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On the Way to Us originally published as For the Love of Mercy in 1999 in the United States of America by Precious Gem Romance, an imprint of Zebra Books. This edition based on the paperback edition self-published by the author in 2007 as An Old Love’s Shadow.
Love Struck Café originally published as an ebook in 2022 in the United States of America by Sourcebooks Casablanca.