Cisco Books in Order

The Cisco Family books are Fern Michaels comfort reads: warm, family-centered stories with a strong sense of place and a heroine who could run the world if she felt like it. The series is set in Larkspur, Pennsylvania, a small town in the Allegheny Mountains, and it’s anchored by Loretta “Cisco” Cisco, the savvy matriarch behind a successful candy company and a family that sometimes needs a gentle shove back into line.

The first book, No Place Like Home, starts with a jolt. Cisco’s three adult grandchildren, Sara, Hannah, and Sam, discover that their widowed father has sent Cisco to a nursing home. His timing is suspicious, he’s newly engaged, and the fiancée doesn’t seem interested in Cisco’s comfort so much as Cisco’s money. The triplets do what any loyal grandkids would do in a Fern Michaels novel: they break Cisco out and bring her home, which forces every simmering family issue into the open.

Cisco doesn’t do helpless.

Once Cisco is back in her own space, the story becomes a mix of family showdown and second chances. The triplets have to step up, not just as co-conspirators, but as adults making decisions about work, love, and what kind of lives they actually want. Cisco, meanwhile, is sharp-eyed and practical. She’s also surprisingly tender, pushing her family to speak honestly, take care of each other, and stop postponing happiness. The candy business is part of her power, it keeps her connected to the town and reminds everyone that Cisco earned her success the hard way.

The small-town setting matters, too. In Larkspur, neighbors notice when something’s off, and they show up, sometimes with casseroles, sometimes with opinions. That community pressure keeps secrets from staying buried for long, and it gives the books their cozy, lived-in feel even when the family is in full meltdown.

The sequel, Family Blessings, keeps the same mix of humor, heart, and disruption, but turns the crisis outward. A tornado tears through Larkspur and destroys Cisco’s home, shaking the entire family’s sense of security. Rebuilding becomes the new mission, with Cisco and her clan leaning on each other and learning what they can let go of. Romance is still in the air, but it’s woven into the bigger question of what home really means when everything familiar has been rearranged.

If you want stories about a tough, loving family, an unforgettable grandmother, and problems solved with equal parts loyalty and stubbornness, the Cisco books are a great place to land. Read them in order to see the family grow from chaos into something steadier.