Working with your ex isn’t that bad an idea—not with artistic integrity on the line. Jaime Croft is determined to prove his directorial range, and Scarlett Arbuthnot’s biography is the perfect project. He once thought Scarlett was his perfect match too, but it’s been seventeen years. Surely he’s over it by now.
Or maybe not.
Scarlett is a grand master taking the chess world by storm. If she can handle that pressure, she can handle Jaime Croft. Even if that means working together in close quarters…and constant reminders of how she broke his heart. She didn’t do it without reason, but if he knew the details, he would despise her even more.
As Jaime and Scarlett pore over her memoir, they unlock their own memories, and old feelings rise to the surface. But giving in means abandoning the walls they’ve built to protect themselves, and that’s a move neither one seems ready to make.
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This book follows Scarlett, a competitive chess player, and Jaime, a filmmaker, who reunite after 17 years when Scarlett’s autobiography is adapted into a series. Despite their undeniable chemistry, their reunion is complicated by unresolved issues from their past, and Scarlett’s prickly, arrogant demeanor. While the story promotes female empowerment and the challenges Scarlett faces in a male-dominated field, her character’s “not-like-other-girls” attitude and emotional dysfunction make it hard to connect with her. Jaime, too, struggles with his role as the emotional caretaker in their dynamic. The relationship feels exhausting, with both characters repeatedly clashing without significant growth or resolution. Though well-written and engaging, with memorable supporting characters and witty moments, the novel’s emotional turbulence may be a turnoff for readers seeking growth and compromise in a second-chance romance.
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