Cozzi Cove : New Beginings is the fourth book in the Cozzi Cove series and its storyline follows on from Stepping Out. It could be read as a standalone but I don’t recommend doing so. The four books in the series allow for in depth character development of the MC’s and you’d be missing so much of their back stories and in jokes that you’d be doing yourself a disservice. Regardless, this series is superb so if you haven’t read the first three you are in for a treat.
Cozzi Cove is a gay friendly resort built by current owner Cal Cozzi’s great-grandfather. The resort has passed from one generation to the next and consists of seven bungalows spread around a beautiful cove on the Jersey Shore. Cal and his husband Michael are permanent residents and the other bungalows are rented out over the summer. The cove is a magical place where love and laughter abound and strangers become friends, and often so much more.
As the season begins we find Cal employing a new houseboy, now that Connor has married and opened a bed and breakfast in town. Enter Billy Dean Boyd, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, muscular specimen of a man. He is a theatre major on a football scholarship and a red letter Christian who has signed a chastity card to remain celebrate until marriage. As a tolerant and accepting gay man it seems he’ll fit right in, and if the magic of the cove makes him question his long term goals, well then it might just be more than a job that he finds. An unexpected visit from Jesus and John may help guide this sweet young man in the right direction.
Nijad Hadad is a 30-year-old, bisexual travel agent who has been unlucky in love. Despite his kind heart, beautiful dark-skin, black-hair, dark-eyes and muscular body, Nijad has yet to meet ‘the one’. At check in he meets Andrew Urban, of a similar age and with a similar history of bad luck in love. Andrew is a beautiful, pale-skinned blue-eyed blonde of slim build and a shy nature. He is staying in the bungalow next to Nijad with his twin sister Annabel and, since she is yet to arrive, he agrees to dinner with his new neighbour. Each man has a secret they are loathe to share, however, and with Annabel’s mischievous interference who knows what can happen in a week at the cove.
Malcolm Wolfe is a rich, successful magazine editor taking a break from the pressures of working on a very high profile magazine. Or so he says. There’s something about this buff, confident, black man that rubs Cal the wrong way. When he discovers their shared history, Cal is concerned by Malcolm’s strong interest in Michael’s talents as a photojournalist. Something doesn’t sit right, particularly when Cal discovers that Malcolm is married to a woman and lives a secret life as a gay man. His motives in helping Michael may not be all they seem.
Jonathan Harper is a middle-aged tax auditor with an obsession with Dracula and all things horror related. He has been extremely unlucky in love with few men willing to support his hobby. Staying at the cove while attending a horror convention Jonathan has a chance meeting with Dracula and it appears all his fantasies have come true.
Vlad Lesti is a straight, middle-aged, struggling actor, staying at the cove while playing Dracula at the horror convention. A chance meeting with Jonathan, whilst in character, leads to an unlikely friendship and attraction. With Jonathan convinced that Vlad is a direct descendant of the ‘real’ Dracula, strange and magical events lead these two lonely men in an unexpected direction.
There is much going on in Cal and Michael’s lives in New Beginnings . Big changes are coming. A visit from Cal’s sister Taylor and the discovery of Cal’s great-grandfathers diary lead to a series of events which will impact all their lives. Can Michael find a job that fits in with the life he and Cal have planned? Will Taylor move closer to home with Carla, or halfway across the world where a lucrative job offer tempts? Will Jesus and John bring more than the Holy Spirit into Billy Dean’s life? Can two sets of lonely men find love and acceptance with each other? What is Malcolm’s real agenda? So many questions and so much intrigue.
With Joe Cosentino’s utterly unique, dry humour, and sense of the absurd, the answers will come amid many giggles and laugh out loud moments. With lines such as “I’m just a guy who fell in love with a man I tried to gay bash”, and “Maybe our baby is the antichrist” said with complete seriousness, you know this is no ordinary author, or story. No one writes like Joe, and no book of his is less than a five star journey into farce, laughter and fabulously original characters and HEA’s. New Beginnings, like all of this author’s body of work, is surprising, beautifully written and giggle-snort wonderful. Highly recommended.
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