Joe Cosentino was voted Second Place Favorite LGBT Romance author for AN INFATUATION in Divine Magazine’s Readers’ Poll of 2015. So he tries harder. He began as an actor appearing 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. Watching him on YouTube, his students said, “You were cute when you were young.” He moved on to playwriting and directing, where his plays were published and produced in NYC, regionally, and on tour. Upon writing fiction, his mother said, “Don’t you have anything better to do than write books?” He replied, “I wonder if Shakespeare’s mother said that to him?” All’s well that ends well, as his mother, other family members, and friends love his published books. He hopes AN INFATUATION, A SHOOTING STAR, THE NAKED PRINCE AND OTHER TALES FROM FAIRYLAND, FINDING GIORGIO, and THE PLAYER will be made into movies, so he can play Principal Ringwood, Professor Katzer, Mortimer, Nolan, and Chester, bringing his career full circle. It’s all in the family since his spouse is an audio book performer. Joe received his MFA from Goddard College in Vermont, and MA from SUNY New Paltz. He is currently Head of the Department/Professor of Theatre at a college in upstate New York, where he and his spouse designed and had built an environmentally friendly home. Joe is a member of an open and affirming church, and he does fundraising for GLSEN. He hopes people young and old will be infatuated with AN INFATUATION, wish upon A SHOOTING STAR, find A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS and THE PERFECT GIFT, and believe in THE FIRST NOEL and THE NAKED PRINCE AND OTHER TALES FROM FAIRYLAND. He loves to hear from readers. Now it’s time for him to join with THE PLAYER and continue FINDING GIORGIO and FINDING ARMANDO.
Joe Cosentino
The Player
A Player Piano Mystery
When young music teacher Andre Beaufort discovers an antique player piano in the basement of his apartment building, he is visited by the ghost of the original owner: a dapper and charismatic playboy from the Roaring Twenties, Freddy Birtwistle.
Andre has never seen a ghost and Freddy has never been one, so they get off to a rocky start. But when Andre finds his neighbor murdered on his doorstep, he and Freddy join forces to narrow the pool of suspects.
Soon Andre and Freddy discover that opposites attract, even if one’s alive and the other dead. Together these amateur detectives make an enticing team, and it’s a good thing too, because the first murder they solve together won’t be their last. But the real mystery isn’t just whodunit—it’s how a romance between a man and a ghost can have a happily ever after ending.
The Player contains two stand-alone cozy murder mysteries, The City House and The Country House.
Found At Last
Found At Last Books One and Two
Can love lost ever be found again? Theo and Jamison meet while volunteering at a nursing home and come together on an investigative adventure to reunite elderly Nolan with his first love, Giorgio. Their sleuthing skills are needed again to create a second chance at happiness for resort manager Asher and his first love, Armando. As they search for the men who got away, Theo and Jamison grow closer, and the lessons of the past could change their lives—and their future—forever.
Finding Armando
Found At Last: Book Two
An investigative adventure in search of an elderly man’s first love brought Theo and Jamison together. Now they’re called to put their sleuthing skills to use once again and reunite Pocono resort manager Asher with his lost love, Armando. But the hunt through rural Pennsylvania won’t be easy with Jamison’s younger brother locking horns with the resort’s assistant manager and a shocking offer from the sous chef, Grace.
;window.open('https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdreamspinnerpress.com%2Fauthors%2Fjoe-cosentino-750&media=https://dreamspinnerpress.com/uploads/dreamspinner/authors/750/joe-cosentino-1447.jpg?1663180823&description=Joe+Cosentino%2C+author+of+The+First+Noel+-+Dreamspinner+Press', '', 'height=300, width=600');){kind=link}