Crossing Arizona

State of Us, Book 2

By: Bree Wiley

Narrated by: Jack Wesley, Nathaniel Ames

He was my home when I had nowhere else to go.

Xed

Matty's the only person who ever mattered to me. Since we were seven years old, he's been my rock, my anchor, and the light guiding me to safety when the world got too dark.

Then Hannah was born, and she became the glue holding us in place. It wasn't perfect, but it was ours—a life we built together.

Until Matty made a choice that shattered it all. Now, I'm adrift, trying to figure out if I can forgive the man who promised me forever but left me behind.

Matty

I swore I'd always protect him—Xed, my best friend, the person who knew me better than I knew myself. When Hannah came into our lives, I made another promise: to do everything in my power to keep them both safe. But protecting Hannah meant making an impossible choice, one that tore me away from the only man I've ever wanted.

I made a mistake. Now, I'll do whatever it takes to put the pieces back together…if I can keep from falling apart in the process.

Crossing Arizona is a full-length best friends-to-enemies-to-lovers MM romance featuring a queer awakening, black cat/golden retriever MCs, first times, and a guaranteed HEA. This is book two in the State of Us series. It may be enjoyed as a standalone, but is best enjoyed after Finding Delaware to avoid spoilers.

Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

©2025 Bree Wiley (P)2025 Podium Audio

Scars and Second Chances

This book tugged at heartstrings, tore tears from my eyes, and brought me to points where I wasnt sure I wanted to know what happened at the end. Matty made me so frustrated and irritated and sometimes his thought process made me want to scream. His story was so heartbreaking though. Xeds love and final acceptance of Matty's wrongs wasnt instant and I loved that there wasn't automatic forgiveness. And... when Xed tried to build back the bridge between them... I couldn't stop fricken laughing. Chicken was the star of the last few chapters. Well thought out plot, twists and turns, ups and downs, and awesome character building. This group of misfits stole my heart.
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MATTY AND XED

The audio was as good as reading it! Maybe better! The emotions this dragged out of me....

Excellent narration

Great story. Emotional, intense, inspiring! Great narration. Definitely worth listening to! Can’t wait to hear the next one!

It Was Good

I didn't like this story as much as the first one. Finding Delaware wrapped around my heart and didn't let go. I did love the MCs in this book tho. The story felt drawn out a little to long and I would have really liked for them to have gotten together a bit earlier in the story. I don't love it when the MCs get their HEA after an entire story then it just ends. I like some story after the pairing but overall this was pretty good and I would recommend it.
I am bummed that the next story sounds to be a MF and I'll have to skip it since I don't read/listen to those anymore but that's my issue.
I was unfamiliar with both narrators and while they were both ok one was way to slow in his delivery. The pauses between pharases was painfully slow and I had to speed up the pace. It's rare I have to increase the speed on narration. Both voices were very pleasant to listen to however and for that I was thankful.

This story!

What a rollercoaster! They really put each other through it but I loved this story so much.