Just when you think Melanie Moreland can't top the last book, she delivers Maddox. This story delivers the perfect dirty talking, alpha man who has the patience to win the heart of the one who snuck in. As much as it pains me to type this...

Maddox IS the perfect ending in the three men's stories. It's been amazing reading this series unfold, but Maddox is the perfect topper. (No, this does not mean I am giving up Aiden as my #1 BBF).

From the start of the series, Maddox has been the dark horse. The one that we didn't know nearly enough about but yearned to. From the prologue opening, we learn his humble beginnings that mold him into the man we meet today. He is driven and forthright. Dee certainly knows where she stands with him. Even from their bookstore met up (right how can you not love him), they know they are destined to be friends because of circumstances. But what if those circumstances become more? What stands in the way of wanting that 'more'?

He commands and controls the reader with Dee in every turn of the page in finding his happily ever after. He knows what he wants (OMG when he asks for it? thigh clenching) and knows what he needs to get it. He is loyal and fierce friend that comes out even when he needs a little push.

Melanie Moreland has a grip on her characters and weaves her storytelling to a finish in one day sitting. She knows what drives them and takes the reader in amazing places that you can't help but enjoy. I can't believe this is the end of the series because there is so much more I want to learn.

Warning: epilogue may cause heavy swooning and ovary bursting. ( )

4.5 stars

This book was the best of the series. Unlike the first two, it had an amazing epilogue. Amazing. I had to chuckle at these three "Manly Men" and how they were so sweet and soft.

Maddox had a mouth on him. Mmm hmm. Dee was perfect too. Together, they were the ideal match. They both offered each other something that was needed to make them whole.

I thought this series was over but discovered Reid was getting a book. YAY! ( )

Maddox is not easy to like, but hard not to love. He idles at difficult. That's the only setting he knows, yet in his heart is where he's most vulnerable and Dee is about to hit him where it hurts. Maddox is every dirty fantasy. He's a walking contradiction, a waking dream and a bad boy not easily tamed, but worth the drama. Vested Interest is the perfect name for a series that comes to life and moves right in to your heart. ( )