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

“Feel free to join us as our guests at the Y sometime,” George said.


“We swim laps three times a week at the pool at Good Shepherd,” Tom said, “and work out in the weight room either at Kent Campus or out at UNF, none of which costs us anything, but thanks, anyway.”


“Yeah,” Mike said, “but do they have a sauna or steam room at either of those places?”


“No, they don’t,” Tom said. “Perhaps we’ll take you up on that offer one of these days.”


They talked some more, but finally it was time to leave. “This has been fun,” Tom said, “and we’ll have you over soon, as long as you don’t mind eating in the kitchen.”


“Don’t you have a dining room?” Mike said.


“We do,” Tom said, “but there’s no furniture in it. That space is reserved.”


“Our smallest bedroom is our office and music studio,” Tom said, “and we have a console piano. However, my paternal great-grandmother has a hundred-year-old grand piano that will be mine one day.”


Chapter 62