Brought up in chaos and fear, Maddox requires order and control to cope with life. He has his career and two closest friends. That is all he needs.Until Dee enters his life.She brings forth feelings he has denied himself his entire life—and threatens his control.He wants to hold.Keep.Love.Live. Damaged by her past, Dee cannot admit her feelings for him, fighting him at every turn.Is he strong … admit her feelings for him, fighting him at every turn.
Is he strong enough to show her—to prove love is worth the risk for both of them?
more
A brilliantly written and exceptional romance that will leave you begging for more…
I’ve been following the Vested Interest series from the beginning, and with every release I feel like it just gets better and better. Every new character I meet, I want more of and every plot has such a beautiful and enthralling uniqueness to it that I am left quite literally begging for more. Now, I know that Maddox is meant to be the last book in the series, however, Melanie has announced that Reid will be getting his own book. Boy, am I happy! Eeeeeek!
Maddox is book three in the series, and although it reads brilliantly as a standalone, I would advise the you read the series in order as the characters are so tightly knit that you will be aware of the gist of the stories for both Bentley and Aiden, the other delicious men of BAM. I absolutely adored this plot, it had just the right amount of heat and suspense to make it unputdownable and all the feels to make you feel like you are a part of Maddox and Dee’s journey. This isn’t your typical older woman romance, or friends with benefits trope. This story goes way beyond that with its plot and actively flips your round of the mill BDSM convention on its head, in more ways than one! As always the writing is spectacular and development of the plot and character is flawless. This book as joy to read even when I was in tears. Seriously, i thought that Bentley and Aiden were one of a kind, special characters, but Maddox…he was just something else.
I really couldn’t get enough of the characters in this book—both the protagonists and the background characters. Maddox was such a multi-layered and complex soul to get to know and although there were times that I really wanted to shake him because he wasn’t thinking straight, the majority of the time I just downright loved him. He is just such a special character to get lost in, he has this ability to make you feel things deeply and to make you feel like you are a part of his story in a way that you live it all with him. Dee, I found so unique as a heroine. She’s soft and loveable, but she also has a feisty edge to her that makes her a force to be reckoned with. Although they are very similar, they balance each other out beautifully. I just couldn’t get enough of them. Their whole dynamic was just very well thought out and followed through to the point that I was rooting for them from the off.
I honestly can’t praise this book enough and as if Maddox and Dee and the rest of the BAM gang weren’t enough to make it brilliant, we also get more of Richard Van Ryan. When he came into the plot…man, I was so freaking stoked that I was ready to get up and jig. I am a massive fan of the contract and seeing Richard again, having him interact with characters that I have grown to adore and be a part of a story that is just so bleeding gorgeous…well, it just made my book year. Maddox has got to be one of my top five reads for this year, regardless of what comes after it. I am completely and utterly head over heels for this book and I just want to dive in again…now. This book had everything I could ever want from a romance and more, it’s quite simply a must read and re-read. Again and again.
4.5 stars*****The Calm Before the Sexy Storm!
Maddox Riley is a sexy silver fox. In his daily life he is a sharp dressed, composed professional. However, in the bedroom he is a dirty talking, commanding force of nature. Oh my how this man made my heart rate increase and my body quiver.
This love story is filled with emotion.There is a bit of angst and suspense. The sexytimes are searing. There are moments of laughter, joy, friendship, frustration, hope, despair, and triumph.
Maddox and Dee have both experienced painful childhoods. This has made them averse to the idea of romantic love. The chemistry between these two will set your kindle on fire. Yet, their journey to love is not an easy one. They are both scared of the fierce hold that love can have over you. As Maddox and Dee’s relationship changes, a part of Maddox’s past comes back to haunt him. He struggles to handle this situation on his own. He wants to protect his loved ones, even if he has to destroy his own happiness. The twists in this story were unexpected, yet they seamlessly showcased the strength of these characters. I fell madly in love with Maddox Riley and you will too!
4 I’m Yours Stars!
Maddox Riley had a tough childhood, but now has built the life he’s always wanted in Toronto. He has an amazing career as the numbers guy for BAM, the company he’s built into an empire with his best friends and business partners Bentley and Aiden. They work in real estate and investment properties, and are quite wealthy. Bentley & Aiden have become his family over the years, and have recently formed a great group of friends. Through these friends he meets Deirdre Wilson. Thrown together by their mutual friendships, they begin spending a lot of time together.
Dee is struggling with being on her own after her sister Cami suddenly marries. Everything has changed and now she’s living alone. The only perk is her new neighbor Maddox living in the same building. He’s a gorgeous man she really enjoys being with. They learned they had a lot in common, and had similar views on sex and relationships. Neither liked to depend on anyone else, and both avoided intimacy. They don’t do romance or love. In their experience love hurts and causes nothing but pain. It has the power to destroy and makes you weak. It works for some, but they both agreed they just weren’t built for it.
Since Maddox & Dee are on the same page they enter into a physical relationship. They both have needs and desires, and decide to explore the intense chemistry between them. Maddox liked to be in control, and he was exactly what Dee wanted in a lover. He was dominant and extremely passionate. They make rules so they can stay detached. Dee doesn’t date or get involved. She’d been burned in the past by love, and never wanted to give a man power over her heart again. Love was overwhelming, dangerous, and could completely ruin you.
The more time Maddox spends with Dee, the more he begins to care. She’s intelligent, sexy, fiercely independent, and alluring. He’s intrigued and drawn to her. Soon they enter into a new arrangement where they are now exclusive friends with benefits. When they come together they are explosive and insatiable. Things were never to be complicated, but then one of them changes the rules and falls in love.
I have been dying to finally get Maddox’s story, and he didn’t disappoint. I was pleasantly surprised that my sexy silver fox is a dirty talker. He’s absolutely delicious, and this book was all kinds of hot! I really love this entire series, and I can’t wait for Reid’s book up next!
With her new release, Melanie Moreland completes the BAM guys trio of books. Bentley has had his day, Aiden has told his story, now Maddox ,the seemingly easy going financial whiz, gets his time in the spotlight.
Maddox is the well-dressed (if you don’t count his socks), suave playboy who appears to have everything he wants. Deidre, older sister to Aiden’s now wife Cami, is focused, driven and has no time for relationships. Things change, when casual with Dee is no longer enough Maddox and the two delve into the sticky, messy, intimate side of being together.
Maddox is more complex, more deep that the previous BAM books showed. His troubled childhood left scars that while healed over are constant reminder, giving him a little lost boy quality that tempers his masculine strut. Deirdre is a woman who has been too long in a holding pattern. Her life is work, her sister, and that’s it so she is thrown for a nasty loop when Cami gets married. She doesn’t know how to deal with a life where she can focus on herself and want more.
Maddox is an engrossing, sexy, of two people who deserve each other and the happiness that they can get from each, if they have the patience, care, and heart to reach out and grab it.
This is the third book in the Vested Interest Series. This is Dee and Maddox’s story. I have been wanting to read their story since the first book in the series, and I wasn’t disappointed. This was such a great book. Maddox is officially my favorite BAM guy! Dee and Maddox have both been hurt in the past and sworn off love. A relationship that starts off as purely physical gets complicated when feelings get involved. Will they be able to work through their past and get to their happily ever after?
I have to start out by saying, I am in love. No exclamation needed. It’s a simple fact. I’m in love with Maddox and the richness of the character that Melanie Moreland has created in her latest installment of her Vested Interest series. I’m in love with Maddox Riley and his past, his present and the possible future I see laying before him with each word I read and each page I turn. A man who is so imperfect, yet so willing to deal with his imperfections you can’t help but fall head over heels, plunging down a narrow crevasse, in love. And through your love of this character, you, the reader, are vested in Maddox, the men of BAM and the Vested Interest series by Melanie Moreland.
Melanie has given us some of her greatest writing in Maddox. You learn through her main character Maddox Riley, that life comes at you from all different angles and at different speeds. That anyone who says they’ve walked through life without making mistakes, without facing adversity, without a possible “life altering” experience, is lying. What it all comes down to is how a person “copes.” To understand our main character Maddox, you have to understand his past. Turbulent, cruel, and almost always spiraling out of his control. In other words, a very nasty father. But he did experience love from a mother who read to him and held him close who died when he was very young. That love is still there, hidden deep within him. Now grown, Maddox struggles with the necessary control to maintain the order that gives him a desperate kind of peace.
Through his friends/business partners/quasi-family, Maddox meets Dierdre Wilson (Dee for short). A soulmate that matches his cool, controlling exterior. Dee is professional and polished. She had a difficult childhood, but was always there for her younger sister, Cami, who is now married to Aiden, a close friend and one of two business partners to Maddox. Dee was burned badly by a “love” relationship when she was younger. Both Maddox and Dee have learned that love has the power to hurt, so both have sworn off ever wanting a commitment, a marriage, a relationship, love. They have become “friends with benefits” with some of the hottest, steamiest, catch your breath, swoon-worthy sex two characters can have. (Wow Melanie…..where does this writing come from? You had me fanning my almost faint heart, trying to catch my breath, it was so hot and sensual!!!) You see, our Maddox is a bit dirty talking when it comes to his “friends with benefits” partner, Dee. But as they start to spend more time with each other, something wonderful happens. They enjoy being with one another. Each fills a void that neither knew they had in their all too rigid life. A relationship develops….feelings begin. Yes, there are definite difficulties to overcome. Some seem insurmountable, but with the help of their friends (and a surprise visit of a character from one of my all-time favorite books, a character I fell in love with years ago …..from another book of Melanie Moreland’s….Richard VanRyan), both Maddox and Dee find their way. Together. We should all be so lucky to have these kind of friends in our lives!
Melanie Moreland is clever. You think “Vested Interest” is simply the name of a series she is writing. Wrong. You, as the reader are the vested interest. Melanie draws the reader into the lives of each of her characters, makes you walk their path and pulls you into the depth of their turbulent feelings as each struggles to understand their past and move forward to their future. And you simply can’t walk away. You are hooked into this series, and have a vested interest in knowing about Maddox, and Aiden and Bentley (and do I need to add Dee, Cami and Emmy?). As you read Maddox (and hopefully Bentley and Aiden), you have become a part of BAM along with each of her characters. What a wonderful thing to be vested in!
Another great book from Melanie Moreland. I couldn’t wait to see what was going to happen next. And love getting to know more members of the group. Characters were written well, and storyline is great. Looking forward to the next story in the series.
Don’t get me wrong, I loved all 3 of these characters but Maddox was by far my favourite. He was protective of the ones he loved. Coming from a troubled childhood, he came out the victor. A 5 star story that made me read for hours on out. I basically read it in one day. A romantic suspense that had me intrigued from the very first page read.
Maddox is the third business parter in the BAM company. He and Dee have been secretly seeing each other. Maddox wants to make it more official but Dee is afraid of commitment. Things seem to be going well for them until someone in Maddox’s past comes back to threatens everything he has achieved.
Great storyline with a seamless plot that had me hooked from the first page read to the last one. Maddox made me feel so much for him. This story was more centred on the couple and their struggles then the business part. Which made the story more enjoyable. Bottomline is this is a must read.
This is the third book in the Vested Interest series. I wish I could say that these books are standalones but for better enjoyment they should be read in order. Told in a dual POV with an HEA for all of them.
PS. I can’t wait to read Reid’s story.
The third book in Melanie’s Vested Interest series – and what a fabulous series this has been!! The BAM boys – Bentley, Aiden and Maddox – and from the first meet you are ‘vested’ in their story, you want to know, the whys, the wherefores and the whole caboodle about these men and the ladies they have come to know.
At the start of the book we learn how Maddox comes to be the way he is, so controlled and having to have everything in order, and so unwilling to fall in love or have relationships. My heart broke a little for him after having read this. But its always the quiet ones that are the sexiest, and my word Maddox has a dirty little mouth on him!!! Phew can that man talk your panties off!!
We also learn more about Dee and her background, growing up with Cami, always being in charge and in control, having been badly burned in a relationship and unwilling to believe in love and not wanting the heartbreak and pain that love involves after watching her mother break when her father left.
So Maddox and Dee start off as a friends with benefits relationship – Maddox being his Alpha self, full of control, taking the lead, telling Dee what to do, talking dirty! And Dee needing to be able to give up her control and be dominated – the only place she can give up her control is with Maddox in the bedroom. But Dee has some clear cut rules in how this ‘relationship’ will go, both are agreed that its just sex and nothing else. That is until Maddox starts for fall for Dee, and has some very sold built up walls to get through before Dee realises this is more than she bargained for.
The epilogue in this book is to die for, I loved it, really swoon worthy that gave me butterflies just reading about it!!
Brilliantly written, this series has gone from strength to strength with each book. I loved the family dynamic between the BAM boys and how well they know each other and work together, each having had their own share of problems to get through. The girls are just perfect for them, sassy but loving, caring and loyal. A fabulous read I could not get enough of!! 5 fantastic stars!!
This is a wonderful third instalment into the Vested Interest series and definitely one you must read.
Maddox fears the power people can wield with love and the destruction and pain it causes. Growing up with a father that abused you as a child can do that to you. He is also exacting. Everything in its place, he needs it to be so.
When he meets Dee, she gives him the control he needs and wants in the bedroom but nothing more. What happens when Maddox wants more than just an affair?
Dee does not believe in romantic love. She fears the destruction love can cause. She has seen it first hand. When she realizes Maddox wants more than what she is willing to give, will she cut the ties that bind them?
I absolutely loved this book and this series. I loved al of the BAM boys but I absolutely adored the sexy and filthy-talking Maddox.
This was the most sensual and sexy of all the books. I found it refreshing to see a woman in control. A woman who does not want romantic entanglements, just sex.
I loved Maddox for his patience with Dee. How he slowly and surely won her over. His filthy mouth, so HOT!.
Dee was kind, caring and independent. She constantly looked after everyone.
I loved their honesty and sensuality when they are together.
My thoughts on the BAM boys and this series can be summed as follows:
Big Hearts
Abled Bodies and,
Mad Love!
This Sliver Fox will definitely worm his way into your heart. If you are looking for a book or series with men who have Big hearts, Abled bodies and Mad love for their woman, this is definitely for you!
I received an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Book 1i. The series is Bentley Bentley
Book 2 is Aiden Aiden (Vested Interest, #2)
WOW OH WOW, where can I find me a Maddox of mine to take home?! Absolutely LOVED everything about him, he’s a dirty talking, take no crap, controling Alpha who goes after what he wants. What woman wouldn’t want that??
This is the 3rd book in in the series and what a book it was…..steamy sex scenes, romance, blackmail, panty ripping and a HEA all in one book makes it one amazing read that you will not want to put down and will comsume you from page one.
HIGHLY recommended this entire series, you will not be disappointed!!!
Of the BAM men, I think Maddox stole my heart!! Loved his story. I devoured this book and loved every word. He finds his HEA with Dee. So perfect. He’s a little damaged, but that doesn’t stop him from falling in love. All he has to do is slowly conquer Dee’s conviction that she’ll never fall in love. Their journey is filled with passion, spice, sweetness, a touch of drama, and totally satisfying love. I adored this book. Maddox and Dee will win your heart. I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
I had an ARC of Aiden, which led me to read Bentley first. I was hooked on these men from the first sentence.
Maddox is a phenomenal book. Melanie Moreland’s writing just gets better and better with each book she writes and each story she tells. I loved Bentley, I loved Aiden, but Maddox is amazing.
He is a dirty talking, controlling huge hearted man who is determined that love isn’t for him. Dee is afraid of love and has spent her life taking care of everyone else determined never to fall in love. But you know how the saying goes…..never say never.
I absolutely love BAM and their friendship is one for the books. They have each others backs and would do anything for one another.
The epilogue is fantastic and will have you melting and wishing that any one of these men were yours.
If you haven’t read Bentley start there, then read Aiden and round out BAM with Maddox. It is time well spent!
At the end of Bentley, I said he was my favorite. At the end of Aiden, I said *he* was my favorite. I think I should just say, the men of BAM are my favorite!! I find it unbelievable that every book has been better than the last but that is absolutely the truth with this series. There are so many twists and turns, ups and downs, and complete surprises that I couldn’t stop reading once I started.
This book is worth every single minute of sleep I lost to finish!!!
*This is my voluntary review of an advanced reader copy*
*A copy of this book was gifted to me from the author and I freely give my honest review*
Maddox and Dee’s story is lovely and I adore them.
* Very good storyline with twist that made it more interesting
* Maddox is a product of his past but still have the courage to go after what he wants. Dee is the one that can’t let go of her fears, still I can feel the connection she’s making with Maddox.
* There’s so much feelings in this book not only between Dee and Maddox but between the secondary characters too.
* The world this author has build is growing and I’m so happy to see that Reid gets a story too.
Love scenes is tasteful but steaming hot as always, in addition they are also sweet.
This book will leave you craving more, not because it’s not HEA because it is, but because you want to know more about everyone and everything regarding these characters.
Moreland has a way of getting my soul and heart engaged in her stories.
5 stars
I love the Vested Interest Series but Maddox was the book I have been waiting for and OMG Melanie Moreland gave me everything I expected and more, just when I think this series can’t get any better I got a book that blows me away.
What can I say about Maddox and Dee about from they are perfect together two people damaged from their past neither looking for a relationship or love because they both feel unworthy of such feelings. A couple learning it’s ok to have feelings and learning together how to love ve and how to show their feelings for each other..
Maddox and Dee are introduced to each other by the close friends that this series is based around and it doesn’t take very long for everyone else to see these two are the perfect match it just takes Dee and Maddox a bit longer to realise that the past should not rule your future and because you have been burned once it doesn’t mean it will happen again.
Maddox has become the new love of my life, I love his past, I love him, I love his imperfections and I love how he deals with those imperfections. I love the friendship and loyalty this group share, this author has a way of making you feel like you are part of Bentley, Aiden, Maddox and their partners life’s and I’m wondering what is next for the Vested Interest Series all I know is I can’t wait for more from them. Well written must read series. Thank you Melanie Moreland.
***4.5 ‘#TeamMadDog’ Stars***
I have to say that each book just keeps getting better and better and as of right now, Maddox is my favorite for a variety of reasons, but this one had it all…the FEELS, ALL THE FEELS, a ton of I need a cold shower/my B.O.B. smexy times and a nice little dash of craycray to keep me on my toes and keep turning the pages until the very end ~ which only served to make me want more!
Maddox. I kinda adore this man. He’s comes across as all kinds of in control and self contained, because he actually is, but he’s not cold. He has a huge heart, which is a little battered, but he is very picky as to who he shares the various pieces of himself with and if you are one of the lucky ones, he doesn’t hold back.
Dee. I adored her, I did, because her heart is so golden. She is a natural nurturer and wants all those around her to be…maybe not happy, but content. She is strong, intelligent and sassy and I loved how honest she was with herself and others. But she also has some pretty heavy duty blinders on that, while I empathized, I also wanted to reach out smash them to bits.
Maddox and Dee’s journey was an interesting one. But how couldn’t it be when two people who have sworn to never fall in love collide and find that they are pretty well suited for each other on every level? These two saw who the other was beyond the surface and the intense sexual attraction ~ which was O.M.G. HAWT! ~ and found the person who’d give them a swift kick in the arse but also a soft and safe place to land when needed. The big ‘ole sink hole in their journey was a mix of ‘I saw that coming’ and ‘WTF?!?!’ but the way things worked out was perfect for them.
Outside of Mad and Dee, what made this book a lot of fun for me was the family dynamic amongst all the characters. It was always there, but it’s evolved and gotten stronger ~ not just with the three couples, but Sandy and Reid as well ~ and how it came out in full force when the craycray went down ~ it really was the whip cream on the top of the hot fudge sundae. The cherries though, were Richard and Jen, I loved them and that little extra they brought to the story. And, speaking of Reid *BSEG*…well, I won’t speak, but I’m. So. Excited!!!
~ Copy provided via Panda and Boodle & voluntarily reviewed ~
Maddox by Melanie Moreland is the third book in her Vested Interest Series and my most anticipated one. Every book can easily be read as a standalone – anyway – I recommend to read the books in order.
The previous books are Bentley and Aiden.
Bentley, Aiden and Maddox met in college and formed a lifelong friendship. They´re best friends, business partners and have each other backs, everytime and in everything.
Maddox´s had a rough childhood. He doesn´t trust easily and love´s just not in the books for him.
Dee is Cami´s older sister and somehow she´s a bit lost after her sister found her HEA with Aiden.
Those two are drawn to each other and everything could be great, but Mad Dog has this name for a reason.
I started reading and was hooked from the start. The writing is excellent and the story captivating. I can´t say how much I love these three alpha males and how they´re brought to their knees by the loves of theri lives. Bravo and very well done, Melanie Morelaned!
I recommend Bentley, Aiden and Maddox and give 5 stars.
Maddox, Maddox,Maddox was such a pleasant read! I finished it in one siting because this book is a page turner, you physically cannot put it down. As always this one began with prolog and traumatized childhood is a key element in this third installment as well. If you read Bentley and Aidan, you probably know how Bent’s and Aidan’s childhood affected their lives and what a huge impact it had on their relationships.
Maddox and Dee agreed to be friends with benefits and were perfectly fine with this commitment. They are both workaholics and share the same beliefs about love and relationships. But all the hell broke loose when they both realized that they were irrevocably in love with each other. I loved the dynamic of this couple, how they finally realized their true feelings. As usual, I enjoyed great sense of humor and was so happy about how everything turned out.
You cannot miss this third installment and will be beautifully surprised by Maddox.
So I binge read all 3 books in this series over a period of 5 days because I simply could not put them down and if someone asked me which one was my favorite, I honestly don’t know what I’d say because each of these men are special, sexy and oh so perfect in their own unique ways. I was anxious to read Maddox from the moment he was introduced to us in Bentley and he doesn’t disappoint! I honestly wasn’t sure if Melanie could top Bentley, but then Aiden absolutely killed me while reading his story and then dirty-talking Maddox comes along and I love all them equally! I must say that his control and vulnerability gutted me at times. As I said after reading Bentley, I love the friendship/family aspect of these characters, as well as the strong, sexy and capable women who keep them on their toes. These books can be read as standalones, but do yourself a favor and please read them all! I was in a bit of a book hangover, reading slump until I started reading these books — I’m definitely over it now! Excellent romantic suspense series — one of my favorites! 10+ stars.
1 like