Overview

When a Wall Street powerhouse meets a struggling artist at a chess table in Washington Square Park, the rules of engagement change forever.

Victoria Sterling has it all calculated: the mergers, the meetings, the seven-move chess strategies. As Goldman Sachs' youngest female VP, the Ice Queen knows how to win. Until Riley Walsh shows up with paint-stained hands and terrible chess moves that somehow crack Victoria's armor one Sunday morning at a time.

As chess lessons turn into stolen glances and corporate galas give way to gallery openings, Victoria discovers that the most dangerous game isn't played on a board. It's played with her carefully guarded heart. Riley's chaotic creativity collides with Victoria's rigid control in a slow-burn romance where vulnerability becomes the ultimate power play.

But when ambition threatens connection and old wounds demand protection, can two women from different worlds build something real? Or will the cost of love prove too high to play?