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A Little Secret Books in Order

A Little Secret contains 31 books, published between 1999 and 2018. The first book is Her Secret, His Child (1999) and the newest is A Marine for Christmas (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
31
Published
1999–2018
Pages on record
5,049 in 17 of 31 books
Reading time
84–126 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,049 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 31 titles with a page count on record.

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A Little Secret is a Harlequin Superromance line of 31 contemporary romances published between 1999 and 2018, written by many hands rather than one. Birth fathers, unmarried mothers, single mothers and surrogacy recur through the subjects, with lawyers, witnesses and legal stories alongside. Tara Taylor Quinn is credited on 3 titles, and Joan Kilby, Cynthia Thomason and Ann Evans on 2 each. Her Secret, His Child (1999) opens the line and A Marine for Christmas (2018) closes it. The 2000s are its busiest decade.

How many A Little Secret books are there?

A Little Secret has 31 books, released between 1999 and 2018.

A Little Secret Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 31 A Little Secret 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 September 2026.

  1. Cover of Her Secret, His Child by Tara Taylor Quinn, book 1 of the A Little Secret series (1999)
  2. Cover of Spencer's Child by Joan Kilby, book 2 of the A Little Secret series (1999)
  3. Cover of His Daddy's Eyes by Debra Salonen, book 3 of the A Little Secret series (2000)
  4. Cover of The Secret Son by Tara Taylor Quinn, book 4 of the A Little Secret series (2000)
  5. Cover of Michael's Father by Melinda Curtis, book 7 of the A Little Secret series (2003)
  6. Cover of What Daddy Doesn't Know by Tara Taylor Quinn, book 11 of the A Little Secret series (2004)
  7. Cover of Whose Child? by Susan Gable, book 12 of the A Little Secret series (2004)
  8. Cover of The SEAL's Baby by Rogenna Brewer, book 13 of the A Little Secret series (2004)
  9. Cover of The Unknown Daughter by Anna DeStefano, book 14 of the A Little Secret series (2004)
  10. Cover of The Son Between Them by Molly O’Keefe, book 15 of the A Little Secret series (2006)
  11. Cover of Beach Baby by Joan Kilby, book 16 of the A Little Secret series (2006)
  12. Cover of Unexpected Daughter by Suzanne Cox, book 18 of the A Little Secret series (2006)
  13. Cover of Because of Our Child by Margot Early, book 22 of the A Little Secret series (2007)
  14. Cover of Dad for Life by Helen Brenna, book 23 of the A Little Secret series (2007)
  15. Cover of Stranger in a Small Town by Margaret Watson, book 24 of the A Little Secret series (2007)
  16. Cover of Baby Under the Mistletoe by Jamie Sobrato, book 26 of the A Little Secret series (2009)
  17. Cover of The Secret She Kept by Amy Knupp, book 30 of the A Little Secret series (2012)
  1. 1
    Her Secret, His Child1999 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999304
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  2. 2
    Spencer's Child1999 · 297 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999297
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  3. 3
    His Daddy's Eyes2000 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000304
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  4. 4
    The Secret Son2000 · 297 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000297
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  5. 5
    Mr. Elliott finds a Family2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  6. 6
    The Seven Year Secret2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  7. 7
    Michael's Father2003 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003304
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  8. 8
    Keeping Faith2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  9. 9
    Wild Cat and the Marine2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  10. 10
    The Wild Child2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  11. 11
    What Daddy Doesn't Know2004 · 298 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004298
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  12. 12
    Whose Child?2004 · 299 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004299
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  13. 13
    The SEAL's Baby2004 · 299 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004299
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  14. 14
    The Unknown Daughter2004 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004296
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  15. 15
    The Son Between Them2006 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006248
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  16. 16
    Beach Baby2006 · 291 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006291
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  17. 17
    Christmas in Hawthorn Bay2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  18. 18
    Unexpected Daughter2006 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006368
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  19. 19
    From Out of the Blue2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  20. 20
    Her Sister's Child2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  21. 21
    The Missing Mom / A Mum for Amy2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  22. 22
    Because of Our Child2007 · 299 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007299
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  23. 23
    Dad for Life2007 · 281 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007281
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  24. 24
    Stranger in a Small Town2007 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007368
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  25. 25
    Christmas in Key West2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  26. 26
    Baby Under the Mistletoe2009 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009250
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  27. 27
    Welcome Home, Daddy2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  28. 28
    That Last Night in Texas2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  29. 29
    His Best Mistake2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  30. 30
    The Secret She Kept2012 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012246
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  31. 31
    A Marine for Christmas2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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Where to start with A Little Secret

Start with Her Secret, His Child (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest A Little Secret book?

A Marine for Christmas (2018) is the newest A Little Secret book released so far.

Is there a new A Little Secret book coming?

No next A Little Secret book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

A Little Secret at a glance

No recent titles
The newest A Little Secret title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
A Little Secret books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
5,049 pages across the 17 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 298 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most A Little Secret books, 25 of 31, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 31 titles, 3 are credited to Tara Taylor Quinn, 2 to Joan Kilby, 2 to Cynthia Thomason and 2 to Ann Evans. A further 22 writers are credited.

What the A Little Secret books are about

17 of the 31 A Little Secret books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 14 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Characters in the A Little Secret books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.