Check & Mate

Check & MateIn this clever and swoonworthy YA debut from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, lifes 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, Mallorys focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead end job that keeps the lights on. That is, until she begrudgingly agrees

every citizen and boutique on Main Street―and all Lenora owns is the grudge against him for the time he almost killed her

And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope

She might just be the key to stopping it

long ago taught me to stay far away from that type of man

the princes banish Gesela to live with their seventh brother

Samara believes that Lore's request is meant to punish her for her crimes against his kind…but punishment is only half of Lore's plan

especially after several embarrassing run-ins

But by the time they both learn that lesson

played out against a backdrop of opulence

She'll help him make her brother sweat a little

and Lenora thinks they're right

And when his world comes crashing down around him