Son of a Gun

Stefan Sanchez's number one reason to flee Boerne, Texas twelve years ago, was closeted deputy Chet Blain. Since then he has lived in Los Angeles, become a successful author of children's books and managed his sexual relationships with a certain cool cynicism. When Stefan returns to Texas for the funeral of his best friend, Tommy, he is confronted by painful memories: His infamous father, shot as a traitor, his alcoholic mother, and Chet, who seems to want to start their old painful relationship all over again. Added to this is a missing widow, drugs in the trunk of his rental car, and a hunky Secret Service agent who seems determined to make Stefan's business his business. It all ends in a mad chase across the infamously haunted Devil's backbone where ghosts from the past and personal demons in the present all conspire to give Stefan a chance to close the book on his childhood forever"? or die trying.