Arden McKenna
Contemporary MM romance about finding home—and the people who make it one.

Come make yourself at home in Wrenwood, a cozy English canal village where love has a habit of arriving before anyone is quite ready for it.Read Last Track FreeJoin Oliver’s Roost for Wrenwood news, new stories, and notes from behind the hedge.

Last Track by Arden McKenna, a Wrenwood romance about Galen Storms, Martin Cattermole, a temperamental camper van, and finding home.

Last TrackA Wrenwood Romance
Free for newsletter subscribersA warm, lightly funny MM romance about a travelling guitarist, a quiet flock manager, one temperamental camper van, and the trouble that starts when somewhere temporary begins to feel like home.Galen Storms has built a life around arriving on time and never staying long enough to be missed. Then Nina, his battered camper van, breaks down on a country lane and leaves him stranded at Ashcombe with Martin Cattermole, a broad-shouldered flock manager who does not waste words and does not look away either. What begins as paid farm work becomes shared breakfasts, private music, and nights in Martin’s narrow cottage bed. But when the van is repaired and the road opens again, both men must decide whether freedom means leaving without being asked to stay, or choosing where to come home.Send Me Last Track

Hard Lasted by Arden McKenna, Book One in the Wrenwood series, a warm contemporary MM romance about Teddy Mercer, Eoin, found family, and choosing to stay.

Hard LastedWrenwood Romance · Book One
Coming January 17, 2027A warm, slow-burn MM romance about a village cobbler, a photographer recovering from burnout, found family, and the quiet courage of choosing to stay.Teddy Mercer has spent his life holding together the family shop and the version of himself Wrenwood expects. Then Eoin Quinn arrives for three temporary months with a camera, a guarded heart, and an eye for the beauty Teddy has stopped seeing. As temporary begins to feel like home, both men must decide whether they can make room for something lasting.

Last Effects by Arden McKenna, Book Two in the Wrenwood Romance series, featuring Sebastian and David in a second-chance contemporary MM romance.

Last EffectsWrenwood Romance · Book Two
Coming February 26, 2027A second-chance MM romance about boyhood friends, inherited rooms, old silence, and the fragile art of coming home.Sebastian “Bash” Delon returns to Wrenwood expecting grief, paperwork, and a few difficult rooms. Instead, he finds Lock Cottage and David Rowe—no longer the boy he left behind, but a steady man who knows how to handle fragile things. Their history has waited years; now Wrenwood may offer them a way forward together.

Last Boundary by Arden McKenna, Book Three in the Wrenwood Romance series, a warm contemporary MM romance about Wil Mercer, River Adler, land stewardship, legacy, and love in Wrenwood.

Last BoundaryWrenwood Romance · Book Three
Coming 2027An age-gap, slow-burn MM romance about land stewardship, careful boundaries, found family, and learning when caution becomes its own kind of risk.Wil Mercer knows how to protect estates, legacies, contracts, and the quiet life he has built around other people’s needs. River Adler arrives in Wrenwood with muddy boots, bright conviction, and a plan to help Ashcombe become something more alive. Soon the line Wil has drawn around his life looks less like protection—and more like the place where River might finally reach him.

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MEET ARDENArden McKenna writes warm, character-driven contemporary MM romance about finding home—and the people who make it one.Wrenwood is a place of canals, cottages, village gossip, and men who discover that a quiet life can still make room for a great love. Arden’s stories pair slow-burn emotion, found family, dry humour, and the occasional cup of tea with heroes old enough to know better—and hopeful enough to try anyway.Begin with Last Track

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