The Bourbon Thief

By: Tiffany Reisz

Narrated by: Kim Staunton

Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

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. 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.

©2016 Tiffany Reisz (P)2016 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited.

Great Performance, Overly Complicated Storyline

This story was entertaining but was often hard to follow. The material wasn't difficult, just the storyline. Rather than have a few, well-placed twists, it was full of exaggerated attempts to be shocking. I wanted to like it more than I actually did.

I would recommend this book as a way to kill some time, but not as a mind-blowing read.

Not as good as I was hoping

it's a good listen but I didn't like the ending it just kinda dropped off

Wonderful Book

I loved this book. I don't write many reviews but this one deserved a thumbs up. that book had so many twists kept me guessing till the last and made me really want a sequel. Now I ususally hate follow up books and I don't think this one needs it but boy, I would buy it if it came out... LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS BOOK.

Might want to think twice about your bourbon

Any additional comments?

NUMBER OF HEARTS: 4
The Bourbon Thief is the story of the Maddox families rise and fall. This was a rollercoaster ride of emotions. A crazy crazy ride of every emotion you could possible have. There is so much that happens in this book that I didn’t expect or was prepared for. There is so much that I could tell you but I don’t want to give away anything. I will give you just a little.
The Bourbon Thief starts with a woman in a fancy red dress looking for a man to share a nice glass of bourbon with. Lucky for Cooper McQueen this woman just walked into his bar and is about to change his life.
Such a great story! This is also my first Tiffany Reisz book and I really enjoyed reading/listening to this book.
I did listen to this book on audio. This was also my first book listening to Kim Staunton. Ms. Staunton did a fabulous job of bring these characters to life. Even though I was listening to this book in the Pacific Northwest I felt like I was in the south. Ms. Staunton did a wonderful job with the voices and accents. I will be adding her to my list of narrators I enjoy and will be watching for more of her work in the future.

Disclaimer:
I purchased this audiobook from Audible.com and this review is my own opinion and not a paid review.

More Romance than Fiction

I agree with another reviewer who said this reads like a romance. So many sex scenes. I'm not a prude, maybe it's just listening to it that makes it seem like they're having sex every two minutes vs reading a hard copy. I was excited because this got such good reviews but I found this to be just a mediocre story.

Unexpected Delight.

I bought this book on recommendation and immediately wondered whether I'd made a mistake. I hadn't.

Epic, simultaneously old-fashioned and daring, beautifully read. Paris Shelby will captivate you as the seductive narrator, but it's Tamara you'll remember v

This is a romance novel, with some bourbon added

This story sex, incest, rape, racial conflict and is abundant in sex with some discussion of bourbon thrown in. The focus on sex and lust made this whole book just seem like a romance novel, which isn't really what I signed up for. There is a strong lust/love plot line and lots of detailed sex scenes.

Only now that I'm done, and reviewing the author, do I know that she's a romance/erotica writer. The excess of sex didn't make me dislike the story, it was just not what I was expecting, and I still ended up enjoying the book. The narrator also did a really nice job.

Can't go wrong with this author!

Anything by Tiffany after this read. I read all her Nora series before and wasn’t sure what to expect when reading this but it is entirely different and entirely as enjoyable. Holy moly.

What a fabulous story line and how Tiffany writes is just so compelling and intoxicating. Love all her narrators.

Mixed Feelings

I have to start off by saying that up until now I have absolutely loved everything Tiffany Reisz has written. This book I'm not so sure about. I found myself bored in some parts and totally captured in other parts.
The book had enough twists and turns and surprises to keep me listening, but seemed to be a story aimed at older teens and young adults. Lots of angst and melodrama that seemed to stretch credulity at times; even Levi didn't seem to be much more than a teen-aged boy in spite of his age.

Kim Staunton was OK with the delivery of thew story except I found it difficult to know who was speaking at times. This meant I had to back track to work that out.

Plot great - way too graphic with too many sex scenes

It would be great if audible books were rated like movies - we were excited about the plot and the storyline was great but listener beware - it didn’t need the long drawn out overly detailed sex scenes (which we had to continuously fast forward through) to enjoy the book. So unnecessary.