about the find out just how inescapable a nightmare can be.

Torn from the embrace of her poor but loving family, Rain Arnold now lives surrounded by opulent riches but feels more like an outsider than ever before. Her heart''s true passion -- the theater -- may prove to be her salvation, as she embarks on a journey to unmask a legacy of long-buried family secrets.

Enrolled in one of England''s most prestigious drama schools, Rain is sent to London to live with her great-aunt, Lenora, of the renowned Endfield family. Their estate is breathtakingly austere, filled with antiques and a long, storied history. But something isn''t right. Rain hears footsteps at night, and the high-pitched laughter of a little girl. She sees strange lights in rooms that are supposed to be closed off. And everything about the place -- the air, the silence, even the somber household staff -- is as cold and soulless as a museum. Behind the icy sheen of wealth and privilege lies something unspeakable. Something that could turn Rain''s most precious dreams into an inescapable nightmare....

With the publication of her first book, Flowers in the Attic, V.C. Andrews'' novels became a bestselling phenomenon. Flowers in the Attic was followed by thirty-five more spectacular successes: Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, My Sweet Audrina, Heaven, Dark Angel, Garden of Shadows, Fallen Hearts, Gates of Paradise, Web of Dreams, Dawn, Secrets of the Morning, Twilight''s Child, Midnight Whispers, Darkest Hour, Ruby, Pearl in the Mist, All That Glitters, Hidden Jewel, Tarnished Gold, Melody, Heart Song, Unfinished Symphony, Music in the Night, and Olivia; the Orphans series, which includes Butterfly, Crystal, Brooke, Raven, and Runaways; and the Wildflowers series, featuring Misty, Star, Jade, Cat, and Into the Garden. Lightning Strikes is the second novel in the thrilling new Hudson series, which began with Rain. V.C. Andrews'' novels have sold more than eighty million copies and been translated into sixteen foreign languages.