King of Pride
Ana Huang, 2023
A controlled heir and a spontaneous writer collide in a romance about pride, class, and being seen. A polished, witty push and pull between restraint and impulse, with a warm emotional current and a steady, class-conscious pace.
Who it’s for
You may like it if you enjoy contemporary romance about wealthy, controlled men loosening up around frank, funny women, with class tension and pride in the mix. The series is built around the seven deadly sins, so the premise and its rich-world setting may feel more stylized than grounded.
Why read it
It gives you a sharp, funny romance about being seen past your defenses, and a quick escape into a world where pride and class are part of the attraction.
A page from the book
What it sounds like when a careful man stops being careful.
I love you, Isabella Valencia.” Simple and raw, stripped of all pretense except for the naked truth that had been staring me in the face all this time. “Every single part of you, from your laugh to your humor to the way you can’t stop talking about condoms.” One of those laughs I loved so much slipped out, thick with emotion. A smile flashed across my face before I sobered again. “You think you’re broken, but I wish you could see yourself the way I see you. Smart. Strong. Beautiful. Imperfect by your own standards but so wonderfully perfect for me. Ana Huang.Ana Huang self-published her way to bestseller lists; her Kings of Sin series is built around the seven deadly sins.
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Questions readers ask
- Is King of Pride for me?
- You may like it if you enjoy contemporary romance about wealthy, controlled men loosening up around frank, funny women, with class tension and pride in the mix. The series is built around the seven deadly sins, so the premise and its rich-world setting may feel more stylized than grounded.
- What is King of Pride like?
- A polished, witty push and pull between restraint and impulse, with a warm emotional current and a steady, class-conscious pace. About love and power.
- What should I read after King of Pride?
- If you liked King of Pride, try The Fine Print (Lauren Asher), The Wall of Winnipeg and Me (Mariana Zapata) and Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen).
A taste of the feed
Most romantic line from a man with no heart?
If I had a heart to give, it would be all yours. Free of cost.
The Fine Print · Lauren Asher
The person who can talk you down without ever looking up.
What if everyone hates me and no one talks to me? What if someone throws something at me?” Aiden snorted, setting the shirt he’d been holding aside and picking up the next one on the pile. “What are they going to throw? Bookmarks?
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me · Mariana Zapata
Marianne decides that a calm heart deserves no credit for staying calm.
Such behaviour as this, so exactly the reverse of her own, appeared no more meritorious to Marianne, than her own had seemed faulty to her. The business of self-command she settled very easily:—with strong affections it was impossible, with calm ones it could have no merit. That her sister’s affections were calm, she dared not deny, though she blushed to acknowledge it; and of the strength of her own, she gave a very striking proof, by still loving and respecting that sister, in spite of this mortifying conviction.
Sense and Sensibility · Jane Austen
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