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?.. Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Parental infidelity
- Sexual harassment
- Parent with rheumatoid arthritis
- Hospitalisation mentioned
- Death of a father in a drunk-driving accident recounted
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