"Every Friday night is solo hoops in the church parking lot."Darius Keen is a successful Christian minister in Miami, but he's deep in the closet, and despite his hard body and razor-sharp wit, he's never had a real boyfriend."Rock stardom is a lonely place to be gay."Up-and-coming rock star Dan Schultz is tired of faking straight, but he doesn't want to be a notch on a celebrity-chaser's bedpost. Matchmaker Alissa thinks Darius and Dan are so perfect for each other that she doesn't even chaperone their first meeting. Dan lets the n-word fly, Darius sulks, and their first meeting is a disaster, but their attraction is real. The Minister and the Rock Star is a standalone gay romance with a goofy black pastor, a nerdy white rock star, and a feel-good HEA.