Audiobooks Like Check & Mate

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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 narrator 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 audiobooks for fans of Check & Mate

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    Bride

    Bride • Book 1

    by Ali Hazelwood

    Narrated by Thérèse Plummer, Will Damron

    ★ 4.35 ABR Score (730.9K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (722.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (8.5K)
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    Thérèse Plummer and Will Damron are perfectly cast for this paranormal rivals-to-lovers romance; their vocal chemistry makes the tension and payoff undeniable.

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    Love, Theoretically

    by Ali Hazelwood

    Narrated by Thérèse Plummer

    ★ 4.31 ABR Score (687.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (684.9K) ★ 4.54 Audible (2.6K)
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    Thérèse Plummer narrates with such precise comic timing that every witty exchange crackles, and the romance feels genuinely earned, not forced.

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    Deep End

    by Ali Hazelwood

    Narrated by Thérèse Plummer, Ben Holtzmuller

    ★ 4.21 ABR Score (479.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (475.0K) ★ 4.53 Audible (4.6K)
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    Plummer and Holtzmuller are perfectly cast in Hazelwood's sharpest romance: Olympic athletes navigating chemistry, ambition, and genuine emotional stakes.

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    Not in Love

    Not in Love • Book 1

    by Ali Hazelwood

    Narrated by Callie Dalton, Jason Clarke

    ★ 3.76 ABR Score (326.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.63 Goodreads (324.2K) ★ 4.21 Audible (1.7K)
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    Callie Dalton and Jason Clarke's chemistry crackles in this biotech romance where corporate warfare masks an undeniable, forbidden pull.

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    The Last Letter

    by Rebecca Yarros

    Narrated by Teddy Hamilton, Jennifer Stark

    ★ 4.78 ABR Score (552.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.49 Goodreads (538.1K) ★ 4.75 Audible (14.3K)
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    When soldier Beckett inherits his friend's twin children, he must convince their fiercely independent aunt Ella to accept help. The dual narration captures both the military brotherhood and small-town romance.

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    Across the Vanishing Sky

    Starlight Grove • Book 1

    by Catherine Cowles

    Narrated by Jason Clarke, Samantha Brentmoor, Sebastian York, Adam Gold, Teddy Hamilton, Connor Crais

    ★ 4.56 ABR Score (10.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (10.3K) ★ 4.85 Audible (564)
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    The ensemble cast—Clarke, York, Brentmoor leading the charge—transforms this dark mystery into something gripping and layered. Multiple narrators handling a complex past makes the twists land harder.

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    The Words

    by Ashley Jade

    Narrated by Teddy Hamilton, Erin Mallon

    ★ 4.56 ABR Score (80.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (76.4K) ★ 4.73 Audible (4.4K)
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    From Lukov with Love

    by Mariana Zapata

    Narrated by Callie Dalton, Teddy Hamilton

    ★ 4.46 ABR Score (294.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (289.3K) ★ 4.64 Audible (5.0K)
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    Callie Dalton and Teddy Hamilton make this figure skating enemies-to-lovers crackle. The dual narration transforms contempt into chemistry.

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    Filthy Secret

    The Five Points' Mob Collection • Book 6

    by Serena Akeroyd

    Narrated by Jacob Morgan, Emma Wilder, CJ Bloom, Jason Clarke, Teddy Hamilton, Joe Arden, Connor Crais, Muffy Newtown, Maxine Mitchell

    ★ 4.39 ABR Score (4.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (4.4K) ★ 4.8 Audible (306)
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    Secrets and lies suffocate this mob family as buried truths about choosing to protect the wrong woman threaten to destroy everything. The ensemble cast handles the emotional complexity with remarkable depth.

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    Love on the Brain

    by Ali Hazelwood

    Narrated by Brooke Bloomingdale

    ★ 4.17 ABR Score (658.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (654.9K) ★ 4.47 Audible (3.7K)
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    Brooke Bloomingdale's Audie-winning performance brings Ali Hazelwood's wittiest romance to life: enemies-to-lovers where the banter crackles.

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