Check And Mate

Description

Title: Check & Mate
Author: Ali Hazelwood
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group / Sphere, 2023
Format: Paperback
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9781408727614

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood is a young adult romance about chess, rivalry, family responsibility, and rediscovering something you once loved. This paperback follows Mallory Greenleaf, who has left chess behind after the game became tied to painful memories from her family’s past.

Mallory’s focus is now on supporting her mother and sisters, but one charity tournament pulls her back into the chess world. When she unexpectedly defeats Nolan Sawyer, the reigning world champion known as the Kingkiller, her quiet life is thrown into the spotlight.

As Mallory rises through competitive chess, she must face old wounds, public pressure, ambition, and a growing connection with Nolan. The story blends rivals-to-lovers romance, sports-style competition, emotional family stakes, humour, and Ali Hazelwood’s familiar sharp character chemistry.