Playing Dirty in Texas
Griff Burkett wants to make up for lost time. A former all-star quarterback imprisoned for throwing games and saving points gets caught and serves five years. But the hustler in him isn't tamed completely. When he's released, a multi-millionaire makes him an offer too good to reject: Impregnate the millionaire's wife--the old-fashioned way--and get paid a sum Griff can't refuse.
"I thought this would be an interesting character," says Play Dirty author and New York Times bestseller Sandra Brown. "Griff is someone who has betrayed his fellow teammates, his fans, the sport itself, while living every person's dream. Why would he risk it? Why would he throw it away?"
In Play Dirty, A big shocker occurs in the middle of the book that changes the whole direction of the book, she says.
Brown, who has written more than sixty novels, says all her characters are conjured up and are a product of her imagination. "Something starts niggling in my mind and determines whether it wants to be a book," she says. "Then I get excited all over again. I've been working hard at it for more than thirty years. My enthusiasm for writing, for telling stories has never dimmed."
Sandra Brown is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. She has written nearly seventy novels, fifty-five of which have been NY Times bestsellers. Her novels have been translated into more than 30 languages. Texan born and raised, Brown worked in television, including weather casting and feature reporting for the nationally syndicated program PM Magazine. She is the recipient of the 2007 Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature. Click on this link and watch a short video about Play Dirty.
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