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

“What’s up?” he said as he struggled to come fully awake.


“Aren’t we going to the funeral home?” Bobby said.


“What’s happening?” Noah said, sitting up on the sofa.


“Time to go to the funeral home,” Tom said.


“Okay,” Noah said. “Where’s Chad?”


“He went home to get some clothes,” Bobby said. “I sort of asked him to spend the night. Hope you don’t mind.”


“Of course not,” Tom said. “You two have been having a good time, I take it?”


“You could say that,” Bobby said. He was grinning.


They washed their faces with cold water to help with the wake-up process and went down to the car. Tom drove out Normandy Boulevard to a funeral home that could easily be accessed from I-10 without having to drive all the way into town. He and Noah had a lengthy conversation with the funeral director, who appeared to be in his late thirties and was almost certainly ‘family’.


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