Black Cat (Gemini series)

The horror novel Black Cat by V. C. Andrews is the sequel to Celeste. The plot follows the life of Noble/Celeste, who is forced to remain disguised as her deceased twin brother, and her daughter (also named Celeste) in their secluded mansion with Noble's crazy mother. Celeste jr is hidden away from the world until the mother cooks up a plot to seduce their neighbor(Fletcher) and announces that Celeste jr. is an orphaned cousin. Fletcher is actually Celeste jr's grandfather as his son, Eliot Fletcher had discovered that Noble was a girl and had raped her.

The marriage between Noble's mother and Fletcher was initially harmonious until the return of Fletcher's rebel daughter, Betsy. Betsy's return leads to a series of events culminating in the discovery by Betsy that Noble is a girl. A fight between Betsy and Noble's mother leaves the mother dying and, whilst trying to protect her mother, Noble kills Betsy. After these horrific events, Noble and her daughter are both placed into foster care.