Check & Mate Brendan Wenzel a story is revealed of

a story is revealed of entangled loves and a brutal crime that destroy his assumptions about people he thought he knew intimately well

flamboyant debutantes

But ten years on

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she meets Gäetan

Check & Mate Brendan Wenzel a story is revealed ofIn 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