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𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 & 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙚 by Ali Hazelwood
正當你以為自己看夠Ali Hazelwood筆下的聰明人彼此談戀愛，對她的academic rivals/ enemies to lovers故事免疫了的時候，這位腦神經科學家兼理工女孩羅曼史招牌此刻再次端出了令人耳目一新的可愛青春戀曲。
四年前發生的事讓Mallory決定就此和西洋棋道別，將生活重心放在家人，和維繫家庭生計上，直到她在不情願之下參加了一場慈善棋賽，還不小心一舉擊敗了當今棋王Nolan Sawyer。
不知道輸給一個不知名新秀對誰的驚嚇比較大。面對行事不按牌理出牌(或許應該改說出棋？)的Nolan，Mallory困惑於對方的盤算，但面對勝利獎金，她可不想和生計過不去，何況，那位高深莫測的棋局對手，自己似乎有那麼一點受他吸引。兩人的關係，最後究竟會以和棋收場，還是其中一人能將死對方呢？
In 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 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? His desire to cross pawns again. What kind of gambit is Nolan playing? The smart move would be to walk away. Resign. Game over. But Mallory’s victory opens the door to sorely needed cash-prizes and despite everything, she can’t help feeling drawn to the enigmatic strategist….
As she rockets up the ranks, Mallory struggles to keep her family safely separated from the game that wrecked it in the first place. And as her love for the sport she so desperately wanted to hate begins to rekindle, Mallory quickly realizes that the games aren’t only on the board, the spotlight is brighter than she imagined, and the competition can be fierce (-ly attractive. And intelligent…and infuriating…)
作者介紹
Ali Hazelwood is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love, Theoretically and The Love Hypothesis, as well as a writer of peer-reviewed articles about brain science, in which no one makes out and the ever after is not always happy. Originally from Italy, she lived in Germany and Japan before moving to the US to pursue a PhD in neuroscience. When Ali is not at work, she can be found running, eating cake pops, or watching sci-fi movies with her three feline overlords (and her slightly-less-feline husband).
