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

“Don’t keep us in suspense,” one woman said. “Besides, we can see that Noah’s brother is with us today.”


“That’s not the announcement,” he said. “We had a bit of excitement over the weekend. As you may recall, Noah’s father was arrested some time back for taking a swing at me. During Christmas, Bobby managed to let their father know that he had two gay sons, and a family row ensued. Their father drove to Jacksonville in the wee hours Friday night and broke into our old house. He took a shot at one of our tenants, and the other tenant shot him. Nobody had told him that we’d moved.”


“It was a flesh wound. He’ll be out of the hospital by tomorrow.”


“Shot him dead?” one of the men said.


“I saw something about a failed burglary attempt and a fatality on the news yesterday,” Agnes said, “but I didn’t connect the dots.”


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