ABOUT THE BOOK
An empire built on tequila. A family torn apart by greed and betrayal. A lawyer caught in a deadly web of cartels, corruption, and forbidden love.
From the agave fields of Mexico to the skyscrapers of Manhattan, from bayside mansions in Miami to Los Angeles courthouses, Tequila follows three generations of the Ramirez family as they battle for control of RAM, a multibillion-dollar luxury spirits powerhouse. When Maria Ramirez becomes CEO, her greatest foes aren’t her competitors. They’re her brothers—the corrupt, sociopathic Miguel and the self-destructive, spiraling Tomaso—whose actions threaten to drag the Ramirez name to ruin.
LA attorney Brian Youngman enters their world, hired for Tomaso’s divorce case. What he uncovers are cartel ties, financial crimes, and unimaginable violence. As his growing love for Maria collides with his fight for justice, Brian becomes a reluctant hero in a battle where survival means pain and sacrifice.
With searing legal drama and pulse-pounding twists, Tequila is a genre-bending, plot-driven epic—a gripping blend of suspense, emotional reckoning, and explosive thriller.
PRAISE FOR TEQUILA
Tim Reuben’s new novel, “Tequila,” blends Succession-style family drama with John Grisham-like legal thrills, delivering an authentic, page-turning story of power, loyalty, and justice that will especially resonate with lawyers."
—Richard Thompson, Daily Journal
“Tim Reuben fearlessly forges new territory, while masterfully mining old, in his relentlessly entertaining debut thriller, Tequila. Not since John Grisham's The Firm has a legal backdrop been employed across a broad canvas of crime, corruption, and murder to fashion the ultimate David versus Goliath tale. Reuben’s ambition is exceeded only by his storytelling prowess in crafting an epic tale where the tequila of the title becomes a metaphor for the eternal battle between justice and greed. A smashing success right out of the box that is not to be missed.”
—Jon Land, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
“What an astonishing debut novel! Tim Reuben masterfully tells an epic story spanning several generations about love, betrayal, and deadly dangers as a family builds their multibillion-dollar international tequila business against all odds. Reuben is an exciting new voice in thriller fiction.”
—R.G. Belsky, author of the
Clare Carlson
mystery series
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