Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A SEAL’s Secret Baby | 2012 | Laura Marie Altom | Buy |
| 2 | Sleeping Beauty’s Billionaire | 2003 | Laura Marie Altom | N/A |
| 3 | The SEAL’s Stolen Child | 2012 | Laura Marie Altom | Buy |
| 4 | The SEAL’s Valentine | 2013 | Laura Marie Altom | Buy |
| 5 | A Navy SEAL’s Surprise Baby | 2013 | Laura Marie Altom | Buy |
| 6 | The SEAL’s Christmas Twins | 2013 | Laura Marie Altom | Buy |
| 7 | The SEAL’s Baby | 2014 | Laura Marie Altom | Buy |
| 8 | The Cowboy SEAL | 2014 | Laura Marie Altom | Buy |
Operation Family by Laura Marie Altom is an eight-book series that ran from 2003 to 2014 and helped establish her reputation as a go-to author for military family romance. The earliest entry, Sleeping Beauty’s Billionaire (2003), predates the main SEAL-focused run. The series hits its stride with A SEAL’s Secret Baby (2012) and The SEAL’s Stolen Child (2012), where the plots center squarely on special operations soldiers dealing with hidden children and custody battles.
From there, the series moves through The SEAL’s Valentine (2013), A Navy SEAL’s Surprise Baby (2013), and The SEAL’s Christmas Twins (2013), each pairing a different hero with a family crisis. The SEAL’s Baby (2014) and The Cowboy SEAL (2014) close out the run, with the final book bridging the gap between this series and Altom’s later Cowboy SEALs series. The formula, tough military men confronted by unexpected fatherhood, became a template she would return to many times.