CHECK AND MATE
In this clever and swoonworthy YA debut from the New York 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 rook-ie 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
ALI HAZELWOOD
Ali Hazelwood is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of Love, Theoretically and The Love Hypothesis, as well as a writer of peer-reviewed articles about brain science, in which no one makes out and the ever after is not always happy. Originally from Italy, she lived in Germany and Japan before moving to the US to pursue a PhD in neuroscience. When Ali is not at work, she can be found running, eating cake pops, or watching sci-fi movies with her three feline overlords and her slightly-less-feline husband .
Edad recomendada: Adultos jóvenes.
HAZELWOOD ALI
Ali Hazelwood es autora de múltiples publicaciones... por desgracia, de artículos sobre neurología revisados por pares, en los que nadie se da besos y en los que el para siempre no es siempre feliz. Nacida en Italia, vivió en Alemania y Japón antes de trasladarse a Estados Unidos para doctorarse en neurociencia. Cuando Ali no está trabajando, se dedica a correr, hacer ganchillo, comer cake pops y ver películas de ciencia ficción con sus dos jefes supremos felinos y su algo menos felino marido . Sus novelas "La hipótesis del amor", "La química del amor", "La teoría del amor", "Jaque mate al amor", "Del odio al amor", "Novia", "No es amor" y "Caída libre" han sido éxitos de venta mundiales.
