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For Mallory Greenleaf, chess has passed away. She now carefully weighs every decision she makes: after the sport wreaked havoc on her family four years ago, Mallory dedicates herself exclusively to her mother, her sisters, and a trash job with which she She pays the bills. At least, she does until she reluctantly agrees to participate in one last charity tournament and, unintentionally, crushes the famous Kingslayer, Nolan Sawyer: the world champion and the baddest guy in chess. Nolan's defeat against a champion nobody leaves everyone stunned. But the most disconcerting thing is that the boy wants to confront her again. What kind of gambit is Nolan playing out? The smart thing would be to turn around and leave. Abandon. Terminate the game. However, victory gives her the chance to pocket a few cash prizes, something she sorely needs, and despite everything, she can't help but feel attracted to the enigmatic strategist... As she climbs the rankings At full speed, Mallory struggles to keep her family out of the game that ruined everything. And as his love for the sport he has tried so hard to hate is rekindled, he soon discovers that games don't just take place on the board, that being in the spotlight is more complicated than he thought. I imagined and that the competition can be fierce (-attractive mind. And intelligent... And infuriating...).