Title: The King’s Mate (2nd Edition)
Series: Sam’s Cafe Romances # 1
Author: Ashavan Doyon
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short (77 pages)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (November 30, 2016)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥ 3 Hearts
Blurb: Russell Pine comes to Sam’s Café every morning to enjoy the best coffee in town and to chat with Sam Tesh, the owner, a loyal friend for the past twenty years. When Sam offers him a challenge, Russ reluctantly takes it on, acting as the master opponent in a chess tournament. As the days pass and the hopefuls fall to the chess mastermind one by one, Russ discovers that the contest isn’t the only game being played.
Russ finds himself the focus of a secret courtship through words and pictures left for him to discover each morning. Will a hint of cologne on the paper lead him to his admirer? In a café full of young and beautiful minds, who is looking at the graying chess master?
First Edition published by Dreamspinner Press, June 2013.
ISBN: 978-1-63477-912-8
Product Link: https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/the-kings-mate-by-ashavan-doyon-7831-b
Reviewer: Shorty
Review: I liked the secret admirer aspect of the story but would have preferred it that I did not know who it was. Russell comes to Sam’s every day for coffee and conversation. When asked by Sam for a favor Russell agrees. Thus begins a secret admirer sending Russell hints to his identity, which I guessed right away.
It was a cute, sweet story. If you like a fast read with sexy men and romance then this is for you.