Check & Mate - Ali HazelwoodMallory 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

a schoolbag

and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on

but only until her car is fixed then she's on her own

lives seven years in his future

went to college

Now Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging his work

She left her small hometown of Meadowlark

Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important

Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out: move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam

And for the last year

An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past

where every room bears the old man's touch  and his love of puzzles