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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Barb   cmsteachers | Jul 10, 2009 |  Griff Burkett is an ex-NFL star who, upon being released from prison, is approached by business man Foster Speakman with an unusual proposal. Speakman, who is paraplegic due to a car accident, wants Burkett to impregnate his wife, Laura, the old-fashioned way. Laura is not thrilled with the idea but goes along with it out of her guilt over the accident, as she was driving the car. Burkett agrees to the plan out of desperation, he needs money and Speakman has offered a lot of it. But it isn't exactly easy street for Burkett. Detective Stanley Rodarte has stalked him since his release and is determined to settle some unfinished business. I read Play Dirty for my Authors New to Me category. I can't remember who or what suggested Ms. Brown to me, but I'm impressed with her work. I was supposed to be reading another book first but this one kept calling to me from my library bag. I picked it up telling myself I would just read the first chapter, kind of like a dieter going for just one cookie. Four hours later I finished the last page. So, it definitely has something going for it. I think Ms. Brown is on her way to becoming one of my new guilty pleasures. I've read other reviews that say the characters are 'cardboard' and also that there's no character development. I think that's a little harsh. I was pleased with the characterization and I do sense growth. No, this book is not fine literature but it is a fine thriller. (  ) VictoriaPL | Jan 7, 2009 | I'm not sure how to review this book. The premise was good but on the whole, the characters had a cardboard feeling to them. Also the plot was full of whole but there were some fun surprises and nice character interactions. (  ) mpolino | Nov 7, 2008 | Griff Burkett was an all-pro quarterback who developed a gambling problem and fixed a playoff game to erase his debts. After five years in prison he is generally despised and has nowhere to turn. He receives a surprising offer from an airline owner who has had a debilitating accident. Sandra Brown tends to be a "guilty pleasure" for me: her stories do not pretend to much literary quality, but they're adequately written and usually a fun read. This one is not as well done as Ricochet or The Alibi. She does a nice job of making the "bad guy" creepy, but the story as a whole sags a bit. Not bad, but not especially good either. (  ) Jim53 | Oct 15, 2008 | Fallen football hero, Griff Burkett, and wife of crazy bilionaire are caught in a multilayered drama. ( ) monib | Aug 4, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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After five long years in federal prison, Griff Burkett is a free man. But the disgraced Cowboys quarterback can never return to life as he knew it before he was caught cheating. In a place where football is practically a religion, Griff committed a cardinal sin, and no one is forgiving.
Foster Speakman, owner and CEO of SunSouth Airlines, and his wife, Laura, are a golden couple. Successful and wealthy, they lived a charmed life before fate cruelly intervened and denied them the one thing they wanted most -- a child. It's said that money can't buy everything. But it can buy a disgraced football player fresh out of prison and out of prospects.
The job Griff agrees to do for the Speakmans demands secrecy. But he soon finds himself once again in the spotlight of suspicion. An unsolved murder comes back to haunt him in the form of his nemesis, Stanley Rodarte, who has made Griff's destruction his life's mission. While safeguarding his new enterprise, Griff must also protect those around him, especially Laura Speakman, from Rodarte's ruthlessness. Griff stands to gain the highest payoff he could ever imagine, but cashing in on it will require him to forfeit his only chance for redemption...and love.
Griff is now playing a high-stakes game, and at the final whistle, one player will be dead.
Play Dirty is Sandra Brown's wildest ride yet, with hairpin turns of plot all along the way. The clock is ticking down on a fallen football star, who lost everything because of the way he played the game. Now his future -- his life -- hinges on one last play.
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