Welcome to author Joe Cosentino and the tour for his latest release, Cozzi Cove: Happy Endings, book five in the Cozzi Cove series. Joe’s joining us to chat a bit about the book, and he’s also offering one lucky reader the chance to win an audiobook copy of Cozzi Cove: Bouncing Back, book one in the series, so check out the Rafflecopter widget at the end for entry details!

A Romantic Trip to the Beach with Hidden Surprises

Don’t you love going to the beach? It’s an incredible high for me to watch the golden sun rays weave ribbons onto the rippling water. I love hearing the sound of the seagulls as they soar over the foamy water caressing the rocks. It’s magical to stand on the warm white sand, hear the sea in a seashell, and gaze out as the sky meets the sea. As a kid, I couldn’t wait for summer to visit my aunt and uncle in their bungalow on a cove at the New Jersey shore. A cove is formed when softer rocks are worn away by the sun and salty water faster than the harder rocks surrounding them. This creates a gorgeous bay of turquoise water shielded by large rocks in the distance and smaller rocks near the water’s edge. Every summer my sister and I swam and made sandcastles at the beach, waded in the bay, played miniature golf, ate salt water taffy, and jumped up and down on trampolines until we (literally) saw green. The characters in my Cozzi Cove series do the same.

My hero is ex-football player Cozzi Cove who runs a gay resort on such a cove at the New Jersey Shore. In each of the first four novels, Cal and his family and friends have an intriguing storyline. We are also treated to four additional interwoven storylines per book about the tantalizing guests in the bungalows each summer. However, beware, nothing is what it seems at Cozzi Cove. There are quirky characters, mystery, drama, plot twists and turns, beautiful locations, secrets revealed, and happily ever after endings. It’s a place of sweet romance, endless possibilities, and even magic.

The first novel, Cozzi Cove: Bouncing Back, won a Rainbow Award Honorable Mention and TBR Pile Book of the Month. The other three novels, Cozzi Cove: Moving Forward, Cozzi Cove: Stepping Out, and Cozzi Cove: New Beginnings, continued generating accolades with readers, as well as desperate pleas for another visit to Cozzi Cove.

So in this fifth novel, Cozzi Cove: Happy Endings, hunky Cal Cozzi is thirty-four years old. He and his husband Michael enjoy sharing the cove with their one-year old son. When Cal worries about their financial future, Kevin Donovan, who Cal had a crush on in high school, appears at Cozzi Cove offering to buy the resort for a hefty fee. Of course, Cal’s top one-percenter sister, Taylor, is ready to rejoice. However, Michael does some investigating and finds out Kevin’s offer isn’t exactly what it seems. We also meet Cal’s new houseboy and nanny. Carlos is an exhibitionist who believes he is the reincarnation of Adam, the first man. Alfred has a big secret hidden in his Mormon underwear. A professional matchmaker, Gilead, checks in with his clients: Marine Master Sergeant Matt Pummel, young businessman from Hawaii Keone Paoa, and young writer Luis Lui. Two matches are made, but who ends up with whom will surprise you. Nyx believes he was abducted by aliens in the woods. When he meets Kurt, who believes he is a sexy werewolf, the two share tantalizing moonlit nights leading to a shocking climax. Will each couple have a HEA? Of course! This is Cozzi Cove.

So grab your Speedos, suntan lotion, and shades and head back to Cozzi Cove. Cal Cozzi has a bungalow waiting just for you.

About the Book

It’s summertime, the perfect season for another trip to Cozzi Cove: the magical place where nothing is what it seems and romance is always in the sea air. Welcome back to hunky Cal Cozzi’s seven guest bungalows on the New Jersey Shore. This summer Cal is visited by Kevin Donovan, a handsome man from his past who makes Cal a tempting offer to buy Cozzi Cove and provide financial security to Cal and Michael’s baby. Cal’s Wall Street sister, Taylor, has hopped aboard Kevin’s green wagon. However, Cal’s husband, Michael, and Taylor’s wife, Carla, aren’t convinced, sensing something much deeper in Kevin’s offer than meets the roving eye. Cal’s exhibitionist new houseboy, Carlos, is smitten with Cal’s sweet-faced nanny, Alfred, who carries a shocking secret in his magic Mormon underwear. Middle-aged matchmaker Gilead has matched guests Marine Master Sergeant Matt Pummel and much younger businessman Keone Paoa to the chagrin of cute young lawyer Luis Lui. As skeletons come out of their closets, the bears and cubs search for their true honey. Woodsy guest Nyx Oberon meets a sexy werewolf at the cove and they share a howling moonlit night. Nyx believes his newfound lover could be part of a much larger plan that would change his life and the world forever. Will Cal, his family, and his guests have happy endings? It’s Cozzi Cove after all.

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Tour Excerpt

Carlos meant it. “I bet you’ll be a good nurse, Alfred.”

“Thanks. I’ll bet you’ll be a good personal trainer.” He smiled. “Do they have nude gyms?”

“Actually, they do, but my gym will be ‘clothing optional.’ Hopefully I can find a gym near a nude beach or a nudist colony.”

“Is that where you want to live?”

“Yeah. Being a nudist has a lot of benefits.”

“Like?”

“I don’t have to worry about pickpockets or hold out my hand to see if it’s raining.”

They shared a laugh.

“Besides, nudism is in my DNA.”

Alfred replied, “Your parents are nudists?”

“Just around the house.” Carlos slid to the edge of the rock. “Do you believe in past lives?”

Alfred shrugged. “I haven’t really thought about it.”

“You should. Knowing who you were in past lives tells you a lot about yourself. And it might help your patients too.”

Alfred perked up. “Do you remember your past lives?”

Carlos nodded. “Thanks to my cousin in Brooklyn. She’s a hypnotist.”

“She hypnotized you?”

Carlos nodded again.

“How?”

“By having me take rhythmed deep breaths and stare at a focal point. Then she asked me a bunch of questions and told me to verbalize whatever thoughts or images I saw in front of me.”

“What came out?”

“Nudism. So she took me back to uncover, no pun intended, where it all started.”

“Who were you, Lady Godiva?”

“My earliest reincarnation was Adam.”

“From the Bible?”

“Right. I had a blast running around the Garden of Eden in the buff.”

Alfred giggled.

“I’m serious. In my next life, I was Noah.”

“With the ark?”

“Ugh huh. How do you think I got all those people and animals to follow me inside?”

“You were the first streaker.”

They laughed.

Carlos continued matter-of-factly, “I was also Moses.” He winked. “Being well-endowed helped me part the Red Sea. Then I was John the Baptist. Tossing off my camel’s hair coat and walking naked into the Jordan River was how I attracted that big crowd. When they saw my body, they couldn’t wait for me to baptize them.” He tented his fingers. “I was also Plato. I had lots of fun running around naked at the Academy of Athens with Socrates and Aristotle. Oh, and my dick got caught in the wires when I invented the telephone.”

“You were Alexander Graham Bell?”

Carlos nodded. “And Benjamin Franklin. Feeling electricity running through my naked body under that kite was an intense experience.”

“Who was your last incarnation?”

“Richard Nixon.” He imitated the ex-president. “I am not a crook. I am a nudist.”

Alfred guffawed. “Interesting how your past incarnations were all famous people.”

“That’s because I’m special.” Carlos winked at him. “You seem pretty special too, Alfred. Hey, you should make an appointment with Carmelita to find out about your past lives.”

“I have enough trouble focusing on this life.”

About the Author

Bestselling author Joe Cosentino was voted Favorite LGBT Mystery, Humorous, and Contemporary Author of the Year by the readers of Divine Magazine for Drama Queen. He also wrote the other novels in the Nicky and Noah mystery series: Drama Muscle, Drama Cruise (Lethe Press), Drama Luau, Drama Detective, Drama Fraternity, Drama Castle; the Dreamspinner Press novellas: In My Heart/An Infatuation & A Shooting Star, A Home for the Holidays, The Perfect Gift, The Naked Prince and Other Tales from Fairyland, The Perfect Gift; the Cozzi Cove series: Cozzi Cove: Bouncing Back, Cozzi Cove: Moving Forward, Cozzi Cove: Stepping Out, Cozzi Cove: New Beginnings (NineStar Press); and the Jana Lane mysteries: Paper Doll, Porcelain Doll, Satin Doll, China Doll, Rag Doll (The Wild Rose Press). He has appeared in principal acting roles in film, television, and theatre, opposite stars such as Bruce Willis, Rosie O’Donnell, Nathan Lane, Holland Taylor, and Jason Robards. Joe is currently Chair of the Department/Professor at a college in upstate New York, and is happily married. Joe was voted 2^nd Place Favorite LGBT Author of the Year in Divine Magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards, and his books have received numerous Favorite Book of the Month Awards and Rainbow Award Honorable Mentions.

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