Crossing Arizona by Bree Wiley (Paperback)

A best friends-to-enemies-to-lovers MM romance centred on loyalty, heartbreak, and second chances.

For Xed, Matty has always been the one constant in his life. Since childhood, their friendship has been built on trust, support, and an understanding that went deeper than words. Together, they created a sense of home and stability in a world that often felt uncertain.

The arrival of Hannah strengthened that bond even further, giving them something shared to protect and hold onto. For a time, their lives felt complete in a way neither expected.

Then everything changed.

A single decision tears their relationship apart, leaving Xed struggling to understand how the person he trusted most could walk away. Feeling abandoned and lost, he is left questioning whether forgiveness is even possible after the damage that has been done.

For Matty, the choice he made came from a desire to protect the people he cared about most. But trying to keep everyone safe came at a devastating cost, forcing him away from the one person he truly wanted beside him.

As they are drawn back together, old emotions, unresolved pain, and buried feelings resurface. What once felt unbreakable is now fragile, forcing both men to confront their past and decide whether they can rebuild what they lost.

Set within the State of Us series, this romance explores friendship, queer awakening, emotional healing, and the challenge of finding a way back to someone after trust has been broken.