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

Sunday evening, Noah went to his desk to use his computer and came into the studio with a smile on his face.


“I just got an e-mail from Bobby,” Noah said.


“Bobby, as in your brother Bobby?” Tom said.


“The preacher and his wife came to dinner Sunday after church. Evidently my dad had told him about me, and there was a lot of bad stuff said about homosexuals during lunch. Bobby says that Grandma kept her mouth shut as long as she could, but finally she had enough and let both Dad and the preacher have it with both barrels, calling them names he didn’t think she knew.”


“As I said, way to go Grandma. What else?”


“Grandma told them it would be a cold day in hell before she ever visited that house again. She packed her bag and went home to Gainesville.”


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