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King of Envy

King of Envy

Contemporary RomanceRomance
Pages
510
Published
2025
Language
English

Synopsis

Ayana Kidane is a supermodel trapped under an abusive agency, and her way out is a businesslike engagement to one of New York's most eligible bachelors, a decent man who offers her money and freedom in exchange for a marriage that suits them both. Vuk Markovic is a reclusive, scarred billionaire known as the Serb, and the problem is simple: he saw Ayana first, and she is engaged to his oldest friend. Torn between loyalty and longing, he must decide what he is willing to betray. The fifth Kings of Sin book embodies envy through a charged love triangle, Ana Huang's first heroine already committed to someone else when the story begins, and leans darker, with the abusive agency shadowing Ayana's past. It is a standalone within the interconnected universe.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

TenseRomanticDark
Love TriangleForbidden Love

Genres

Contemporary Romance Romance Dark Romance

About the author

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Ana Huang

Chinese-American author Ana Huang is one of the defining names of the contemporary romance boom, a number one New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times bestseller whose books have sold more than twenty-five million copies and been translated into over thirty languages. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, she studied international relations and spent time as an exchange student in Shanghai, a setting that surfaces in her earliest work. She began writing stories as a child to practice English an...

Characters

Ayana KidaneProtagonist

A supermodel trapped under an abusive agency, engaged to a decent man to buy her freedom.

Vuk MarkovicProtagonist

A reclusive, scarred billionaire torn between longing for Ayana and loyalty to his oldest friend, her fiance.

Jordan FordSupporting

Ayana's fiancé and Vuk's oldest friend — a decent, wealthy New Yorker in a business-arrangement engagement with her.

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Frequently asked questions

  • What's the love-triangle setup in King of Envy?

    The heroine is engaged to the hero's oldest friend, and the hero has wanted her from the start. It is notably Ana Huang's first heroine who begins the story already in a relationship with someone else.

  • Which sin does it explore?

    Envy. The hero covets the woman promised to his closest friend, and the conflict turns on loyalty versus desire.

  • Is the fiance a villain?

    No. He is written as a genuinely decent person, which makes the hero's situation harder and sharpens the moral dilemma rather than offering an easy way out.

  • Can I read it as a standalone?

    Yes. It is the fifth Kings of Sin book and an interconnected standalone within Ana Huang's universe.

  • Is it a dark romance?

    It leans darker than some entries, with a brooding hero and an abusive talent agency shadowing the heroine's backstory.

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