Beyond the Badge: Nox

Blue Avengers MC, Book 6

By: Jeanne St. James

Narrated by: Ava Lucas, Connor Crais

Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

When two broken halves come together to forge one unbreakable whole…

Officer Bradley Lennox, aka Nox, has been living in the shadows of his own grief since the unexpected loss of his wife. Just when he was finally on the road to recovery, they found Sadie in a motel in Ohio, causing his world to spiral back into darkness.

Concerned for their fellow Blue Avenger, his MC brothers issue an ultimatum: accept help or risk losing his job as an officer with the Shadow Valley PD and his spot on the Tri-State Federal Drug Task Force. They hope it’ll compel Nox to free himself of the heartbreak consuming him.

Then Aaliyah, a widow and single mother, takes over running the grief group he’s forced to attend. Knowing the pain of loss all too well, her determination to help Nox reignites the hope of him getting better. But it also sparks a connection he didn’t see coming.

However, their journey is far from easy.

Nox is resistant to fully embracing a new beginning, despite Aaliyah's unwavering perseverance. To make matters more complicated, her father is the sergeant at arms for the Dark Knights MC and harbors a deep-seated hatred for law enforcement.

While Nox struggles to forge a brighter future for himself, for the task force, the stage is set for a violent showdown. A war erupts between two ruthless factions: the Deadly Demons MC and La Cosa Nostra, posing a threat to Nox’s fragile peace.

Especially when someone he cares about gets caught in the crossfire.

Note: Beyond the Badge: Nox is the sixth book in the Blue Avengers MC series. It’s HIGHLY recommended to listen to this six-book action/adventure series in order due to the continuing story arcs (subplots). However, each book focuses on a different couple who gets their HEA. This series has no cheating or relationship cliffhangers.

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What a ending!

Beyond the Badge: Nox
Blue Avengers MC, Book 6
By: Jeanne St. James
Narrated by: Ava Lucas, Connor Crais

I am never ready for one of Jeanne St James's series to end, but listening to Nox's story gave me the closure I needed for this task force. Nox is a mess. Still grieving over the death of his wife and daughter, his colleagues are concerned about his well being. Forcing him to go to a grieving group and for therapy to deal with his grief is not how he wants to spend his time. But when Aaliyah takes over the group, and doesn't let him stay hiding in the back, everything begins to change. Aaliyah has her own ghosts, and though she has had more time to deal with her grief, she still feels that twinge. Now as she works with Nox after hours, he begins to come to terms with his loss. The task force is coming to it's end, and now with things he has seen and new concerns, Nox isn't quite sure he's done with his tasks. When things take a turn and danger comes straight to him, he teams up with the unlikeliest of people. How does it all end? This story packs a punch, that is for sure. St James compassionately deals with relevant situations, breaths new life and love into family, and brings people I love in to keep that feeling of crazy family and community. The crossovers are one of the things I absolutely love about the different series. This is fabulous, passionate, tear jerking and the best listen I have had in a long time.

Ava Lucas and Connor Crais are the story tellers and this team could not be better cast. Aaliyah is ambitious, spunky, and passionate. Her personality is strong yet vulnerable and Ava Lucas plays her perfectly. Each scene is a different emotion and played out as if I was there feeling it. Connor Crais is Nox and this man is layered. He hides behind so much, and as the story goes, Crais begins to use his nuances to play out peeling those layers back. I loved this pairing as always and loved every minute of their performance.