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King of Pride

King of Pride

Contemporary RomanceRomance
Pages
464
Published
2023
Language
English

Synopsis

Kai Young is a disciplined media heir who runs his life and his empire by the rules, with a crucial leadership vote looming that could decide his future. Isabella Valencia is chaos in human form, impulsive, vivid, and exactly the distraction he cannot afford. Their attraction is inconvenient, forbidden, and impossible to ignore, forcing the buttoned-up king of pride to confront how much of his control is really armor. The second Kings of Sin book is the series' brightest, an opposites-attract, grumpy-sunshine romance set against boardroom stakes. A standalone within Ana Huang's interconnected universe, it pairs the controlled hero with the free spirit who upends everything he thought he wanted.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

RomanticFunnyLightheartedSpicy
Grumpy SunshineForbidden Love

Genres

Contemporary Romance Romance Romantic Comedy

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

Kai YoungProtagonist

A disciplined media heir facing a crucial leadership vote, undone by an inconvenient attraction.

Isabella ValenciaProtagonist

A vivid, impulsive woman who becomes exactly the distraction Kai can't afford.

All characters in King of Pride

Frequently asked questions

  • Which sin does King of Pride explore?

    Pride. The story centers on Kai Young's need for control and image, and how the right person forces him to question it.

  • Can King of Pride be read as a standalone?

    Yes. It's the second book in Ana Huang's Kings of Sin series and follows a different couple than the first book, so it reads fine on its own.

  • What's the main conflict?

    Kai is navigating a high-stakes leadership vote over his media empire while falling for a woman who represents everything his ordered life avoids.

  • Is it an opposites-attract romance?

    Yes. It is a grumpy-sunshine, opposites-attract pairing of a controlled hero and a free-spirited heroine, and is one of the lighter Kings of Sin books.

  • Is it connected to the Twisted series?

    Yes, through Ana Huang's shared universe that links all of her series.

  • Has King of Pride won any awards?

    King of Pride was a finalist (nominee) for the 2023 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance. It has not won a book award outright, but it is a New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller.

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