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

“Watch it,” Tom said, “that weapon of yours is stabbing me in the belly.”


“I can do that, but you have to get up first.”


“I’m already up. That’s the problem.”


THEY SETTLED DOWN into a steady routine. Tom arose at the same time Noah did every morning, even though his own schedule would have allowed him to sleep later. He fixed breakfast, and after Noah went to work, he either practiced at home on the piano, or if he had students, he went down to the church to practice.


Noah was in a state of nervous excitement when he got home Wednesday afternoon and found Tom waiting for him, as usual, in bed. “You need to make a phone call, babe,” Tom said.


“I used my cell phone the minute I left the office.”


“Clean and disease-free. Take off your clothes and come here.”


He dropped his clothes and lay down beside Tom. “I want to feel you inside me, now,” he said.


Chapter 21