Play Dirty

By: Sandra Brown

Narrated by: Victor Slezak

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)

great book!

I personally loved this book. I considered not purchasing it because of the mixed reviews. If you liked "envy" you'll like this book.

ugggh that ending though!

Loved the narration! The story line was really good and a lot of real emotions that one could relate to but that ending! I thought she was going to leave it hanging. She eludes to some extent on their relationship in the end but pretty vague. Probably my least favorite ending to one of her books. But still good nonetheless!!

couldn't wait to hear this every day.

Loved it. couldn't wait to finish. Sandra Brown never fails. if you want a great read this is for you.

Dirty Cowboy

This is my first listen of any Sandra Brown novel and I was not disappointed. This fast paced yarn tells the story of a former Dallas Cowboys quarterback convicted of cheating by throwing a playoff football game. After being released from prison, he attempts to rebuild his life in a very unusual way...being the live donor for a childless well to do couple who cannot conceive on their own. This is an extremely entertaining listen with Victor Slezak doing a commendable job of imitating Texas style voices as needed. Highly recommended especially if you are a football fan.

Like most of Brown's books - a great "read".

Not my favorite, but still attention getting and enjoyable! Not as many twists, turns, who done it nor how but like always, I loved the characters. I could also listen to Victor Slezak all day long. :]

Loved it!!!!

This was a great story. I couldn't get enough. I absolutely loved the narrator. I would definitely recommend !!!
Angel B
Denver, CO

Twisted Plot

Again this author kept me wanting more. The storyline was one of a kind. It kept me believing one way about the main character, and at the very end of the book there is an unexpected enlightenment about him. The cop was a dirty and crooked from the beginning,

Another good one by Sandra

I love all Sandra books . She’s a great romance novelist. And once again she didn’t disappoint. Thank you Sandra for your great books.

Average Listen, that's all

Not a lot here. Typical Sandra Brown, if you like her style, then you should like this read. It seemed like she might be intentionally trying to appeal to the male reader more on this one. References to female body parts, male erections and farts.

Unlike other reviewers, I actually thought parts of this were NOT predictable. However, I thought the big climax (Epiloque) was rather boring.

hard to put down

it was nice to get to know the characters and then have Sandra Brown make sense of what they were going through. The plot was easy to understand so you could actually enjoy the characters. It was a great escape.