Arden McKenna
Warm, slow-burn contemporary MM romance
Welcome to Wrenwood, a cozy English canal village where complicated men, quiet longing, useful hands, and stubborn hope tend to find each other eventually.Join the reader list for book news, bonus scenes, cover reveals, and quiet notes from behind the hedgerows.
Last TrackA Wrenwood Prequel Novella
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.
Hard LastedBook One in the Wrenwood Series
January 2027A warm, slow-burn MM romance about a village cobbler, a grieving photographer, found family, and the quiet courage of choosing to stay.Teddy Mercer has spent his life holding things together: the family shop, the old building, the customers who still need him, and the version of himself Wrenwood expects. Then Eoin arrives for three temporary months with a camera, a guarded heart, and an eye for the beauty Teddy has stopped seeing. As repairs, village interruptions, and unexpected tenderness draw them closer, Teddy and Eoin must decide whether some places become home because they are inherited, or because someone finally makes room for you there.
The Last EffectsBook Two in the Wrenwood Series
Currently in revisionA second-chance MM romance about boyhood friends, inherited rooms, old silence, and the fragile art of coming home.Sebastian Marlowe returns to Wrenwood expecting grief, paperwork, and a few difficult rooms. Instead, he finds Lock Cottage, a village that remembers him too loudly, and David Rowe, no longer the boy he left behind but a steady, careful man who knows how to handle fragile things. As old questions surface and the distance between Montréal and Wrenwood begins to shrink, Bash and David must decide whether love is measured by leaving, returning, or finally choosing to stay.
The Last BoundaryBook Three in the Wrenwood Series
Currently being draftedAn 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 things: 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. As legal caution, village scrutiny, and impossible attraction pull them closer, Wil and River must decide whether boundaries are only meant to keep people apart, or whether some can become the place where trust begins.
Temporary cover art shown while the Wrenwood books are in development. Final covers forthcoming.