Nathaniel Parker would never have thought the gift of a saxophone would take him places he had only dreamed about. Raised by a New Orleans Madame he adored and a gambler father he hated, Nathaniel had seen it all. Sex, lies and murder fueled his dreams to play with some of the most famous jazz musicians that ever lived. He would do anything to have a woman who loved him exclusively. For that was his ultimate dream.

Sam Waters, his best friend and band member who lived life from one bed to the next. Heir to Florida's sugar cane fortune, he longed for a relationship with the mother he was denied as a child and became a clone of the father he learned to resent. The two Players would live parallel lives in more ways than one. In the life of a player of any kind, the players change, but the game remains the same.

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