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 need some serving spoons,” George said.


“To the right of the sink,” Tom said, “second drawer down.”


He carried a corkscrew and a couple of bottles of wine to the dining room and asked Noah to get glasses out of the china cabinet. He returned to the kitchen just in time to hear George say, “Come and get it.”


George identified the dishes as containing, respectively, picadillo, black beans, rice, and fried plantains.


“Be sure you try some of everything, Bobby,” Noah said. “I assure you that it’s all good.”


“We haven’t actually had the plantains before,” Tom said, “but I’ve no doubt they will be as good as everything else. I thought you said you didn’t know how to make them, George?”


“Janet made them for us,” George said.


“Lieutenant Sanchez,” George said. “I think she was over here with Carl earlier today.”


“Oh yeah,” Tom said. “I thought she looked sort of Hispanic.”


“She’s half-Cuban and half-Irish.”


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