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Vested Interest Box Set #1: Books 1-3 Kindle Edition

4.8 out of 5 stars 252 ratings

USA Today bestselling series from Melanie Moreland
**Contain bonus material not previously published**

“This is a great idea.”
Aiden had jumped up, fist punched the air, and yelled, “That’s how we do it! BAM!”
It stuck. Our initials, our ideas, our brand. My brothers.
BAM
Three young men meet in university and form a lifelong friendship.
Their pasts dictate the men they are, but their present shapes their future.

What happens when these men meet the one person they are destined to be with? Can they fight their feelings and walk away? Or will they each succumb and learn the sweet agony of love?

Bentley
The leader of the group. He is uptight, formal, and cold. Rigid and set in his ways, always following the same path. Until the day, he stumbles upon her.
Emmy.
She brings with her spontaneity and light. The world she lives in is so different from his, yet he cannot control the draw to her. Nor can he explain the way she makes him feel.
Happy.
Protective.
Loved.

Aiden
Haunted by memories of his past, Aiden plays the part of the happy-go-lucky friend. Always ready with a teasing smile or a joke, he is good at hiding his pain.
Using his impressive physique as a shield, he keeps his past buried beneath his rugged exterior.
Except, one woman sees through his façade.
Her green eyes see too much, even as her body tempts him.
Even as his heart yearns for her.
Cami is determined to make him realize that he is worthy of being loved.
He pushes her away at every turn, yet finds himself unable to keep her at arm’s length.
Who will win this battle of love?

Maddox
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?

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About the Author

NYT/WSJ/USAT international bestselling author, Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of thirty plus years and their rescue cat, Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes every moment spent with them.

While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample. She loves to throw dinner parties, and enjoys travelling--here and abroad--but finds coming home is always the best part of any trip.
Melanie loves stories, especially paired with a good wine, and enjoys skydiving (free falling over a fleck of dust) extreme snowboarding (falling down the stairs) and piloting her own helicopter (tripping over her own feet). She's learned happily ever afters, even bumpy ones, are all in how you tell the story.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B082T4KZDZ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Moreland Books Inc
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 15, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5.7 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 723 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1988610191
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars 252 ratings

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New York Times/WSJ/USAT International bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of thirty-plus years and their rescue cat, Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes every moment spent with them.

While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample. She loves to throw dinner parties, and also enjoys traveling, here and abroad, but finds coming home is always the best part of any trip.

Melanie loves stories, especially paired with a good wine, and enjoys skydiving (free falling over a fleck of dust) extreme snowboarding (falling downstairs), and piloting her own helicopter (tripping over her own feet.) She's learned happily-ever-afters, even bumpy ones, are all in how you tell the story.

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Top reviews from the United States

  • Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2019
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    I love this series and the original men of BAM will always be favorites!

    I'd read The Contract and The Baby Clause, but Bentley was the first Melanie book I read after I had started reviewing books, not just reading them. I think I'd won an ARC of it. And then I got myself on her ARC team because I simply adore her books and I wanted to get them in my hot little hands as quickly as possible.

    I love Bentley, Aiden, and Maddox. Each man and their journey to a HEA make you love them more as each story progresses. Their friendship with each other, their friendships with the others in their company or business, their fiesty ladies, their's is an ever growing family by choice. And that is part of what makes their stories so special.

    Humor, a dash of drama, steamy passion, interesting backstories, friendships, family, and caring is what keeps me coming back to Melanie's bookiverse.

    Bentley

    Sweet, hot, and intriguing

    Written from both Emmy and Bentleys POV, we see Emmy's influence in humanizing, or maybe thawing, Bentley, a man who has become accustomed to keeping himself aloof.

    Purely by chance he meets her in a coffee shop after tripping over her bag. Their meet cute leads to a sweet and hot love story with a little intrigue.

    Definitely a satisfying read that brings us into their world and lays groundwork to get additional character stories on future books. Read it. :-)

    Aiden

    Watching these men fall in love is so satisfying

    I was looking forward to Aiden after reading Bentley and it did not disappoint.

    The right amount of passion, friendship, love, and a dollop of drama makes for a very satisfying read.

    Cami is spirited, loving, and caring. Aiden is determined to be unattached but he's all about Cami. He's damaged by his past but Cami shows him there's more.

    Looking forward to Maddox.

    Maddox

    Maddox will steal your heart!

    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.

    And not only do we get the original men of BAM but we also get some additional excerpts with the boys. Love it!!

    And these three will get you all fired up to read everyone else's stories!!
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2020
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    I absolutely fell in love with these characters and could not put down.
    In this series we encounter three couples and their struggles to accept their love. The author does an amazing job of keeping the story light with laughter and tears as well.
    I highly recommend this series and be prepared to fall in love with Bentley & Emmy, Aiden & Cami and Maddox & Dee.
    Can’t wait to start the next box set.
  • Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2021
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    All the characters become your family. The writers leaves you wanting more!! The characters are so alive and relatable to each other. A must for all her books😊
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2022
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    Bentley, Aiden, and Maddox were super swoony. Emmy, Cami, and Dee made them swoonier. Then add in Reid and his cuteness and my heart was all hubba hubba hubba. Thank you!
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2021
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    Loved this book and the author’s writing style. The stories are full and complete. Can’t wait to finish the series!
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2021
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    I read several of the books about these men and their family but I didn't read how BAM started. I love the past and their bond helped understand this big and unconventional family had begin.
  • Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2025
    Format: Kindle
    I never wanted these books to end! The characters come to life.
    My new favorite Author! I highly recommend this series.
  • Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2020
    Format: Kindle
    Vested Interest Box Set: Books 1-3 by Melanie Moreland is a set of a brand new prequel introducing the men of Bam, and the first three books of the series, Bentley, Aiden and Maddox.

    BAM – The Beginning
    BAM: The Beginning is a short prequel to the Vested Interest series by Melanie Moreland. This is an introduction to the three men who are at the heart of the company, BAM. The three men whom I am madly in love with!

    Bentley Ridge, Aiden Callaghan and Maddox Riley were brothers by choice. They each shared a troubled past that made them the men they are today. This prequel is told from Bentley’s point of view. Bentley had a dream, a company he could start that would secure a future for both him and his two best friends, his brothers. A company where he would be doing something he loved to do, creating beautiful buildings. Each of the men had a strength, something different they could bring to the company.

    Bentley
    Bentley Ridge is thirty two years old, lives in Toronto and along with his two best friends, owns his own property development business called BAM. Looking from the outside in, it would seem that Bentley has everything, wealth, a successful business, a beautiful home. But when his day is over, he goes home alone to an empty house.

    “There was something so easy about being in her presence. I didn’t have to be anything except me with her, and selfishly, I wanted more of that.”

    Emmy Harris is twenty five and is a graphic design student. She was studying in the coffee shop when Bentley literally fell into her world. Initially, he came across as a cold, arrogant man but it didn’t take her long to see that there was so much more to him. He was sexy as heck, but he was also sweet and funny. For some reason he chose to keep that part of him hidden away. It’s that part of him she wanted more of. And it’s because of that part of him she said yes when he asked her for a date.

    Aiden
    Aiden Callaghan is Bentley’s best friend. Like Bentley, we know Aiden has secrets, all three of these men do. As soon as I opened this book, the prologue ripped my heart right out. I don’t know if I’ve ever had a reaction like that. I literally wanted to jump into the book. I then understood why Aiden was the way he was.

    “She was like a sunbeam. My own sunshine.”

    Cami Wilson is Emmy’s best friend. She is a fashion design student at the same school that Emmy attends. She lives with her older sister, Dee. Cami is a lot more open with her past. She shares it freely, as she does her feelings. There is nothing closed off about Cami. Her heart is huge as is her capacity to love.

    Maddox
    This was by far the steamiest of the first three books! And once again, Melanie starts this one out with a prologue that completely slayed me. Just a glimpse into the childhood of our dear Maddox and what made him the man he is today.

    Maddox Riley is thirty years old, a couple of years younger than his two partners at BAM, Bentley and Aiden. Maddox is the numbers man of the trio. Numbers are easy to line up, to organize. In his life, his home and his office, Maddox needs to control everything. All is in it’s proper place, just like his numbers. Maddox doesn’t believe in love, in giving anyone else control over him. He learned that lesson the hard way. Maddox is also a bit of a silver fox, prematurely gray. Could he be any sexier?

    Deirdre Anne Wilson, (Dee) is the older sister of Cami. Dee spent her life taking care of Cami. They were all each other had. Dee doesn’t believe in love either. She doesn’t feel she’s capable of the romantic kind of love.

    I tried to introduce you to the three men of BAM and the three women who made them fall! I have reviewed these books in more detail individually. I hope you fall in love with them just as I did.

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  • Linda Ypenburg
    5.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed this series of the set, “Vested Interest”. Read all three of them. I loved all three of them.
    Reviewed in Canada on March 31, 2025
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    I have read many of Melanie books and her series. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading them. I totally recommend her books. She is a great author.
  • Lucci Argentino
    5.0 out of 5 stars Muuuito Bom!
    Reviewed in Brazil on March 29, 2021
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    Eu amei a série do Richard VanRyan (The Contract). Os 3 livros são ótimos! No terceiro livro desta série somos apresentados aos meninos do BAM.
    A série Vested é sobre os BAM Boys! E o Richard aparece bastante!
    Uma leitura fácil em inglês, cheia de romance, amadurecimento e principalmente FAMÍLIA!
    Recomendo!
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  • Lyn, Welsh border.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely bloody wonderful!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2020
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    Don't miss out on this trilogy if you love romance, laugh out loud humour, steamy interludes and high pathos interleaved with original storylines. I've read lots of romance books (including a few of the authors) but believe this is the very best so far. There's even a short story involving all the characters at the end as well as a highly original Q&A section between the characters and the author at the end. Simply priceless! Can't recommend this enough! 😍😘👏
  • helsbells
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best read ever!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2021
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    More than I could have imagined, since I bought this I have downloaded all of Melanie Moreland books and read them all in less than a month 🙈😁

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