Joe Cosentino's Blog, page 50
January 19, 2019
30% off paperback sale!
Paperbacks are 30% off at Dreamspinner Press with accompanying free e-book January 18-23!
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In My Heart (An Infatuation & A Shooting Star) Rainbow Award Honorable Mention: "The author executed his storyline with a marvelous precision that would be the envy of many authors. He draws the readers into the lives of his characters, they become real and in turn, their emotions becomes yours….If you can only afford to buy one more book this year, buy this one.” Three Books Over the Rainbow Reviews
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“The Bobby and Paolo Holiday Stories are delightful tales about love, family, friendship and togetherness.” Edge Media Network
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In My Heart (An Infatuation & A Shooting Star) Rainbow Award Honorable Mention: "The author executed his storyline with a marvelous precision that would be the envy of many authors. He draws the readers into the lives of his characters, they become real and in turn, their emotions becomes yours….If you can only afford to buy one more book this year, buy this one.” Three Books Over the Rainbow Reviews
http://www.JoeCosentino.weebly.com
“The Bobby and Paolo Holiday Stories are delightful tales about love, family, friendship and togetherness.” Edge Media Network
January 13, 2019
30% off sale!
30% off sale at Dreamspinner Press Jan. 13-15 with the code DREAM2019. Happy 2019!
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The Bobby and Paolo Holiday Stories (A Home for the Holidays, The Perfect Gift, The First Noel)
The Naked Prince and Other Tales from Fairyland (Tales from Fairyland Book 1)
In My Heart (An Infatuation & A Shooting Star)
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The Bobby and Paolo Holiday Stories (A Home for the Holidays, The Perfect Gift, The First Noel)
The Naked Prince and Other Tales from Fairyland (Tales from Fairyland Book 1)
In My Heart (An Infatuation & A Shooting Star)
January 12, 2019
$.99 cent sale!
The first is always the most special. (Just ask my parents about my older sister.) Don’t miss Dreamspinner Press’ $.99 sale on An Infatuation through Jan. 16 only!
Divine Magazine Readers’ Choice Award 2nd Place for Best LGBT Romance!
Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention Best Contemporary Romance
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"If you can only afford to buy one more book this year, buy this one!” Three Books Over the Rainbow Reviews
“Author Joe Cosentino brought just the right amount of humor, angst and honesty to make this short but sweet coming of age story a success.” MM Good Book Reviews
“Joe Cosentino proves there’s more than one way to a happy ending in An Infatuation, a story of first love and heartbreak delivered in a fresh and funny voice.” The Novel Approach
“Don't miss this one friends, it is a heartfelt story magical in the telling! Thanks Joe for putting your heart on the page for us to savor!” Bike Book Reviews
“It’s unusual for me to get sucked into a book in the first chapter but it grabbed me early and I read the whole thing in one day.. Nautical Star Books
“I recommend this book to anyone reminiscing about that one that got away.” LoveBytes Reviews
“I think you will be left breathless with the reality and emotion behind An Infatuation.” Diverse Reader
“There were times I laughed and then there were times I cried…unforgettable.” Multitaskingmomma Reviews
"I really loved this book and having an ending that made me laugh and cry at the same time is testament to the brilliant writing." BooksLaidBareBoys
“A truly fabulous read.” Boy Meets Boy Reviews
“The story kept me turning the pages and I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish…I love that Harold found what he was looking for in life and in a partner and love that he has his HEA. Great read.” Up All Night, Sleep All Day
“just the right dose of humor, honesty, and of course, sweet romance” Readers’ Favorite
“The writing is superb and highly original. I don’t want to give too much of the plot away, but it made me chuckle, laugh out loud, say ‘awww’, and cry. The humour and light-hearted approach to such a heart-breaking story worked perfectly and stopped me from becoming a blubbering mess. At the same time, the story has a happy ending. It has you thinking about love, commitment and being true to yourself, and cleverly interweaves moral and political issues.” Sinfully Gay Romance Book Reviews
“An Infatuation is a terrific story combining coming-of-age with reconciling the past. What stood out to me immediately (and what made it my kind of story) was that it was funny in such an authentic way.” AM Leibowitz
Divine Magazine Readers’ Choice Award 2nd Place for Best LGBT Romance!
Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention Best Contemporary Romance
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/stor...
"If you can only afford to buy one more book this year, buy this one!” Three Books Over the Rainbow Reviews
“Author Joe Cosentino brought just the right amount of humor, angst and honesty to make this short but sweet coming of age story a success.” MM Good Book Reviews
“Joe Cosentino proves there’s more than one way to a happy ending in An Infatuation, a story of first love and heartbreak delivered in a fresh and funny voice.” The Novel Approach
“Don't miss this one friends, it is a heartfelt story magical in the telling! Thanks Joe for putting your heart on the page for us to savor!” Bike Book Reviews
“It’s unusual for me to get sucked into a book in the first chapter but it grabbed me early and I read the whole thing in one day.. Nautical Star Books
“I recommend this book to anyone reminiscing about that one that got away.” LoveBytes Reviews
“I think you will be left breathless with the reality and emotion behind An Infatuation.” Diverse Reader
“There were times I laughed and then there were times I cried…unforgettable.” Multitaskingmomma Reviews
"I really loved this book and having an ending that made me laugh and cry at the same time is testament to the brilliant writing." BooksLaidBareBoys
“A truly fabulous read.” Boy Meets Boy Reviews
“The story kept me turning the pages and I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish…I love that Harold found what he was looking for in life and in a partner and love that he has his HEA. Great read.” Up All Night, Sleep All Day
“just the right dose of humor, honesty, and of course, sweet romance” Readers’ Favorite
“The writing is superb and highly original. I don’t want to give too much of the plot away, but it made me chuckle, laugh out loud, say ‘awww’, and cry. The humour and light-hearted approach to such a heart-breaking story worked perfectly and stopped me from becoming a blubbering mess. At the same time, the story has a happy ending. It has you thinking about love, commitment and being true to yourself, and cleverly interweaves moral and political issues.” Sinfully Gay Romance Book Reviews
“An Infatuation is a terrific story combining coming-of-age with reconciling the past. What stood out to me immediately (and what made it my kind of story) was that it was funny in such an authentic way.” AM Leibowitz
January 11, 2019
Pre-order Sale Now!
I’m excited to announce the special pre-order sale of DRAMA CASTLE (the seventh Nicky and Noah mystery)! Enjoy your stay at a Scottish castle loaded with mystery, mayhem, amore, and of course murder! Hugs, Joe
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Theatre professor Nicky Abbondanza is directing a historical film at a castle in Scotland, co-starring his spouse, theatre professor Noah Oliver, and their son Taavi. When historical accuracy disappears along with hunky men in kilts, Nicky and Noah will once again need to use their drama skills to figure out who is pitching residents of Conall Castle off the drawbridge and into the moat, before Nicky and Noah land in the dungeon. You will be applauding and shouting Bravo for Joe Cosentino’s fast-paced, side-splittingly funny, edge-of-your-seat entertaining seventh novel in this delightful series. Take your seats. The curtain is going up on steep cliffs, ancient turrets, stormy seas, misty moors, malfunctioning kilts, and murder! (e-book and paperback)
Praise for the Nicky and Noah mysteries:
“Joe Cosentino has a unique and fabulous gift. His writing is flawless, and his use of farce, along with his convoluted plot-lines, will have you guessing until the very last page, which makes his books a joy to read. His books are worth their weight in gold, and if you haven't discovered them yet you are in for a rare treat.” Divine Magazine
“a combination of Laurel and Hardy mixed with Hitchcock and Murder She Wrote…
Loaded with puns and one-liners…Right to the end, you are kept guessing, and the conclusion still has a surprise in store for you.” “the best modern Sherlock and Watson in books today…I highly recommend this book and the entire series, it’s a pure pleasure, full of fun and love, written with talent and brio…fabulous…brilliant” Optimumm Book Reviews
“adventure, mystery, and romance with every page….Funny, clever, and sweet….I can’t find anything not to love about this series….This read had me laughing and falling in love….Nicky and Noah are my favorite gay couple.” Urban Book Reviews
“For fans of Joe Cosentino's hilarious mysteries, this is another vintage story with more cheeky asides and sub plots right left and centre….The story is fast paced, funny and sassy. The writing is very witty with lots of tongue-in-cheek humour….Highly recommended.” Boy Meets Boy Reviews
“This delightfully sudsy, colorful cast of characters would rival that of any daytime soap opera, and the character exchanges are rife with sass, wit and cagey sarcasm….As the pages turn quickly, the author keeps us hanging until the startling end.” Edge Media Network
“A laugh and a murder, done in the style we have all come to love….This had me from the first paragraph….Another wonderful story with characters you know and love!” Crystals Many Reviewers
“These two are so entertaining….Their tactics in finding clues and the crazy funny interactions between characters keeps the pages turning. For most of the book if I wasn't laughing I was grinning.” Jo and Isa Love Books
“Superb fun from start to finish, for me this series gets stronger with every book and that’s saying something because the benchmark was set so very high with book 1.” Three Books Over the Rainbow
“The Nicky and Noah Mysteries series are perfect for fans of the Cozy Mystery sub-genre. They mix tongue-in-cheek humor, over-the-top characters, a wee bit of political commentary, and suspense into a sweet little mystery solved by Nicky and Noah, theatre professors for whom all the world’s a stage.” Prism Book Alliance
“This is one hilarious series with a heart and it just keeps getting better. I highly recommend them all, and please read them in the order they were written for full blown laugh out loud reading pleasure!” Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
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, 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 First Noel, The Naked Prince and Other Tales from Fairyland with Holiday Tales from Fairyland, the Cozzi Cove series: Cozzi Cove: Bouncing Back, Cozzi Cove: Moving Forward, Cozzi Cove: Stepping Out, Cozzi Cove: New Beginnings, Cozzi Cove: Happy Endings (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 he is happily married. Joe was voted 2nd 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.
Web site: http://www.JoeCosentino.weebly.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JoeCosentinoa...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeCosen
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Amazon: Author.to/JoeCosentino
Paperback: 215 pages
Language: English
Cover Art: Jesús Da Silva
ISBN-13: 9781792043819
ISBN-10: 1792043813
ASIN: B07L2L374P
Release date: February 1, 2019
http://mybook.to/DramaCastle
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book...
Theatre professor Nicky Abbondanza is directing a historical film at a castle in Scotland, co-starring his spouse, theatre professor Noah Oliver, and their son Taavi. When historical accuracy disappears along with hunky men in kilts, Nicky and Noah will once again need to use their drama skills to figure out who is pitching residents of Conall Castle off the drawbridge and into the moat, before Nicky and Noah land in the dungeon. You will be applauding and shouting Bravo for Joe Cosentino’s fast-paced, side-splittingly funny, edge-of-your-seat entertaining seventh novel in this delightful series. Take your seats. The curtain is going up on steep cliffs, ancient turrets, stormy seas, misty moors, malfunctioning kilts, and murder! (e-book and paperback)
Praise for the Nicky and Noah mysteries:
“Joe Cosentino has a unique and fabulous gift. His writing is flawless, and his use of farce, along with his convoluted plot-lines, will have you guessing until the very last page, which makes his books a joy to read. His books are worth their weight in gold, and if you haven't discovered them yet you are in for a rare treat.” Divine Magazine
“a combination of Laurel and Hardy mixed with Hitchcock and Murder She Wrote…
Loaded with puns and one-liners…Right to the end, you are kept guessing, and the conclusion still has a surprise in store for you.” “the best modern Sherlock and Watson in books today…I highly recommend this book and the entire series, it’s a pure pleasure, full of fun and love, written with talent and brio…fabulous…brilliant” Optimumm Book Reviews
“adventure, mystery, and romance with every page….Funny, clever, and sweet….I can’t find anything not to love about this series….This read had me laughing and falling in love….Nicky and Noah are my favorite gay couple.” Urban Book Reviews
“For fans of Joe Cosentino's hilarious mysteries, this is another vintage story with more cheeky asides and sub plots right left and centre….The story is fast paced, funny and sassy. The writing is very witty with lots of tongue-in-cheek humour….Highly recommended.” Boy Meets Boy Reviews
“This delightfully sudsy, colorful cast of characters would rival that of any daytime soap opera, and the character exchanges are rife with sass, wit and cagey sarcasm….As the pages turn quickly, the author keeps us hanging until the startling end.” Edge Media Network
“A laugh and a murder, done in the style we have all come to love….This had me from the first paragraph….Another wonderful story with characters you know and love!” Crystals Many Reviewers
“These two are so entertaining….Their tactics in finding clues and the crazy funny interactions between characters keeps the pages turning. For most of the book if I wasn't laughing I was grinning.” Jo and Isa Love Books
“Superb fun from start to finish, for me this series gets stronger with every book and that’s saying something because the benchmark was set so very high with book 1.” Three Books Over the Rainbow
“The Nicky and Noah Mysteries series are perfect for fans of the Cozy Mystery sub-genre. They mix tongue-in-cheek humor, over-the-top characters, a wee bit of political commentary, and suspense into a sweet little mystery solved by Nicky and Noah, theatre professors for whom all the world’s a stage.” Prism Book Alliance
“This is one hilarious series with a heart and it just keeps getting better. I highly recommend them all, and please read them in the order they were written for full blown laugh out loud reading pleasure!” Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
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, 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 First Noel, The Naked Prince and Other Tales from Fairyland with Holiday Tales from Fairyland, the Cozzi Cove series: Cozzi Cove: Bouncing Back, Cozzi Cove: Moving Forward, Cozzi Cove: Stepping Out, Cozzi Cove: New Beginnings, Cozzi Cove: Happy Endings (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 he is happily married. Joe was voted 2nd 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.
Web site: http://www.JoeCosentino.weebly.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JoeCosentinoa...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeCosen
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Amazon: Author.to/JoeCosentino
Paperback: 215 pages
Language: English
Cover Art: Jesús Da Silva
ISBN-13: 9781792043819
ISBN-10: 1792043813
ASIN: B07L2L374P
Release date: February 1, 2019
December 18, 2018
40% off!
Happy holidays! All three Bobby and Paolo Holiday Stories e-books (A Home for the Holidays, The Perfect Gift, and The First Noel) and The Bobby Paolo Holiday Stories Anthology paperback are at 40% off at Dreamspinner Press through 12/22! https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/boo...
“The adventures of Bobby and Paolo are equally entertaining and intriguing, but at the core is a couple dedicated to each other, which is precisely what makes this collection so special and the pair so likable…It would be criminal if I failed to mention Jared, Bobby's wisecracking, oversexed associate, who helps lighten the mood whenever the atmosphere demands it….The Bobby and Paolo Holiday Stories are delightful tales about love, family, friendship and togetherness.” Edge Media Network
“The adventures of Bobby and Paolo are equally entertaining and intriguing, but at the core is a couple dedicated to each other, which is precisely what makes this collection so special and the pair so likable…It would be criminal if I failed to mention Jared, Bobby's wisecracking, oversexed associate, who helps lighten the mood whenever the atmosphere demands it….The Bobby and Paolo Holiday Stories are delightful tales about love, family, friendship and togetherness.” Edge Media Network
Juicy Interview with Paolo
Here's my final blog post for The First Noel (Bobby and Paolo Holiday Stories Book 3) and The Bobby and Paolo Holiday Stories Anthology. It's a juicy interview with the character of Paolo. Thank you MM Midnight Cafe for hosting! Dreamspinner Press http://mm.midnightcafe.uk/mm/2018/12/...
December 17, 2018
$1.99 sale on The Naked Prince and Other Tales from Fairyland!
Happy holidays! Dreamspinner Press is having an amazing $1.99 sale on The Naked Prince and Other Tales from Fairyland (Tales from Fairyland Book 1) through 12/22!
“This is a brilliant work, filled with imaginative twists and sly asides. This is adult literature, overflowing with sometimes gentle but often biting humor, and these fairy tales take on a new edginess without ever losing the morality underpinning each story. The Naked Prince and Other Tales from Fairyland gets my highest recommendation! If I could give it more than 5 Stars I would. Bravo, sir, bravo!” -- GGR Reviews
“Sometimes you are lucky enough to find an author that ticks every box you want as a reader. Today I’m that lucky reader....a great saucy, fun collection and highly recommended.” -- Three Books Over the Rainbow
“the stories are all well done and smart, engaging, funny and sweet.” -- Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/boo...
“This is a brilliant work, filled with imaginative twists and sly asides. This is adult literature, overflowing with sometimes gentle but often biting humor, and these fairy tales take on a new edginess without ever losing the morality underpinning each story. The Naked Prince and Other Tales from Fairyland gets my highest recommendation! If I could give it more than 5 Stars I would. Bravo, sir, bravo!” -- GGR Reviews
“Sometimes you are lucky enough to find an author that ticks every box you want as a reader. Today I’m that lucky reader....a great saucy, fun collection and highly recommended.” -- Three Books Over the Rainbow
“the stories are all well done and smart, engaging, funny and sweet.” -- Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/boo...
latest article
Check out my article on writing a series of MM family stories: https://dawnsreadingnook.blogspot.com.... Thank you Dawn's Reading Nook for hosting!
December 15, 2018
Double-header for Bobby and Paolo
Here's a double-header. Writer Sarah Hadley Brook's recommendation of my The First Noel, Bobby and Paolo's Holiday Stories Book 3, ("heartwarming and sweet, and I loved the characters immediately") followed by my tips about writing a series. Enjoy! https://www.sarahhadleybrookwrites.co... Dreamspinner Press
December 13, 2018
Inside this Author's Head
Catch my interview about past, present, and future writing projects and how I get my ideas as part of my blog tour for The First Noel (Bobby and Paolo Holiday Stories Book 3) and The Bobby and Paolo Holidays Stories Anthology published by Dreamspinner Press. Thank you Sarah Madison for hosting! http://www.sarahmadisonfiction.com/20...
