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Book first appears in: The Dom Who Loved Me
Main character in The Men with the Golden Cuffs, Beware of Wandering Ians (from Master Bits and Mercenary Bites~The Secret Recipes of Topped)
Physical description: dark eyes (brown), bigger than Adam
Relatives mentioned: Wife: Serena Brooks. Partner: Adam Miles. Kids: Tristan Dean-Miles, Brianna Dean-Miles.
Other information:
The dark, broody one of the trio.
Intelligence and Operations officer in Green Berets.
Has a family he no longer has contact with. They disagreed with his choice to go into the military so like Adam and Serena he doesn't have contact with his parents.
Along with Adam, dishonorably discharged from the army when caught by the general fucking the same woman.
Call sign Ghost.
Grew up in tiny town.
Takes up woodworking. He has a shop behind his house. He made Tristan’s cradle.
I like to write my menage guys as halves of a whole, and Jake is definitely the alpha half of the duo. He and Adam fit together because they're so different. Adam grew up wealthy, and Jake grew up poor. Adam had a disciplined, cold existence growing up, while Jake didn't fit with his bohemian family at all. I liked the idea of two men without families wanting to make their own.
The Dean part of Jacob's name is a nod to Dean from Supernatural , who Jake would probably get along really well with. After all, we know they both like pie.
Neither of the kids that come from the Dean-Miles family are biologically Jake's. That was not the intention, but I thought it would be interesting to put that conflict in there and see what happens. This particular development was addressed in Serena's story - Broke Down in Bliss.