Meet Ivana ('call me Vanny') Jones, a sexy, beautiful, warm-hearted professional chess-player. She has a problem: she's only attracted to guys who can beat her...so what's she to do when a chess amateur, the Russian billionaire Boris Bogolyubov, proposes marriage?Not only that, but as Vanny tries to achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a chess grandmaster, she develops a crush on Norwegian sex-god Sven while also falling for a stunning and adoring Frenchwoman. Meanwhile, Vanny's hoping a revolutionary new drug treatment will save her best friend Charlotte's life.Set in London, Monaco, Budapest, Helsinki, Odessa, New York...and Leicester, this sparkily written, passionate, emotional and entertaining novel will rock your boat...even if you've never shouted 'Checkmate!'
- ISBN10 1911546104
- ISBN13 9781911546108
- Publish Date 1 December 2016 (first published 27 November 2016)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 October 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Conrad Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 400
- Language English