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

“As soon as I can get you out of bed long enough.”


THE NEXT MORNING Noah’s eyes opened, as usual, a few minutes before the alarm was scheduled to go off. He rolled over to turn it off before it sounded and found an unexpected obstacle in the way. It took him a long minute to figure it out, but when he remembered, he turned the alarm off and addressed his attention to the man lying next to him. Tom was lying on his back, morning wood pointed at a forty-five-degree angle toward the ceiling. Noah leaned over, took the erection in his mouth, and began to work on it. After a minute or two, he realized that Tom’s hips were thrusting the erection in and out, and he looked up for a second. Tom was awake and smiling.


“What a nice wake-up call,” Tom said. “Now move your butt around so I can work on you.”


Chapter 18