Crossing Borders

Blackbridge Security, Book 10

De: Marie James

Narrado por: Jacob Morgan, Teddy Hamilton

Duración: 7 h y 4 m

Resumen del Editor

Although I take my job very seriously—being the resident charmer, the man responsible for helping clients with security, all the while making it look like I’m the newest love interest of insanely gorgeous women—it looks like it’s all fun and games. I’m getting paid to go on dates to some of the most glamourous places all around the world after all, but at the end of the day, it’s still work.

When the assignment is over, I walk away—usually with a smile and another notch in my bedpost, but who am I to turn down the perks?

This new assignment should be no different. I can play any role handed to me. Hell, I love a new challenge. Only Archer Bremen is different...and not just for the obvious reasons.

His British accent hits me in a way I never expected. The scowl on his face makes me think of a million things I could do to make it fade. His smile tells me that this new assignment is going to change everything....

©2022 Marie James (P)2022 Marie James

Love, love, loved this story

Great story. well written. its Jacob and Teddy!! I did not listen to any other book in this series. this story is easily a standalone. get it!! its so good. The boys do an outstanding job bringing this story and all of the characters to life.

Story good but performance meh

I love Teddy and Jacob but neither can do a British accent. I was disappointed when I did not get one 😔 😪

The narrators make this book

The narrators make this book and the chemistry is really well written. I did not read the other books in the series, only picked this because of the narrators and I admit I felt like the reader was left in the dark without reading the previous novels. Not the best as a standalone. Also, characters needed a little more maturity and open communication and still really enjoyed the personalities and banter. Even had a couple of fun, surprisingly chuckle worthy moments. Worth a read for pure entertainment.

Brooks and Archer

This audible story for magnificent, one of her best. Not only the story is hot but having these two narrators telling the story make it steaming. The emphasis is always placed in just the right spots to bring all of the characters emotions to the surfaces and keep you listening to the best end!!

crossing borders

love it I enjoyed the whole series can't wait to see what will come next

This wasn't a Rollercoaster...

This was more like one of the washing machines with an agitator. The back-and -forth, "I'm in, no im out", felt contrived and just a means to fill pages.
Timing was another issue for me. A scene would end and then it's "weeks later" when we're brought back into the story. So basically you have maybe 10 scenes in the whole book, and we're supposed to believe this is a HEA, or at least a HFN. The ending was so, I don't even know what to call it, but the sex club was just stupid. I waffled between 2 and 3 stars for the book, but 3 was too generous imo.
The narrators are 2 of my top 5, so the performance was awesome as usual. Just wish they had a better script.

Teddy & Jacob auto buy

Teddy Hamilton and Jacob Morgan separate or together in any mm Romance are an auto buy from me. (Honestly, if they were reading the phone book together it might be an auto-buy.) But, I would definitely say the preview written is misleading. Brooks is not the pursuer in this relationship & he isn't smitten because Archer has a scowl & he wants to make him smile.... Archer actually shows way more interest then you would think by reading the preview. It doesn't matter though if you'rea fan of these narratos. The story was unique to me and I enjoyed the characters and the narration was perfection. Both Teddy & Jacob have a way of charming you, making you just smile and giving you the feels without there being any sexy times (which there aren't any until about 4 hours in...) Regardless it was a 5 star performance of a low-angst 4 star story that I happily listened to in one sitting.

Amazing!!!

I read everything that is narrated by Teddy and Jacob, so that’s a given. With that being said, I have to say this was a pleasant surprise. I like the little twist and turns before the characters got their HEA. First Marie novel but it won’t be the last.

Good story but…

I enjoyed this story, but if you are a reader/listener of mm only, this story is woven together in the same timeline with book 9 of the series, which is mf (as is the rest of the series), which I hadn’t read. So there are teasers and spoilers for that story, but only vague resolution as we aren’t in their POV.

Other than that, I did enjoy this story. Teddy and Jacob did an amazing job narrating, as always (they are why I jumped in to book 10 of a series).

My Thought on Crossing Borders

Marie James sure does know how to write a darn spicy MM romance. I was sad to see the Blackbridge series end, but it was done so well. I loved Brooks and Archer. The development of their relationship as the book progressed was so entertaining. I laughed and smiled and got heartbroken and emotional along with them. There were also these scenes that Brooks was brought up in previous books in the series that you knew were related to his assignment to Archer but didn’t know the full story of what was going on. It was so cool seeing those scenes from his or Archer’s actual point of view like the dog bite and the club. That little toss out in the end gave me a happy thrill though. Because now I know that while this series may have ended, there’s still hope of seeing the Blackbridge team in future Marie James books.

The narration on this was great. Both men did a fantastic job for all of the characters involved. They both had to do Archer's British accent, and the other guys when visiting the Blackbridge offices or other settings. In every situation they both gave such great performances. I have heard and loved them both on previous books but together they are absolute fire.