Crossing Arizona

State of Us, Book 2

De: Bree Wiley

Narrado por: 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

The heartbreak and the healing

This was a wild ride. My heart broke for Zed over and over again and I just kept waiting for Matty to step up and do the right thing. Their love story was not easy but when it got where it should’ve been all
along it was beautiful

MATTY AND XED

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

All the emotions

This story is a rollercoaster of emotions. dysfunctional relationships filled with drugs and booze, then throw in a baby. How there was ever a HEA is amazing. Narration was okay. I really enjoyed book 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.