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

MATTY AND XED

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

Matty And Xed Are Beautiful 😍

I am so glad that after a long, tortured, rocky road of a journey Xed and Matty finally found their way to each other. I found Matty adorable in that he sometimes cried after sex - I'm only sorry it was wasted with Valerie in their younger years. "Crossing Arizona" is a beautiful story and I enjoyed it more with the performances of Jack Wesley and Nathaniel Ames - both I've never come across until now. I will be sure to look out for more of their work. Can't wait for Logan and Salem's book next! Holy crap that bombshell at the end of Logan's epilogue is still reverberating in my mind.

4 Starz - worthy of a repeat listen

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.

loved it!! a proper friends to lovers

I like how it has two different narrators than last book not saying just I appreciate different narrators. I like the fact the friends & family already secretly knew/figured it out.

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

cutest meetcute

I love Xed ❤️ and all his broken pieces. Matty big dumb sweetheart 😘. but the best part is easily is their first hang out