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

“Where have you been?” Virgil said.


“Someplace peaceful and quiet, where I can sleep all night without being disturbed.”


“What the fuck are you talking about?”


“Virgil,” he said, “I haven’t once been allowed to sleep through the night without interruption since I moved in here. That’s one of the reasons I moved out.”


“Friday afternoon, didn’t you notice?”


“I thought a couple of things were missing from the kitchen,” Virgil said, “but I figured they were just buried under something.”


“That’s the other reason I moved out. This place is a pigsty.”


“No,” he said, “it’s worse. No self-respecting pig would live here.”


Virgil looked around the room and said, “You think?”


“Yes, I think. Anyway, you can apply my deposit to my share of this month’s light bill.” He’d already taken the key off his key ring, and he tossed it on the only bare spot on the coffee table


“What the fuck am I supposed to do?”


Chapter 19