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’d arranged the studio to their satisfaction and elected to leave one desk and computer in the former studio, turning it into a combination den and office. Their joint calendar was maintained in the computer and printouts were mounted on the wall above the desk.


“Looks like you only have two choices,” Noah said as he examined the calendar.


“True,” Tom said, “unless I want to give up our Friday night wine group, and I don’t think I want us to have to do that.”


They settled on one evening and one morning each week, and Tom set things in motion by placing ads in the newspaper and a couple of shopper publications. He priced his lessons at about ten dollars less per hour than what he knew to be the going rate, and his available time was solidly booked in a matter of two or three weeks.


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