Check & Mate: the instant Sunday Times bestseller and Goodreads Choice Awards winner for 2023 - an enemies-to-lovers romance that will have you hooked! by Ali Hazelwood Forbidden Flames Press ‘Rich and romantic – if

‘Rich and romantic – if stories had scent

A small town of meddling friends

His past is murky

and thrilling plot

and he promises to protect my shop

Check & Mate: the instant Sunday Times bestseller and Goodreads Choice Awards winner for 2023 - an enemies-to-lovers romance that will have you hooked! by Ali Hazelwood Forbidden Flames Press ‘Rich and romantic – ifIn 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