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Karissa Vacker narrates with a voice that's crisp and slightly guarded, which suits a protagonist whose emotional tells are as controlled as her board strategy, and the banter lands with the kind of timing that only works when a genuinely understands the rhythm of the writing. At ten hours, the listen moves efficiently — enough room to earn the feelings, no scenes wasted getting there. Several titles here are by Hazelwood herself so the witty-but-earnest tone carries straight over, most run close to the same length, and the ones from other authors share that same competitive-but-vulnerable register that makes Check & Mate so easy to burn through in a weekend.

10 books for fans of Check & Mate

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    Love, Theoretically

    by Ali Hazelwood

    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (684.9K ratings)
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    Bride

    Bride • Book 1

    by Ali Hazelwood

    ★ 4.00 Goodreads (722.4K ratings)
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    Deep End

    by Ali Hazelwood

    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (475.0K ratings)
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    Not in Love

    Not in Love • Book 1

    by Ali Hazelwood

    ★ 3.63 Goodreads (324.2K ratings)
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    The Last Letter

    by Rebecca Yarros

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    A dying soldier's final request sends his best friend to care for orphaned twins and their stubborn guardian. Yarros balances military sacrifice with second-chance romance in small-town Colorado.

    ★ 4.49 Goodreads (538.1K ratings)
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    Across the Vanishing Sky

    Starlight Grove • Book 1

    by Catherine Cowles

    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (10.3K ratings)
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    Filthy Secret

    The Five Points' Mob Collection • Book 6

    by Serena Akeroyd

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    Built on secrets that are slowly suffocating everyone, this mob family faces the consequences when buried lies about protecting the wrong woman finally surface. Akeroyd explores how past cowardice creates present chokehold.

    ★ 4.50 Goodreads (4.4K ratings)
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    The Words

    by Ashley Jade

    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (76.4K ratings)
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    From Lukov with Love

    by Mariana Zapata

    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (289.3K ratings)
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    The Play

    Briar U • Book 3

    by Elle Kennedy

    ★ 4.00 Goodreads (168.0K ratings)
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