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CHECK & MATE

the instant Sunday Times bestseller and Goodreads Choice Awards winner for 2023
- an enemies-to-lovers romance that will have you hooked!

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In this clever and swoonworthy new novel from the New York Times and Sunday
Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, life's moving pieces bring
rival chess players together in a match for the heart.

Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the
sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory's focus
is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on. That
is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and
inadvertently wipes the board with notorious 'Kingkiller' Nolan Sawyer: current
world champion and reigning Bad Boy of chess.

Nolan's loss to an unknown rookie shocks everyone. What's even more confusing?
His desire to cross pawns again. What kind of gambit is Nolan playing? The smart
move would be to walk away. Resign. Game over. But Mallory's victory opens the
door to sorely needed cash-prizes and despite everything, she can't help feeling
drawn to the enigmatic strategist...

As she rockets up the ranks, Mallory struggles to keep her family safely
separated from the game that wrecked it in the first place. And as her love for
the sport she so desperately wanted to hate begins to rekindle, Mallory quickly
realizes that the games aren't only on the board, the spotlight is brighter than
she imagined, and the competition can be fierce (-ly attractive. And
intelligent... and infuriating...)

This novel is suitable for both young adult and adult audiences.


ABOUT THIS BOOK

282 Pages
6 - 7 Hours to read
87k Total words
Modern and contemporary fiction Romance Contemporary romance Romance: wholesome
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 * ADORABLE CHESS ROMANCE
   
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   Mallory Greenleaf was chess-mad as a child, then something happened,
   something to do with her father, and she hasn't played or competed since. Her
   father is no longer in the picture, her mother has a serious medical
   condition and no health insurance, and she has two younger sisters who need
   guinea pigs and skates for roller derby. All of which means, while her
   friends are leaving to go to college Mallory is working as many jobs as she
   can to keep the family afloat (as an aside, maybe its the exorbitant cost of
   housing in the South-East of England, but I can't see any eighteen year old
   being able to make enough money to cover my mortgage payments). Anyhoo,
   Mallory's BFF Easton ropes her into being part of a four-person team
   competing in a charity chess tournament. Her first game is against notorious
   Kingkiller Nolan Sawyer, the world's number one rated player, and she manages
   to beat him. Now Mallory has been offered a one-year fellowship by a chess
   club to help her develop as a player. It could be the answer to all her
   financial woes, not only by paying her a salary but also with the potential
   for big winnings, but it will mean reading about chess and playing chess
   eight hours a day. Also, rumour has it that Nolan is bad-tempered and holds a
   grudge, being beaten by a nobody must have been excruciating, how can Mallory
   avoid him when he seems to pop up everywhere she goes? I watched The Queen's
   Gambit on TV and this is obviously playing to that audience. I don't play
   chess so I have no idea of how likely/feasible any of the game outlines are.
   There were plenty of gambits thrown about. True chess aficionados would be
   better able to opine on whether it makes sense. Ali Hazelwood writes about
   YA/NA (I always put that because I can never remember which is which) FMC who
   are clever, hard-working, generally breadline poor, with sad/tragic
   backstories. In contrast her MMCs are usually very successful and wealthy,
   albeit with some lack of self-confidence. This book is no different, However,
   I think Ali Hazelwood may have taken onboard some of the criticisms that were
   levelled against her previous books, because those aspects were toned right
   down in this book. Yes, Nolan is large and loomed a lot, but I don't recall
   Mallory being described as particularly petite or delicate. Similarly,
   Mallory doesn't feel the need to use big words to show the reader how smart
   she is and the right-on eco message is there but muted. Which is all a
   long-winded way of saying, I liked it, I really liked it. I received an ARC
   from the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.
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