Tom Foster has his life planned out, and he's systematically pursuing his goals. At twenty-two, he's been organist and choirmaster at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd for three years, he's working on his doctoral thesis, and he's beginning a secondary career performing in concert. There is no room in his schedule for romance ... until Noah Webster, a gorgeous green-eyed blond, walks into the church one evening to audition for the choir.<br><br>What starts as an arrangement of convenience -- Tom's usual page turner is unavailable, and Noah agrees to do the job-soon turns into a fast friendship. Then Noah, who is saddled with an obnoxious roommate, rents the spare bedroom in Tom's house, and ultimately the two men become lovers and partners in life.<br><br>But before they can ride off into the sunset together, they must face one major obstacle: Noah's violent, homophobic Southern Baptist father.

Love Turns the Page

“Well, Noah,” Cindy said, “you looked good out there on that stage.”


“Thanks. Tom told me all I had to do was stand there, look pretty, and turn the pages.”


“That you certainly did,” she said, chuckling. “In fact, the two of you make an attractive pair.”


He heard an older woman from the choir, whose name he couldn’t remember, say to Tom, “Tom, honey, that improvisation was wonderful. You rode that beast up one side of the building and down the other.”


“Thanks, Anita,” Tom said. “I really had fun with that one.”


“That’s for damn sure, and it showed.”


Eventually everyone got tired of blabbing, and he and Tom were back in the car, on their way home


“Well, page turner,” Tom said, “how was your first concert?”


“Great,” he said. “I wasn’t a bit nervous.”


Chapter 13