Check & Mate and Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood (Afterlight Exclusive)

No alternative dust jackets are included in this listing. Check & Mate: In this clever and swoonworthy new novel from the New York Times and Sunday 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 rookie 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...) Our redesign of the Afterlight Exclusive: Check & Mate edition is a B-format hardback and features: An exclusive alternate trade cover (from the publisher) Full colour artwork on the hardback (@eveandersondraws) Digitally printed edges (by @eveandersondraws)⁠ Illustrated endpapers (by @emmagilletteart); different front and back Digitally signed by the author Two Can Play: An enemies-to-lovers spicy novella set in the world of video gaming from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Deep End and Mate - now in print and ebook! Viola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on her all-time favorite book series. The only problem? Her co-lead is Jesse f-ing Andrews, aka her archnemesis. Jesse has made it abundantly clear over the years that he wants nothing to do with her - and Viola has no idea why. When their bosses insist a wintery retreat is the perfect team-building exercise, Viola can't think of anything worse. Being freezing cold in a remote mountain lodge knowing Jesse is right next door? No, thank you. But as the snow piles on, Viola discovers there's more to Jesse than she knew, and heat builds in more ways than one. Our Afterlight Exclusive: Two Can Play is a B-format hardback and features:⁠ An exclusive alternate trade cover (from the publisher) Full colour artwork on the hardback (@cedarcia) Digitally printed edges (by @cedarcia)⁠ Illustrated endpapers (by @carasalexandra); different front and back Digitally signed by the author Please note, this is a digital mock-up and finished copies may differ slightly.⁠ Limited to one per person.