Play Dirty

By: Sandra Brown

Narrated by: Victor Slezak

Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

Deadly consequences ensue when an eccentric millionaire, crippled in a tragic accident, hires a fallen football hero (and ex-con) to impregnate his wife.

Griff Burkett was a school-of-hard-knocks kid, abandoned by his mother, adopted by his high-school football coach. Under his tutelage, Griff earned a scholarship to play college ball and then a multimillion-dollar contract with the Dallas Cowboys. Griff had a good heart, but his Achilles heel was his arrogance, and his gambling. At the end of his career, deep in debt, a local organized-crime kingpin offers him a chance to resolve his loans by throwing a game. Griff agrees, and walks straight into an FBI sting.

After serving time, Griff finds only closed doors. Then he is summoned to the mansion of eccentric millionaire airline owner Foster Speakman. Speakman, a recluse since a car accident left him crippled, is impotent. He offers Griff half a million dollars to impregnate his wife Laura, discreetly, and with manifold rules. One of which is, if Griff succeeds, he will leave town and never see his child as long as he lives.

Griff has few options. He's still hounded by Detective Stanley Rodarte, who organized the gambling sting, and seems set upon ruining Griff's life. Griff has little means of earning a living, no family, and few friends. So he agrees - only to quickly realize he's been set up.

©2007 Sandra Brown Management, Ltd (P)2007 Simon and Schuster Inc

Critic reviews

"The tension builds as lust, greed, pride, wrath and envy threaten to undo everyone in this tightly told tale of modern temptation." ( Publishers Weekly)

Whew, Hot

Victor Slezak is the best reader for SB books, but he is not inexpensive, but worth every penny. I own ALL of his SB reads. Do NOT miss out on his talented reads.

Loved it!

This was an awesome book. Jusr enough suspense, romance and a bit twisted. Of course having lived in the Dallas area most of my life, I loved the similar sounding names; such as the airline, and the description of places that made me say "I've been there"!

You won't regret buying this book. Enjoy!

LOVED IT, LOVED IT!!

This book sat in my Library for months and if I had know what a great story this was, I would have read it a long time ago. I've read only one other Sandra Brown novel, "A Breat of Scandal" and I really liked that one too, but this one, I couldn't put it down. Loved Victor Slezak as a narrator too. Don't need to go into any details about the story since the description tells all, but after each chapter, you will catch yourself, laughing, mouth dropping open, and extremely surprised at many turns of this. It's worth a credit and then some.

Awesome

Where does Play Dirty rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It ranks right up there in the top.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Griff- I like bad guy misunderstood gone good characters.

Which scene was your favorite?

The scene between Griff and Laura

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Great read

Loved this book, well written. Couldn’t put it down, plan on reading more of her books.

loved it

I so enjoyed this book. Love routing for the bad guy...I felt like I was in this one

Good Read

I enjoyed this book as I always do enjoy most Sandra Brown's books. There's always some romance wrapped up in a good story filled with suspense. And that's what really keeps me coming back to her books. I don't just want to read a romance story. I like suspense and thrillers and when there's a good romance involved, oh well you've got me. I just want to read all of her books...and I will.

this was an ok book

I was disappointed in how slow it was and the twist was expected. It was ok.

Wonderful story

Sandra Brown always presents a great story and Victor Selzak is an excellent narrator. I wanted to rush to find out how it ended but didn't want to miss anything by doing that.
my only complaint is with how Audible divided the book. Three and four chapters were lumped together, making it hard to find a good spot to end before going to bed.

beach read

Entertaining, but frequently melodramatic. Not the best author you've ever read, but if you're looking for something escapist and light, this will do. Great for airplanes and the beach. The main character spends far too much time feeling sorry for himself, and the love interest between the main characters seems unlikely.