Hostile Operations Team Books in Order

Lynn Raye Harris has written 22 Hostile Operations Team books, published between 2013 and 2023: 21 in the 2 main-line series and 1 related title. The first book is HOT Pursuit (2013) and the newest main-line book is HOT Honor (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
2013–2023
Pages on record
2,536 in 9 of 22 books

Hostile Operations Team is a romance series by Lynn Raye Harris, and most titles carry the word HOT. The 22 books were published from 2013 to 2023, beginning with HOT Pursuit and Hot Mess in 2013. Later titles include HOT Package, HOT Shot, HOT Ice and HOT Protector. Navy SEALs feature in the subjects, the MacKenzie family appears among the characters, and 1 book is shared with Jay Crownover. Hostile Operations Team: Strike Team 2 is a related series, and HOT Honor is the newest title.

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How many Hostile Operations Team books are there?

Hostile Operations Team has 22 books, released between 2013 and 2023. 21 of them belong to the 2 main-line series (Hostile Operations Team, Hostile Operations Team: Strike Team 2), and 1 related title sit outside it: other titles.

Hostile Operations Team Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Hostile Operations Team books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.

  1. 1
    HOT PursuitHostile Operations Team #12013 · 386 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013386
  2. 2
    Hot MessHostile Operations Team #22013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
  3. 3
    Dangerously HOTHostile Operations Team #32014 · 308 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014308
  4. 4
    HOT PackageHostile Operations Team #42014 · 92 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201492
  5. 5
    HOT ShotHostile Operations Team #52014 · 308 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014308
  6. 6
    HOT RebelHostile Operations Team #62014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
  7. 7
    HOT IceHostile Operations Team #72015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
  8. 8
    HOT & BotheredHostile Operations Team #82015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
  9. 9
    HOT ProtectorHostile Operations Team #92016 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016310
  10. 10
    Reckless HeatHostile Operations Team #102016 · 164 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016164
  11. 11
    Hot AddictionHostile Operations Team #122017 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017294
  12. 12
    HOT ValorHostile Operations Team #132017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
  13. 13
    HOT WitnessMacKenzie Family #182017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
  14. 14
    HOT AngelHostile Operations Team: Strike Team 2 #12018 · 318 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018318
  15. 15
    HOT SecretsHostile Operations Team: Strike Team 2 #22018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
  16. 16
    HOT JusticeHostile Operations Team: Strike Team 2 #32019 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019356
  17. 17
    A HOT Christmas MiracleHostile Operations Team #142020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
  18. 18
    HOT StormHostile Operations Team: Strike Team 2 #42021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
  19. 19
    HOT CourageHostile Operations Team: Strike Team 2 #52022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
  20. 20
    HOT ShadowsHostile Operations Team: Strike Team 2 #62023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
  21. 21
    HOT LimitHostile Operations Team: Strike Team 2 #72023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
  22. 22
    HOT HonorHostile Operations Team: Strike Team 2 #82023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–

Do you have to read Hostile Operations Team books in order?

You should read the 2 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (other titles) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Hostile Operations Team book also stands alone.

Where to start with Hostile Operations Team

Start with HOT Pursuit (2013), the earliest published book in the 2 main-line series.

What is the newest Hostile Operations Team book?

HOT Honor (2023) is the newest book in the 2 main-line series.

Is there a new Hostile Operations Team book coming?

No next Hostile Operations Team book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Hostile Operations Team at a glance

Paused
No new main-line Hostile Operations Team title has appeared for 3 years. The last was HOT Honor (2023).
Release pace
Hostile Operations Team books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,536 pages across the 9 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 308 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Hostile Operations Team books, 16 of 22, were published in the 2010s.

When Hostile Operations Team books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Hostile Operations Team titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 16 titles.

2010s
16
2020s
6

22 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Hostile Operations Team books are about

3 of the 22 Hostile Operations Team books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: man-woman relationships is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Lynn Raye Harris

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.