The Jake Bennett Adventures Vol. Three, Flying Too High - The Jake Bennett Adventures, #3

Welcome to the thundering climax of the Jake Bennett Adventures! First, let's begin with what this book is NOT:. It is not one of those wretched romance novels where two "gay" men whine and cry and mope and obsess about their feelings and never have sex.. It is not a Delayed F--k.. It is not a Coming Out story about two teens who've never been touched.. It is not about homophobia.. It is not about gay bashing..
It is not about religion vs. reality.. It is not about the torture of living in the closet. Instead, this novel is the story of two men who have already come out, and who have already had sex, and no one in their world has a problem with that. Unfortunately, one of them, our hero Jake Bennett, has a big problem with alcohol. He's been using it more and more to cope with the unfair treatment he received from powerful people, back when he was a cop in LA.
He's been using it to cope with his feelings of terror and despair, brought on by the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend, Debbie Cantrell. And he's been using alcohol to help him forget some of the shady things he and his former associate, Rachel, have been doing since he became a private eye in San Francisco. This ocean of scotch, predictably, lands Jake in big trouble- court ordered rehab, to be exact.
One step away from six months in jail, Jake finally wakes up to the fact that he's got a big problem. It is the unexpected reappearance of Debbie that enables Jake to come to grips with this problem, and finally participate in the treatment the judge has ordered for him. As he opens up to his counselor, Dr. Wagner, Jake begins to understand that his repressed childhood memories have driven his actions in ways he doesn't understand.
Meanwhile, Henry English, a young man Jake had sex with a few times earlier in the year, has moved to San Francisco. Henry is determined to help Jake overcome his problems, and as they work together, it becomes plain that Henry has another agenda. With Henry's help, Jake sets out to find and talk to his long-lost father. The stories that the private eye uncovers are not at all what he expected: and, upon closer inspection, they don't add up, either.
Now Jake has the information he needs to understand his past traumas. As his new family gathers to take a trip together to Mexico, it seems that everything is falling in place for Jake.