Betrayal, revenge and a family scandal that bore a 150-year-old mystery
When Cooper McQueen wakes up from a night with a beautiful stranger, it’s to discover he’s been robbed. The only item stolen–a million-dollar bottle of bourbon. The thief, a mysterious woman named Paris, claims the bottle is rightfully hers. After all, the label itself says it’s property of the Maddox family who owned and … Maddox family who owned and operated Red Thread Bourbon distillery since the last days of the Civil War, until the company went out of business for reasons no one knows… No one except Paris.
In the small hours of a Louisville morning, Paris unspools the lurid tale of Tamara Maddox, heiress to the distillery that became an empire. Theirs is a legacy of wealth and power, but also of lies, secrets and sins of omission. Why Paris wants the bottle of Red Thread remains a secret until the truth of her identity is at last revealed, and the century-old vengeance Tamara vowed against her family can finally be completed.
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“The truth is like bourbon – it’ll burn going down.”
Tiffany Reisz couldn’t have picked a more perfect time to release her newest novel The Bourbon Thief. In a time of racial stress and a struggle for human empathy and understanding in America, this book of fiction contributes much needed perspective in my opinion. It shows examples of white privilege, the frustrations of persons of color who live a never-ending history of being viewed/treated differently, and it offers a necessary perspective of how slavery continues to impact an entire race. It’s present in family trees, in the memories of precious elders, in coffee table photo albums, and at the core roots of some successful businesses that continue to thrive today. Slavery may already have found a place in the history books but it lingers still.
The Bourbon Thief is quality entertainment; it’s complex as all get out with family, cultural, and historical dynamics, it has an engaging romance with one hell of a jaw-dropping revelation (just wait for it!), and the storytelling is superb as a present-day narrator takes us into the past. I hope every reader also gains some additional insight though. I loved this book and absolutely adore Ms. Reisz for writing it…whether she meant for it to have such an impact or not. Read it!
Trigger warning for those who might need it: There is a little racism in the book, but as someone who has this as a trigger, I can say it was very mild and for the most part, happened off the page and was only alluded to. There is another possible trigger that I won’t mention as it would be a huge spoiler, so if you are triggered by things, be cautious here.
This book is not at all what I normally read, and probably wouldn’t have glanced at it twice had it not been for a reading challenge that recommended the author. SO GLAD I gave it a chance. I’m not really big on generational tales, but this one was done just right. Ms. Reisz, whom I’ve never read before, is a wonderful storyteller. She perfectly intertwined each characters story. The twists kept coming and coming, which I absolutely loved. There were little spots of humor, a mystery/suspense element, family drama and traumas, but mostly it was a beautiful love story. One that I highly recommend.
I loved that this book took me by surprise numerous times. Nothing about it was what I expected, except that Tiffany Reisz always delivers books that keep me enthralled and turning the pages.
I am going to keep this one short and sweet. This book was good. I just didn’t find it earth shattering. I know many of my fellow readers loved this book. I can see why. I am just hanging over here in the middle, just liking it.
The story itself is very intriguing and interesting. The author did a fantastic job with historical references and making this feel like a true story. Her ability to paint such a vivid picture, I couldn’t help getting wrapped up in this book.
Although I enjoyed the overall story, the story drug for too long in parts where I almost lost complete interest. The drawn out parts unfortunately did take away from the story for me.
Again, I see why so many people have loved this book. It is certainly a unique and interesting tale that will most likely leave the reader bewildered and in a stupor by the end.
“A Family With bourbon in its blood,
and blood on its hands”
“The Bourbon Thief” was released July 28th and it was really hard not to read this book before my holiday.
I’m usually readig books on my Kindle, but I won’t bring my pressious Kindle to the Beach
so each summer before going on holiday I buy some new paperbacks to bring With me.
And this year “The Bourbon Thief” was one of them!
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Tiffany Reisz and her latest book. She put the bar way up high With “The Original Sinners” series. (I can’t praise Tiffany enough for those books.AMAZING!)
So what about “The Bourbon Thief”? Cold it measure up to one of my all time favourite book series?
Well, the answer is HELL YES it does!!
I spent long time Reading the first Chapters beacause I knew I would LOVE this book and I knew I didn’t want it to end, and boy was I right about that 😉
I read on Tiffany Reisz facebook page that there won’t be a sequel to “The Bourbon Thief” but I refuse to give up hope! Fingers crossed that Tiffany will change her mind some day..
Some People might be offended by Tamaras young age, but think back on your youth, when did you start to think about sex? When did you start having sex?
I was married at 18!
There’s so much I could tell you about this book, but I just finished Reading it and I need to let my thoughts “simmer” for a bit. I might continue on this review a bit later.
So for now, READ “The Bourbon Thief”! you won’t regret it!
“… You can’t sell People!
Oh, but you can buy them.”