In Legends of the Californios Tata's Stories from the Family Ranchos Perez takes you back to old California's Ranchos where the Hacienda stands tall in the hills as Elena's story becomes legend. When she risks everything for love, lust, and her precious moments spent underneath the peach tree. Her tale gives inspiration to Carmen on how to settle old scores. Or step forward 5 years after the horrific incident at the Lighthouse changed Nick and Ana's life forever. They are living out their own love story when a strange name from the past comes back to haunt them and their young daughter Delmira. Where Ana learns the roots of the legend of Floriana. Reyes has become a man of wealth and prosperity in the 15 years since he inherited Concha's Rancho. His beloved head cook Senora Elena falls ill, and he seeks out an accomplished cook to fill her place on the Rancho. Reyes discovers that not all things from his past have been forgotten. That vengeance, and true evil never die. He is forced to face that someone came to settle an old score. Does he forgive, or serve justice. Has his heart turned cold, or does he accept his fate for his family's future and best interest. The three Legends pick up where the first book left off. You learn how the characters old and new intermingle, and connect in their own roles to play in the Legends of days past.