As Cooper McQueen sees the sexy woman in red walks through
the door of his bar, he wants to take her home. After
speaking with her, he is even more turned on by her
knowledge of Bourbon as well as the sexy banter between
them. However after waking up alone, Cooper then realizes
that he has been had, especially since his million dollar
bottle of bourbon from the long lost Red Thread Bourbon
Company is missing. When Paris, the bourbon thief, is
stopped by Cooper's security, she claims that the bourbon
belongs to her. Now Cooper's curiosity is piqued, and
ultimately gives Paris a chance to explain why she feels
that the million dollar bottle of bourbon belongs to her.
This tale goes back to a time in Kentucky where the
wealthy
were powerful and take without shame. The long lost
Kentucky bourbon company, Red Thread has been owned by the
Maddox Family for over 150 years. The first Maddox had
taken a liking to one of his slave girls, who ends up with
child. Maddox's enraged wife sells the slave girl while
he
is away on business - leaving nothing but a tiny red
ribbon
that she always wore in her hair. With the money from the
sale of his beloved slave girl, Mr. Maddox started Red
Thread Bourbon. With each bottle of bourbon produced, a
tiny
red ribbon was placed on each bottle, and thus turning the
Maddox family name into one of the wealthiest and most
powerful families in Kentucky. However the Maddox family
seems to be both blessed in success and cursed in keeping
the male bloodline going.
The year is 1978 and it's Tamara Maddox's birthday and
told
in Tamara's point of view. Young Tamara is celebrating
her
16th birthday and also smitten with her Granddaddy's
stable
boy, Levi, who is over 10 years older than her. When
Tamara's mother catches the pair in a little more than a
lip
lock, Tamara's life begins to escalate out of control.
Having to be forced by her mother to give up two things
she
loved most, her horse Kermit and Levi, Tamara begins to
form
a plan in order to do what is needed in order to
survive, even if it means having blood on her own hands.
THE BOURBON THIEF by Tiffany Reisz had me engrossed
from the first page. Ms. Reisz's writing is
captivating. She has the gift to lure readers into a
story
line that before you know it, is over. Ms. Reisz does
a fabulous job working a variety of characters both alive
and dead into this complex story of the fate of one family
who has made their money from betrayal, revenge, and doing
anything to ensure the bloodline continues.
THE BOURBON THIEF is a standalone book and has nothing to
do
with any of the other series the author has written. It
is also a
completely different genre of writing for Tiffany Reisz.
Fan's of her Original Sinners series will not be
disappointed.
If she publishes more on this new-to-her genre, I
would certainly be standing in line to read what she comes
out with next.
From the internationally celebrated author of the
Original Sinners series comes a brand-new tale of 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 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. But the
family tree is rooted in tainted soil and has borne rotten
fruit. Theirs is a legacy of wealth and power, but also of
lies, secrets and sins of omission. The Maddoxes have
bourbon in their blood—and blood in their bourbon. 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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