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

“I’ll bet I can guess what she said when you told her that you and Bobby were going to take charge of the funeral,” Tom said. “Was it ‘good for you,’ or words to that effect?”


Bobby went up to his room. Tom secured the house and followed Noah up the steps and into the master bedroom. They stripped and crawled under the covers, enjoying the warmth and body contact.


They kissed for a while. Then Tom dove under the covers and kissed his way down Noah’s torso until he reached his goal, lowering his mouth onto Noah’s erection. Noah rolled onto his side, and another hungry mouth found a waiting erection. It was all over very quickly, and Tom moved around so that his head was back on the pillow. “That was nice,” he said.


They snuggled up together and drifted off to sleep.


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