• Tequila Mockingbird

  • Sinners Series, Book 3
  • By: Rhys Ford
  • Narrated by: Tristan James
  • Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (567 ratings)

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Tequila Mockingbird

By: Rhys Ford
Narrated by: Tristan James
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Lieutenant Connor Morgan of SFPD’s SWAT division wasn’t looking for love. Especially not in a man. His life plan didn’t include one Forest Ackerman, a brown-eyed, blond drummer who’s as sexy as he is trouble. His family depends on him to be like his father, a solid pillar of strength who’ll one day lead the Morgan clan.

No, Connor has everything worked out - a career in law enforcement, a nice house, and a family. Instead, he finds a murdered man while on a drug raid and loses his heart comforting the man’s adopted son. It wasn’t like he’d never thought about men - it’s just loving one doesn’t fit into his plans.

Forest Ackerman certainly doesn’t need to be lusting after a straight cop, even if Connor Morgan is everywhere he looks, especially after Frank’s death. He’s just talked himself out of lusting for the brawny cop when his coffee shop becomes a war zone and Connor Morgan steps in to save him.

Whoever killed his father seems intent on Forest joining him in the afterlife. As the killer moves closer to achieving his goal, Forest tangles with Connor Morgan and is left wondering what he’ll lose first - his life or his heart.

©2014 Rhys Ford (P)2014 Dreamspinner Press

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Just gets better and better

I want to be a Morgan. I love this series. There are only a few books I will buy the ebook and the audio and this is one of them. This is the 3rd book in the series and Connor Morgan's story. And be still my heart, Tristan James' voice!! My god the man could melt a glacier just with his voice. This story is a GFY as until Connor met Forest, he thought he was straight. But he adjusts his thinking with the help of his amazing family. Forest comes from an abusive childhood and was saved by a pot smoking hippy. Now his childhood demons are trying to kill him and Connor is determine to protect him at all costs. Good stuff all around with the trademark Rhys Ford body count.

I love all the MCs in this series, but I seriously want Donal and Bridget to adopt me, I don't care that I'm in my 40s. There seems to be at least one more book in this series and I look forward to it. But I really look forward if Tristan James continues to narrate it. Sooooo worth a credit.

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Best of the series to date, in my opinion.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Oh hell yes! Between the writing and the narration it is one of the best series in the genre right now.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Connor Morgan, of course. The way he loves Forest, the terms of endearment and emotion he puts behind that love is absolutely amazing.

Which character – as performed by Tristan James – was your favorite?

Again, Connor Morgan. James takes Fords words and turns them into something solid with all the characters, but Connor is just another level.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes it was, had to split it up over two days though.

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*** Updated December 21, 2014 to include both e-book and audio reviews ***

Tams e-book review from May 2014…

Conner Morgan is the eldest of the eight Morgan children and with that, he holds himself to a higher standard. He feels the burden of having to project a certain persona to everyone because of who his father is. Everything he thought he was is about to be called into question on his latest case. When one blonde haired, brown eyed, barefoot musician barrels into his life.

Forest Ackerman has had a very hard life. Used, abused and tossed out like trash by his own mother... unless she needed something from him, of course. He was saved by a man who saw the innocence of a child that needed to be protected. Forest found solace in his drums and the studio his dad owned, until an explosion tears his world apart and throws him right into the arms of a large, in charge and sex on a stick Irish cop. Conner Morgan.

Both men struggle with the attraction from the start, sort of. Forest doesn’t want to fall for a straight guy, but said straight guy keeps showing up at the coffee shop Forest works at, every day, making him impossible to ignore. And I don’t think Conner struggled so much with his attraction to Forest, as he did with this persona he had created for himself and a fear of not being what he thought his family wanted him to be.

After the initial explosion and the coffee shop bombing and then the hit and run, Conner finally admits his feelings for Forest. And once Forest is released from the hospital, Conner doesn’t give him much choice but to stay with him. So Forest gets a crash course in Morgan family politics 101 before these two even have a chance to define their relationship. Now this alone would send most men running, screaming and searching for the nearest EXIT. But not Forest. I think Brigid Morgan, the spitfire pixie matriarch of the Morgan clan, nails it when she tells Forest that his mother simply gave birth to him for her, for Brigid, that he was hers now. And unlike Mickey, Forest relishes the attention.

There was a lot more interaction with various members of the Morgan clan in this book, and I loved that. Classic Rhys Ford with drama, suspense, a mountain of bodies, a psycho killer and some hot, steamy, sweaty gay man sex dripping off of every page! I love the Irish and Gaelic terms that are used throughout this series and the strength of the family unit that is the Morgans. Every last one of them is fiercely loyal, stubborn, outspoken, full of piss and vinegar and carry an exorbitant amount of love.

Yes, if I really need to say it, this is a must read. You must read them in order as well to appreciate the Morgan family as a whole. As well as Mickey/Sinjin and Damien/Damie who it looks like will be staring up a new band, now that they found themselves a drummer. They just need a bass player. Oh, wait, Sionn’s best friend Rafe is a bass player. And this story ended with Quinn Morgan making his way up that tree!

Tams Audio review addition from December…

It is such a joy to listen to an Audio of a book I’ve already read, and find something new within the story. The relationship between Connor and Forest was so much more powerful when the characters were given a voice. To “hear” Connor call Forest a ghrá with so much emotion behind the word added even more depth to this story for me. Don’t get me wrong, Ford did a great job of conveying emotions with the written version and I devoured that copy. But to hear the strain in Connor’s voice when he is calling out to Forest after the bombing, to hear the love in his voice when he uses the Irish Gaelic term of endearment, hell, to hear the struggle in Forest’s voice as he slowly falls in love with his big, brooding, Irish cop, it was a thing of beauty.

Narrated by Tristan James who is fluent in the Irish brogue that is the Morgan Clan. And you will never be confused as to which Morgan is talking at the time, he has mastered the art of nuance and tone inflections so you always know when there is a shift in character. If you are like me and love to put a voice with the words on paper, then you are really going to get a treat with this one.

This is one of the best M/M series you can get your hands on right now, written by a well rounded author and narrated by a talented story teller. Definitely a must read and/or listen, but either way you chose to experience these stories, do so in order or you won’t understand a lot of what is happening from one book to the next. While each story is for a different couple, the core of the stories is a continuation of the characters relationships and how they develop as a whole.

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Another amazing one - love this series!

Connor is the oldest Morgan, he’s a tough cop and he’s straight. Right?

Forest is another tortured artist, a drummer, who ends up falling for this straight cop, despite his best intentions. And people are out to kill him. Don’t forget that part.

Connor has to come to grips with his feelings and goes to his dad – the best dad that was ever invented (IMHO) – and finds out that love is love and he should go out and get his man. And take care of the bad guys – don’t forget that part.

Forest finds out that Connor has feelings for him and not only that, gets him access to the newly forming band made up of super-stars Damien and Miki from Sinner’s Gin. And he has to stay alive – don’t forget that part.

This is a fantastic addition to the Sinner’s Gin series. I love how the new band keeps growing and the Morgans keep getting more deeply involved with each new member introduced. I love how the Morgan patriarchs help to heal these “boys” and give them the family they so richly deserve.

I can’t wait for the audio version of this to come out! Connor’s voice on the previous two audio books was super-sexy and I’m betting an entire book of him will be drool-worthy.

I also just loved the time Forest spent with Damien and Miki. I really feel like the formation of the band is almost more of the story than the individual love stories, it’s so heart wrenching and powerful. It almost steals the show, but not quite. Why? Super-hot chemistry. Dang. Rhys Ford can sure write chemistry. I just love the emotion she infuses into each one. So deliciously hot.

I am excited for the next installment – I just know Quinn is going to be a riot!

I highly recommend this book, the entire series, the audio versions and anything Rhys Ford has written.

Ok – I’m a fan, so shoot me!

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You know. Tristan. It's amazing. Wonderful. LOOOOOVE the accents. Best way to enjoy this. Hands down.

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Laughably Awful

What did you like best about Tequila Mockingbird? What did you like least?

There isn't room here to list all the stunningly ridiculous contrivances in this book. Suffice it to say the characters are not within a light year of being believable, nor is the plot. Apparently the Morgan family pretty much runs the entire SFPD by itself and they somehow manage to do this while keeping heavy Irish accents over what had to be several decades and generations in the US. They are all also somehow devoid of any prejudice AND, shockingly, have several gay siblings in this big ole Irish clan. I could go on but you get the picture.

Would you ever listen to anything by Rhys Ford again?

Doubtful.

Would you be willing to try another one of Tristan James’s performances?

He does a decent Irish accent.

Could you see Tequila Mockingbird being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

I hope not!

Any additional comments?

This is trash. Don't waste your money just because it has a gay theme. Wait for something better.

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Love, Love, Love

What did you love best about Tequila Mockingbird?

Everything! I love this series, love the narration, love the characters, loved Bridget, loved them all.

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the relationship between Conner and Forest. I love the Morgans and want to be adopted into their family.

Which scene was your favorite?

Yes, Rhys is the best at descriptions! You feel like you are there.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Absolutely nothing!

Any additional comments?

Will not be disappointed, Loved it, Love Tristan James in this series!

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Gimmie Gimmie More Sin...

I cannot get enough of the Sinner series. Rhys is Fantastic !!!

*spoilers ahead*

As the end of Book 2 indicated, This book-- book 3-- focuses on Conner, the oldest Morgan brother, who is struggling with the reality of veering off his very well planned life path. What makes this such an exceptional read is that most of what he experiences, and talks about is very real, and overall very difficult. It takes a LOT of strength and a confident sense of self to defy societal and familial expectations. But if anyone can do it, the Morgan brothers can.

What I love most about this book was the reality of coming to terms with falling for someone so far from your expectations. I think love transcends gender so,I didn't blink an eye, but I loved how Rhys emphasized how scared Conner was to be a disappointment to his family for not carrying out the (hetero) life he believed his family-- most importantly his dad-- expected of him. As is typically the case with the Sinner series, Connor and Forest don't go riding off into the sunset, as usual, we readers are drawn into some type of murder mystery that the Morgan clan helps investigate.

I knew where Rhys was going with this series by book 2, and since I have no qualms about speaking my mind.... I will tell you... Her Sinner's series is about re-birth and re-discovery. Therefore, the new lives that Miki, Damien, and now Forest have with the Morgan clan will allow them and of course (book 4's tortured musician) Raif to come together and re-create a band similar to that of the original Sinner's Gin band.I love each and every one of those soulful and strong musicians, and I welcome more glimpses into their lives.

Oh and lines like this don't hurt either...

" Hey... just the guy I'm looking for... I needed to ask you a question.... I kind of need to lose my virginity, and I was kinda wondering if you could help me out."

Seriously? Seriously? Rhys keeps me coming back for more Sin. Book 4 is on my MUST GET NOW LIST... And after reading this (book 3) and of course Books 1 and 2... it is sure to be on yours.

FANTASTIC READ!!! Credit or Cash... get it!!!

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Story is better, sound is DEPLORABLE

As I've mentioned before, I'm not a fan so far of the series, even though there are a couple other of Ford's series which I love and listen to often. However, since I had purchased the series several years ago, I figure it's time to push through and listen to them all.

Con and Forrest's story I liked a little better than the other two - but I'm seeing part of the reason I don't like the series - INSTA LOVE. Except for paranormal 'mate' type stories, I cannot handle the concept. It's a whole ball of "That can't last". But, that said, I actually enjoyed their overall story more than the previous two. It flowed better. Plus, I liked seeing a bit more of Con's mother.

Now, that said, it was totally ruined for me by the deplorable sound editing that went on. I've heard in other non-professionally edited audiobooks where the narrator has to redo a part and so the sound shifts - but that usually only happens a couple times. This was constant - I'm talking constant. Back and forth between the professional sound of a fully edited audiobook and unprofessional patched in part. Back and forth. Back and forth. I almost stopped listening a few times because it was THAT ANNOYING. Quite honestly, I don't understand why this audiobook wasn't pulled and sent back to the publisher to have the editing redone. Because it's completely non-professional. If I were Tristan James or Rhys Ford, I'd be unhappy at having my work maligned in such a way.

It's a shame, really, that the sound was so bad given this is the first of the series I almost liked. Maybe I'll get hold of the ebook instead.

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Loved It!

Yes I know I’ve been saying that about the series, but I only buy audiobooks that I’ve read before.

This is my fav book of the series.
Con and Forest are an unlikely couple, but they work well together. And I love how Brigid finally gets to mother one of her son’s boyfriend. She’s a riot.

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I could listen all day!!!!

The narration is so good. My only problem is that he doesn’t pitch the voices at all. They are all the same. But his accents are so so good! I enjoyed this book a lot. Connor is a super sweetheart and we get more of his mom too. I like her and how she wants to mother all of the “boys”.

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I love the Morgan family!

This series is awesome. Forest and Connor's story is another great adventure. What a hell of a ride. This family just keep on giving. It is excitement at its best. And the love scenes are totally hot and steamy. What a suspenseful, mystery, thriller, narrated by Tristan James. I highly recommend. ENJOY!

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