Porthkennack Books in Order
Porthkennack contains 11 books, published between 2017 and 2018. The first book is Wake Up Call (2017) and the newest is Love at First Hate (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2017–2018
- Pages on record
- 1,844 in 8 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 31–46 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,844 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Porthkennack is a romance series of 11 books published across 2017 and 2018, written by five credited authors: J.L. Merrow on 3 books, and Joanna Chambers, Charlie Cochrane, Garrett Leigh and Alex Beecroft on 2 each. Recorded subjects are gay and LGBTQ+ romance, with historical romance among them. Wake Up Call (2017) opens the series, followed by A Gathering Storm (2017), Broke Deep (2017), Junkyard Heart (2017) and Count the Shells (2017). Love at First Hate (2018) is the last catalogued title, and eight counted volumes have a median length of 218 pages.
How many Porthkennack books are there?
Porthkennack has 11 books, released between 2017 and 2018.
Porthkennack Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Porthkennack 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.
- 1Wake Up Call2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 2A Gathering Storm2017 · 274 pages · confirmed 2/420172742/4
- 2Tribute Act2018 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/420181961/4
- 3Broke Deep2017 · 214 pages · confirmed 2/420172142/4
- 4House of Cards2017 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/420172202/4
- 5Junkyard Heart2017 · 172 pages · confirmed 2/420171722/4
- 6Foxglove Copse2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 7Count the Shells2017 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/420172162/4
- 8One Under2017 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/420172502/4
- 9Contraband Hearts2018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 10Love at First Hate2018 · 302 pages · confirmed 2/420183022/4
Where to start with Porthkennack
Start with Wake Up Call (2017), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Porthkennack book?
Love at First Hate (2018) is the newest Porthkennack book released so far.
Is there a new Porthkennack book coming?
No next Porthkennack book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Porthkennack at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Porthkennack title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Porthkennack books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,844 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 218 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Porthkennack books, 11 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 11 titles, 3 are credited to J.L. Merrow, 2 to Alex Beecroft, 2 to Charlie Cochrane and 2 to Garrett Leigh. One further writer is credited.
What the Porthkennack books are about
4 of the 11 Porthkennack books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: gay men is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Gay men 3 of 4 books
- Romance 2 of 4 books
- Historical fiction 1 of 4 books
- MM Romance 1 of 4 books
- Historical romance 1 of 4 books
- Romance, lgbtq+, gay 1 of 4 books







