Maddox

Vested Interest, Book 3

De: Melanie Moreland

Narrado por: John Lane, Maxine Mitchell

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 enough to show her - to prove love is worth the risk for both of them?

Contains mature themes.

©2018 Moreland Books Inc. (P)2018 Tantor

Perfect ending for Maddox Aiden and Brently

John Lane gave another emotional performance bring Maddox to life. Terrific story of confirmed bachelors

Maddox & Dee

It was great to once again experience the camaraderie between Bentley, Aiden, and Maddox. Maddox’s love story moved at an even pace with no lows. There was plenty of humor, some drama and no angst. The MMC lost his mom at an early age, grew up with an abusive father and had to have order and control in his life. The FMC grew up watching her mom depend solely on her father and he just left them. She did have a hushed short relationship with a coworker who used her and was marrying someone else. She had a phobia when it came to relationships and love. Narrators did a great job.

damage done

Enjoyed this series, but Maddox was my favorite. His story tugs at my heartstrings. sweet endings with a beautiful future.

Swoon worthy

I thought Bentley was my favourite, but I was wrong. Oh my word, Maddox has me tied up in knots and he will not let me go.

This series has been fantastic. Each book just gets better and better and Maddox truthfully blew me away. I really loved the pairing of Maddox and Dee, both damaged by their pasts and not looking for love, but both so worthy of finding love with each other.

Melanie Moreland drew me into the story from the first page; I kept thinking just one more chapter. I loved the characters of Maddox and Dee and all the secondary ones and having already read Bentley, Aiden and now Maddox, I can say that this is one of my favourite series of 2018.

The story was extremely well written, engaging and it was great to see the growth of both Maddox and Dee as the book evolved. Neither Maddox or Dee wanted a “relationship” so friends with benefits suits them both, until it doesn’t.

I really didn’t want to start this book as I have been anticipating reading Maddox since I finished Aiden. Ms. Moreland well and truly delivered a story that had me engrossed from start to finish, not to mention I have a new book boyfriend.

There is so much to love about her characters, the depth and layers that she weaves throughout her stories reminds me of the peeling of an onion, layer by layer and Maddox was just such a book.

The friendships between Maddox, Bentley and Aiden is truly overwhelming, the love , laughter and obvious care they have for one another is swoon worthy in and of itself. Throw in the ladies they love Dee, Emmy and Cami and you have a group of people anyone would be proud to call friends. I know I would love to hang with these people and call them friends.

Entertaining,

I have enjoyed every book in the series. This one was worth the wait. I especially liked the crossing of characters from "the Contract". Very Entertainment.

Another winner

Loved the storyline and the spice was spicing much more than the first 2 books 👏 The inclusion of the main characters from the previous books was great. I liked being able to have updates on their stories.
Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
HEA ✅

Spoilers ahead!

Spoilers! Overall I’ve enjoyed both the series and this book. That being said, I feel the need to draw attention to one particular issue I wish the author had addressed a little differently. The MMC has a past that involves a toxic Dom/Sub relationship. A couple things I wish were discussed are A) the MMC was coerced into participating in an element of kink he didn’t want, and the author should have addressed this as sexual abuse. And B) the way the characters discuss the particular kink (spanking/impact play/blood kink) makes it seem dirty and perverted. I wish it had been clarified that the only issue is that the MMC was coerced into it, and the character who coerced him was toxic and awful. The kink itself is FINE as long as everyone is consensually involved. That’s my only concern at all.

Lovely!!

Maddox and Dee’s story touched my heart in so many ways. Watching them face their struggles and grow stronger together was beautiful. They both deserved love more than anything, and seeing them find it in each other felt like pure magic. Their journey was full of hope, healing, and so much tenderness 💙💜

Best of the trilogy

This story was the best of the trilogy. I liked the plot and there was very little use of the lame pet names that were used in the other two stories. They sure drink a lot of coffee!

A Slow Start, but Finished On A High Note

I wasn't quite sure about this book when it began. I listened to the audio book. I started out being a little disappointed because it seemed like all Maddox and Dee did was have sex. I thought the narration was great.

The story started to pick up when Dee started to experience difficulties with the way Cami's life was changing, and how it didn't include her sometimes. I liked that Maddox and Dee grew closer and started to share more info about their pasts. I started to get a sense of the depth of their relationship and the issues that haunted each of them.

The next twist that made the story move along was a blast from Maddox's past. The drama, the crazy, the angst was kicked up a notch. The frustration as Maddox attempted to make stupid moves and the surprising source of advice.

Let me not forget the cake tasting and the wedding planner. That whole scene was enjoyable.

I knew it wasn't over. There was that one final slightly suspenseful twist. To top it off, I was so happy to get the awesome epilogue. (I am a sucker for a goid epilogue!)

A slow start to a book the became an Interesting, mildly angsty and suspenseful book that was full of love, loyalty, friendship, family, and romance.