A New Duet in the Dirty Filthy Universe from NYT Bestselling Author, Laurelin Paige.
It was Donovan’s idea. I don’t even know how he got me on board. Sure, I could use a break from the one-night stands and merry-go-round lovers in my bed, but I hadn’t thought that putting a ring on a woman’s finger was the answer. Especially not that woman. Elizabeth Dyson needs to marry to get access to her …
Especially not that woman.
Elizabeth Dyson needs to marry to get access to her father’s company and take over as president. If I take on the role of groom, she’ll hand over her advertising subsidiary to Reach Inc. the firm I own with Donovan, my supposed best friend.
Problem is that, even though the girl is confident and sexy and brilliant as fuck, she doesn’t know the first thing about running an empire. And she’s awfully particular about the wedding plans, even though it’s a FAKE wedding, for all intents and purposes. And we can’t seem to spend more than five minutes together without wanting to tear each other’s hair out.
Worst of all, I can’t stop imagining what it would be like to kiss her.
And soon I’m unsure how much of this business arrangement is just play and how much of it is real.
Book one of two.
“Paige has done it again with another scorching, obsessive read.” — New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent
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Laurelin Paige does it again with Dirty Sexy Player! Wow – take a deep breathe because this one is a wild ride.
Weston King is a player through and through. Elizabeth Dyson is as straight as they come. When they are thrown together and based on a mutual objective they know they have to convince the world of their union or neither will get what they want. Yes thats right they have to get married. It was easy enough when feelings didnt get in the way – but now they are there and the world just exploded. And that my friends is where the book ends – so to say there is a cliffhanger is a major understatement!
First I have to say I love the Dirty world. We get to see Donovan, Sabrina and the other partners again which I loved. This book though is all Weston and Elizabeth and they deserve to be first and center. Especially Weston – there is so much more than meets the eye especially when it comes to his family dynamic. Elizabeth was a little harder for me to warm up to but once I did I totally got her. These two are different on paper but then you get to know them and see they have so much in common. I truly loved their dynamic and with the story told in dual POVs we even get a better sense of who they are. Like I said this one does end on a major cliffhanger but please dont let that stop you from reading a truly great friend to enemies story.
Remember how Laurelin Paige introduced you to the rascally playboy Weston King in Dirty Filthy Rich Men? And remember how he and Sabrina were sort of together but sort of not, and you just wanted him to be happy? And then he was in that arranged marriage with Elizabeth? In this duet, Laurelin Paige gives you the Weston payoff, but not before she tortures you with one heck of a cliffhanger.
Weston is adorable. If you like Chandler, you will love Weston. Think of him as an older, slightly more mature Chandler Pierce. He is open to love, affectionate, and ready to make an emotional connection. Elizabeth, though, is in protectionist mode. She is not as open as Weston is, so he has some convincing to do in order to turn this fake engagement and marriage into something real.
Watching Weston traverse his way from itinerant lover to permanent husband is endearing, sometimes hilarious, and fabulously hot. All along, Laurelin Paige propels him and Elizabeth to a cliffhanger that will make you clutch your heart in a panic. The beauty of it is that you will look back at the book and recognize just how effectively Laurelin Paige got you (and, of course, her characters) to this point.
Whereas Donovan and Sabrina’s tale is one of angst and pain and darkness, Weston and Elizabeth’s is more hopefulness and pain and romance. I love how Laurelin Paige does this – how she gives us characters and lets them tell their stories, differentiating between them so that these people are unique individuals.
I also love this book and this series. Weston is a whole lot of fun, but that big heart of his? It might have to get hurt before he finds his happiness.
Oh how I love these men! If you’ve read Dirty Filthy Rich Men then you already have met Weston King and you know a bit about his story and like me you have probably been waiting patiently to find out his full story.
Whilst Weston is a playboy I did like him. He’s the complete contrast from Donovan who I absolutely loved <3 he's the charmer, he has a personality to draw people in.
He has an arrangement with Elizabeth to get married, a marriage for show and convenience only but is it really going to work out that way?? The chemistry between them is sizzling with lingering tension, they are both so stubborn but its so entertaining to watch them spar.
I am now eagerly awaiting the conclusion to this story and see what happens next!
I’m officially hooked! Weston King has pulled me under his spell and I don’t think I’ll ever escape! Let’s be real though. I don’t want to!
This man is AMAZING! I loved everything about him, even his gruff, grumpy side. This arrangement he has with Elizabeth is bringing out emotions and feelings in him that he didn’t even know he was capable of having. In essence, he’s been thrown for a loop and he’s trying to handle it as best he can. He’s smart, sexy, charming, yet also can be irritating, infuriating, and demanding. But when he turns on the charm….oh boy. Watch out!
Elizabeth is strong, independent, and determined. She wants nothing more than to take her rightful place, so it makes sense to speed up the process and get in sooner rather than later. But Weston is just as frustrating to her as she is to him.
Their chemistry is crazy and the tension is so thick you could cut it with a knife. There’s so much push and pull in this story and it definitely keeps you guessing as to what will happen next. Beware: this book does end on a cliffhanger! But it’s sooooo good you’re going to love it and be not-so-patiently waiting for the conclusion coming in November.
I absolutely LOVED this story and I can’t wait to find out what happens next.
Weston King is the ultimate DIRTY. SEXY. PLAYER!
He is sex personified with one hell of a filthy mouth that he more than knows what to do with when it comes to the opposite sex.
He’s a player in every sense of the word, used to getting whoever and whatever he wants.
As soon as I met Weston in Donovan’s Dirty duet, I knew that it was going to take a special kind of woman to make this manwhore a one woman man and even if that woman entered Weston’s life, she had to make him work for EVERYTHING or else he would get bored and she would become just another notch on his bedpost.
Good thing Elizabeth Dyson is more than up for putting this sexy player in his place, which means that their marriage of convenience is going to test both of them in a number of frustrating ways, amping up their love/hate relationship and forcing both Weston and Elizabeth to deal with their conflicted feelings towards one another.
I have to be honest…the sexual tension between these two almost did me in…the build up seemed to never-ending, and while that makes complete sense to me given the dynamics of Weston and Elizabeth’s arrangement and what’s at stake for both of them, it drove me crazy to witness their jealousy…Elizabeth’s insecurities…Weston’s avoidance and every other action that widens the gap and feeds the push and pull between them.
There’s so much chemistry between these two, but neither want to give in to the other because that would put them at a disadvantage, which means not only are they fighting for a company for very different reasons, they’re also fighting their attraction, which is a lot of pressure to deal with when there’s no outlet to do so, which also means that there’s going to be a breaking point for one or both of them but it’s too soon to tell what that will end up meaning in the big picture.
I’m not quite sure where Weston and Elizabeth go from here because, of course, readers are left with a doozy of a cliffhanger, but I know for a fact that Laurelin Paige is not going to make things easy for these two, which is exactly how it should be when two people come together for something other than love and end up playing a game that becomes more real than anything else in their lives.
4.5 Poison Apples
Oh My I do love a good enemies to shall we say lovers romance !!!
Weston and Elizabeth have met before and where not that fond of each other so when they are placed in arranged engagement for the benefit of both of their businesses it they get a bit ornery with each other!
They have a fabulously snide witty banter that is so much fun to read. They are worthy opponents and they soon realize that they want each other but neither one wants to commit to that!
It is a rollercoaster of hidden agendas, lies, and underhanded tactics and it all comes to a head right at the end ……I cannot wait to find out how this ends!!!!
~~Michele McMullen ~~
Dirty Sexy Player is book one in the Dirty Games Duet but it is a spin off of the Dirty Duet and where I first met Weston King and Elizabeth Dyson. I was intrigued by both of them and wanted their story.
Elizabeth’s due to inherit her father’s business but it’s a long wait unless she marries. Knowing that, Weston’s partner sets the two of them up for a fake marriage. One that will last long enough for her to get the business, Weston’s company to have reap some rewards and then they can divorce. What neither of them realized is that they just might actually fall in love.
I think my favorite part about these two is how hard the fight their own feelings and try to make each other jealous. It’s clear that they are total opposites but they are meant for each other. The banter and fighting between them is fun.
One piece of advise I can give you if you have read the Dirty Duet is to go into this stripping your feelings about that away. I know the timelines coincide but what I really mean is to strip your feeling about Donovan and Sabrina away. I fell for Donovan hard and I felt myself comparing Weston to him the entire time I was reading Dirty Sexy Player and I think that got in the way of me fully falling for Weston. I just didn’t feel the same connection.
Overall, if you are looking for an enemies to lovers romance that will keep you on your toes and take you for a fun ride, then Dirty Sexy Player is for you!
This is a spin off of the Dirty Duet series and the timeline runs mostly around the same time as book one of that series so I highly recommend reading this first, although this can be read as a stand alone if you don’t mind the spoilers.
This is Weston King and Elizabeth Dyson’s book and despite us encountering their build up in the Dirty Duet books, this one felt completely different to Sabrina and Donovans story.
What struck me first about this couple, was how they seemed to antagonise each other. This certainly helped with the sexual chemistry.
I loved Weston from the very first moment I encountered him, but Elizabeth I wasn’t entirely sure about. However I soon found her character to be entirely likeable and was surprised at the emotion from her, where I had previously assumed her to be a little on the cold side.
Now I wrongly assumed this was a one book thing because Laurelin has left no doubt there will be another book featuring this couple which makes me think Laurelin is one very evil woman indeed, albeit a very talented evil woman.
There are just no words to say how much I need the second book right now! I just finished and I’m already in withdrawal from Wes. That cliffhanger will forever torture me.. well, at least until November when the next installment comes out. This story was everything I didn’t realize I needed after reading Donovan and Sabrina’s story. I didn’t want to stop once I started. These characters that Laurelin gives us really draws you in and makes you want to know them. An amazing read that everyone needs to enjoy. Definitely recommend
4.5 Stars
Weston and Elizabeth’s story is sinfully hot! The author couldn’t name the book better; Weston is really a dirty sexy player 😉
The relationship between them starts out as a fake marriage. Out of this arrangement, Elizabeth will be able to take her father’s company and Weston will emerge his company with hers. Their relationship is complicated and their attraction is undeniable. They push each others buttons and drive each other crazy. The anger and “hate” become passion and sparks fly between them.
I really enjoyed the passion between them and all their banter but I seriously wanted to slap both of them at time. The pride and ego comes between them and Weston’s past comes back to haunt them. The book doesn’t end in a major cliffhanger but I really need to see how their story continues!!
WOW!!! Dirty Sexy Player was so much more than I ever imagined!!
We met Weston and Elizabeth in the previous “Dirty” books and I was intrigued by their story and what exactly was going on between them. I thought for sure in the earlier books that Weston would end up with someone else so I was quite shocked when Elizabeth came into the picture!
Weston and Elizabeth don’t like each other. AT ALL. The constant arguing, snide comments, bickering…you totally get that they hate each other but you also know there is massive sexual tension between the two. The sparks fly, in more ways than one, between Weston and Elizabeth!
I loved everything about this book, there were so many emotions on each and every single page! Anger, hate, sexiness, intrigue, laughter, all of it…and a plot twist I never saw coming a mile away! I can’t wait for the conclusion!
Thoughts on the Audiobook:
First and foremost, I am not an audiobook reader. I’m too impatient. This was especially hard for me because I couldn’t take a break from listening and just pick up the ebook to devour the book as fast as I wanted. However, because this book doesn’t release until July, I NEEDED to suck it up and get the audiobook version because I’m even more impatient about waiting for Laurelin’s books.
Thankfully Jacob Morgan made this an audiobook totally worth listening to. He was very easy on my ears, even when he read the female dialogue. I appreciate that he just took a softer tone for Elizabeth and it didn’t at all sound ridiculous. He even nailed Roxie’s accent when he read her dialogue. I liked Elena’s voice as well but sometimes I felt like some of the parts came across more dramatic than they were meant to. Overall, I would absolutely listen to these narrators again!!
Thoughts on the Story:
Maybe you haven’t heard but, damn can Laurelin Paige write a story!!! I’ve been impatiently waiting for Weston and Elizabeth’s story for, what seems like, forever now. I was NOT disappointed!!
I am a huge fan of the enemies to lovers/hate fuck trope and when you combine that with the marriage of convenience trope, this book had everything a reader could want. You add in Laurelin’s incredible talent at character building and her innate ability to set the whole room on fire with sexual tension and heat and this book quickly became unputdownable.
The IT happened. The dreaded cliffhanger (this is a part of a duet, so you know it’s coming). I can’t even lie, I’m not a fan of where this book went and I’m very nervous about where it might go. However, I don’t have many doubts that if anyone can change my mind and make me not just okay with the direction it’s taking, but make me fall in love with it for happening, it will be Laurelin. My biggest issue now is that I have to wait FOREVER (again) for more.
Weston is the happy and easy going man we loved reading about but never really had a chance to see inside his brain. Well, here we are and I was so thrilled to learn all about Weston in Dirty Sexy Player and figure out his secrets. I also could not wait to get to know Elizabeth, she seems like a rich spoiled girl, until you get a different view of her and really start to understand her. All is not as it may seem, trust me on that….
Get ready for a whole new wave of emotions to hit you. There is plenty of baggage these two have to work through as well as their own feelings of hatred towards each other as they become man and wife. Ms. Paige rocked the hell out of this story and I cannot wait to see what happens next! I need more Weston and Elizabeth like I need my next breathe of air. Thank you Ms. Paige for always kicking my butt and stirring up all of these emotions of love, sadness, hatred, anger and swooning!!! I have no doubt you will mend the pieces of my broken heart back together upon the release of Dirty Sexy Games! 5 swooning stars!
I knew Weston would have great story! him and Elizabeth intrigued me while reading the “Dirty Duet Series” I just didn’t expected it to be this good! I’m so glad to we get an insight in their world.
Weston and Elizabeth make a transaction deal that will benefit them both. Elizabeth is more then Weston invested in this traction. but They just met, they don’t each other and soon both cant stand each other. But Hate sometimes can really mean like in disguised.
These two were very powerful. I felt their frustration, their hurt, their pain. Paige has such a way with words and putting a good story together. I was so invested in Weston and Elizabeth. At times, I found myself yelling at my kindle. These two both can be very stubborn. They both felt the same for each other, yet they couldn’t express it to each other! The tension they both build was so intense, I felt it to my core!
This story like every other Laurelin is so freaking good. You feel all types of feels. They take you through such an emotional rollercoaster yet filled with so much yummy feels. Her HOT and STEAMY are just that! She truly never disappointments with anything she gives us! Truly this is one of the best Hate to lovers story!
NO SPOILERS!
Dirty Sexy Player was a smoking hot, addicting, and entertaining start to the Dirty Games Duet, and I absolutely loved it! The storyline and characters were amazing, and I loved Laurelin Paige’s writing style. Dirty Sexy Player has been my favorite book from this author so far, and I can’t wait to read the conclusion to Weston and Elizabeth’s story in Dirty Sexy Games!
The storyline was superb and I enjoyed it immensely. I had an idea of what the story might entail since I had already read Dirty Filthy Rich Men (Dirty Duet #1), and was introduced to Weston King, Donovan Kincaid, Sabrina Lind, and Elizabeth Dyson, among others. Even though I was familiar with the storyline and characters prior to starting Dirty Sexy Player, the Dirty Games Duet can absolutely be read as a standalone duet. I loved how the story progressed throughout, and although I had an idea of what might happen in this book, there were still plenty of surprises and plot twists that I certainly didn’t see coming. The ending completely shocked me, and left me reeling. I desperately need the next installment, Dirty Sexy Games, ASAP!
The characters were amazing and I loved them very much. Weston and Elizabeth were wonderful, and I truly enjoyed them and the first part of their story. I loved their personalities and red-hot chemistry together, and how the first part of their story progressed for the most part. I loved reading the book from both Weston and Elizabeth’s point of view, and most of their banter and interactions with each other. Weston was an amazing hero, and I loved him dearly. After he was introduced in the Dirty Duet, it was great to finally delve deeper into his psyche and background, and I hope Laurelin Paige goes even deeper in the next book. Elizabeth had her moments of immaturity, which was frustrating and annoying at times, but she was still a great heroine. I definitely warmed up to her more as the story progressed, and I’m hoping to like her even more in the next installment. Weston and Elizabeth had their pros and cons, as everyone does, but I loved them very much, and I’m so excited to read the conclusion to their story in Dirty Sexy Games!
Dirty Sexy Player was an extremely sexy and entertaining start to the Dirty Games Duet, and I would HIGHLY recommend it! Laurelin Paige did a phenomenal job with the first part of Weston and Elizabeth’s story, and it has honestly been my favorite novel from her so far. I have fallen in love with the Dirty Universe storylines and characters, and I can’t wait to get my hands on Dirty Sexy Games!
Oh this book! Is it November yet? I loved reading this one. I know we got a glimpse while reading Donovan and Sabrina’s story but their story is so much more. I loved it.
Once again another good hot sexy book. I really enjoyed Weston and Elizabeth’s story. Westin will melt your panties right off. Elizabeth is a bombshell. Who would have thought that the person she didn’t expect would be her soon to be hubby. Laurelin doesn’t disappoint when it comes to the hotness levels or the chemistry in her books.
I am so glad to get Weston and Elizabeth’s story, and reading it AND listening Elena Wolfe and Jacob Morgan gave it to me in the best way!
Weston and Elizabeth are both fantastic characters, who have way more in common than they realized. I loved their growth as they navigated their arranged marriage agreement. The story is sexy and you can’t help but fall in love with this relationship. I am excited to see where things go in the second part of this duet!
Dirty Sexy Player can be read/listened to as a standalone
I have soooooo many feelings about this story right now. I know when the duet is finally finished that the story will be powerful. But the problem is that this part of the story just didn’t have enough wow factor for me to say gimme right now! .
There’s actually two surprises at the end of the story. One made me roll my eyes and sigh (really?) and the other I saw coming (the Epilogue of Dirty Filthy Rich Love kinda gives it away) so it wasn’t a surprise at all …. so yeah, not a wow for me.
Last thing I will say is that if you have read the Dirty Duet and are a super fan like myself, the bones of this story you already knew. That being said, nothing about this story really surprised me. This super fan has wanted to read the journey of Weston and Elizabeth since last September and I was beside myself when this landed on my kindle but then …. *sigh* *sad face* I’d pretty much already read it so far!
HOWEVER I’m super stoked to read the next chapter in their journey because I know Laurelin is fantastic with the twists and turns and wait, what? I’m looking forward to a lot of drama and tension and #feels because that’s what this author normally delivers!
Dirty sexy player is so good!!! We got glimpses of Weston and Elizabeth in the Dirty Duet. Love hearing their story though. Donovan makes a business deal with Elizabeth to marry to get her inheritance and take over her fathers business in order for them to get in with their business. Weston on the other hand has no clue of this deal and Donovan has to talk him into marrying. He is one that doesn’t do relationships. Watching their story unfold and realizing Elizabeth isnt the cold hearted women after all. Then both realizing this might not be a fake wedding after all but can they survive the news that was given to Weston on his wedding day. Can’t wait for the second book. Arc given to me by author.