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

They were both beginning to yawn, so they took the empty glasses to the kitchen and rinsed them. Then they turned out the lights and went to bed.


Monday morning when he went to register for his classes for the fall term, Noah posted a notice on a bulletin board at FSCJ. By the end of the day, he’d received what he felt was a fair offer for his car. When he got home, he learned that Tom had been busy as a beaver. The titles to both the BMW and the Volvo had been transferred to their joint names, and a deal had been struck with the company that carried the homeowner’s insurance on the house. Both cars had been added to that policy at a substantial savings. It helped that neither of them had a record of tickets or accidents.


“If we hurry,” Tom said, “we can get down to the credit union and open that joint account. I’ll seed it with all that cash we got in Orlando.”


Chapter 29