Cross the Line

Willow Williams has been infatuated with her brother’s best friend, Dev, for as long as she can remember. Maintaining their friends-only status through distance and determination is no longer an option when Dev, now a successful Formula 1 driver, offers Willow a job salvaging his image after he was wrongfully implicated in a social media disaster. Can Willow stay in her lane without letting a crush interfere with her career, or will their chemistry make it impossible to pump the brakes? Soltani makes a delightful debut with this funny, feel-good sports romance. It’s the first installment in her “Lights Out” series, so listeners might note some of the supporting characters and subplots that are certain to make a much-anticipated return in the next book. Nerissa Bradley gives an expressive, engaging performance as Willow, and Vikas Adam voices Dev with a strong, sexy timbre, but his women’s voices sometimes border on farcical.