In the series of novels known by the collective tide The Time Between the Stars, Greeley created characters from three different families who appear in major and minor roles throughout the series (see the biographical entry and the entries on The Patience of a Saint and Fall From Grace).

Summer at the Lake is the first novel in a proposed trilogy of stories. The protagonist of the second novel, A Midwinter's Tale (1998), is Chuck O'Malley, who makes a brief appearance in the summer tale. His story is set in Germany immediately after World War II, and O'Malley is caught up in the corruption and comedy of the Army of Occupation only six months after graduation from high school. In the final novel, Younger Than Springtime (1999), O'Malley pursues a college education and discovers his true vocation as a photographer. Along the way, he also discovers true love...