From Publishers Weekly
High-quality, homegrown story-telling has long been Michaels's stock-in-trade, and this story is a holiday treat for readers seeking classic country Christmas atmosphere and an extra helping of romance for all; by the end of the tale, even the protagonists' dogs find true love. The touching, if melodramatic, plot line revolves around gutsy Loretta Cisco, the founder of a flourishing rural candy company. Loretta has been committed to a nursing home against her will by her son, a widower under the malevolent influence of his fortune-hunter fiancee, but Loretta's irrepressible 20-something grandchildren are determined to spring their grandma and bring her home for the holidays. What makes the tale uniquely charming isn't plot as much as its warmth and the wealth of evocative details that bring the broken family's Allegheny mountain celebration to vivid life. Bursting with humor and high holiday spirits-unlike last year's inspirational but dark What You Wish For-this warmhearted confection is as soothing as a cup of hot cocoa.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
Furious with their widowed father for putting their adored, cataract-afflicted grandmother in a nursing home and seeking a second opinion, the Cisco triplets take matters into their own hands and whisk her off to a highly regarded hospital near her rustic mountain home in the Allegheny foothills. The hospital, however, holds some romantic surprises for two of the triplets, and by the time everyone gathers for an old-fashioned Christmas at Granny Cisco's, the romantic future of all the family members is clearly defined. The overriding theme of this fast-paced, sassy, but warmly sentimental contemporary romance is the importance of family. It will appeal to readers who like their Christmas stories sweet, home-centered, and filled with happy endings. Michaels (Kentucky Sunrise) is a veteran author of various fiction genres. This is her first holiday novel. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
When their father puts their beloved grandmother in a nursing home right before Christmas, the three college-aged Cisco triplets, Hannah, Sara, and Sam, come up with a plan to bring her back home for the holidays. Their scheme threatens their relationship with their father, but the holiday season may just bring this family, along with some new additions, back together again. The importance of family is the focus of popular author Michaels' lightly romantic holiday story. John Charles
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Review
Los Angeles Times [Fern Michaels'] characters are real and endearing, her prose so natural that it seems you are witnessing the story rather than reading about it.

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Los Angeles Times [Fern Michaels'] characters are real and endearing, her prose so natural that it seems you are witnessing the story rather than reading about it.

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Los Angeles Times [Fern Michaels'] characters are real and endearing, her prose so natural that it seems you are witnessing the story rather than reading about it.

Book Description
Join beloved bestselling author Fern Michaels in her first holiday novel, a spirited, touching tale of three dynamic siblings who will do anything to bring their grandmother home for Christmas. The Cisco triplets are appalled by their widowed father's behavior. He seems to care more about his gold-digging fiancée than he does about his own son and daughters. Even worse, Dad put their spunky grandmother -- head of the family candy company -- in a nursing home against her will. Setting out to spring Granny Cisco, college seniors Sara, Hannah, and Sam soon prove that trouble comes in threes. Apparently, so does love....As the triplets get their grandmother the medical care that will make her independent again, all three find unexpected romance. If everything goes according to plan, there's going to be quite a crowd at Granny's house come Christmas -- and more proof than ever that there's no place like home for the holidays. Includes a discussion with Fern Michaels and an excerpt from her next novel, Late Bloomer

Download Description
"Join beloved bestselling author Fern Michaels in her first holiday novel, a spirited, touching tale of three dynamic siblings who will do anything to bring their grandmother home for Christmas. The Cisco triplets are appalled by their widowed father's behavior. He seems to care more about his gold-digging fiancée than he does about his own son and daughters. Even worse, Dad put their spunky grandmother -- head of the family candy company -- in a nursing home against her will. Setting out to spring Granny Cisco, college seniors Sara, Hannah, and Sam soon prove that trouble comes in threes. Apparently, so does love....As the triplets get their grandmother the medical care that will make her independent again, all three Wnd unexpected romance. If everything goes according to plan, there's going to be quite a crowd at Granny's house come Christmas -- and more proof than ever that there's no place like home for the holidays. "

About the Author
Fern Michaels started writing in 1972, and is now the New York Times bestselling author of 67 novels. There are more than 64 million copies of her books in print. She lives in South Carolina.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The Cisco triplets are appalled by their widowed father's behavior. He seems to care more about his gold-digging fiancée than he does about his own son and daughters. Even worse, Dad put their spunky grandmother -- head of the family candy company -- in a nursing home against her will. Setting out to spring Granny Cisco, college seniors Sara, Hannah, and Sam soon prove that trouble comes in threes. Apparently, so does love....As the triplets get their grandmother the medical care that will make her independent again, all three Wnd unexpected romance. If everything goes according to plan, there's going to be quite a crowd at Granny's house come Christmas -- and more proof than ever that there's no place like home for the holidays.

SYNOPSIS

The Cisco triplets, Sam, Sara and Hannah, are furious when they learn that their widower father has forced their beloved grandmother into an assisted living facility. In addition, he has taken over the management of the family business, Cisco Candies, and has moved into their grandmother's big Manhattan apartment with his fiancee who is only five years older than they are! Right after an acrimonious Thanksgiving dinner with their father and their future stepmother, they storm the gates at their grandmother's nursing home and break her out. As their mission is to help her regain her self-reliant lifestyle and settle her back home at her country house in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains, they first take her to a small top-notch hospital where they have her cataracts removed so that she can see again. The triplet sisters meet doctors with whom they get romantically involved. Just in time for Christmas Granny Cisco is able to go home where she celebrates the holiday with her grandchildren and the doctors and nurses who helped her. The triplets' father has seen the error of his ways and breaks off with his mercenary fiancee and joins his real family for Christmas.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

High-quality, homegrown story-telling has long been Michaels's stock-in-trade, and this story is a holiday treat for readers seeking classic country Christmas atmosphere and an extra helping of romance for all; by the end of the tale, even the protagonists' dogs find true love. The touching, if melodramatic, plot line revolves around gutsy Loretta Cisco, the founder of a flourishing rural candy company. Loretta has been committed to a nursing home against her will by her son, a widower under the malevolent influence of his fortune-hunter fianc e, but Loretta's irrepressible 20-something grandchildren are determined to spring their grandma and bring her home for the holidays. What makes the tale uniquely charming isn't plot as much as its warmth and the wealth of evocative details that bring the broken family's Allegheny mountain celebration to vivid life. Bursting with humor and high holiday spirits-unlike last year's inspirational but dark What You Wish For-this warmhearted confection is as soothing as a cup of hot cocoa. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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