King of Greed
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King of Greed

Ana Huang2023

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Tiana holt@holttia
5 stars
Mar 7, 2025

this is the only second chance romance I will ever read and like

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Ariana Winikeri@paulatiani
4.5 stars
Jan 20, 2025

The love was really remarkable and the second-chance trope was applied really good here. No cheating thankfully. A classic happy ending. Although it is very predictable.

+4
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aileeeeeeen@herlibraries
3 stars
Jan 8, 2025

i may finish this book a little early than i expected but this was okay read. i expected this would be something really notable, remarkable, but i didn't feel the spark. sure, i like feel like we can relate to dominic's character when we are down so bad for someone. but, something is off. maybe both characters are, because i felt this plot is predictable. however, well, this book screams "i gave you all my best me's and all u dud was bleed as i tried to be the bravest soldier"

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katerina@soldatranit
5 stars
Dec 24, 2024

i’m in shambles and in love. so bittersweet.

+6
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sam@sammiev
3 stars
Sep 17, 2024

taylor swift songs: the last time, you’re losing me, exile

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Aaliyah Couto @aaliyahcouto
3 stars
Aug 15, 2024

While the story between Dominic and Alessandra had potential, it lacked the spark that makes a romance truly captivating. I didn’t find myself eagerly turning the pages, and much of the plot felt predictable, leaving little room for surprises. It wasn’t a bad book by any means, but the pacing and storyline didn’t have the excitement I was hoping for. Overall, it was good—but that’s about it.

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Kelly Maher@kellymaher_x
2.5 stars
Aug 2, 2024

this might be the worst book of the series so far, I found the characters quite dull and the timeline was a bit sketchy to match the other books

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Nora@noraat
3 stars
Jul 24, 2024

If you’re losing me was a book, it would be this.

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Sarah@notsomorallygrey
4 stars
Jul 22, 2024

God I love them so much!!! Not much smut which is perfect, the lengths he’s ready to go for her!!! Everything was perfect!💕 And glimpse of the next couple had me giggling. Cant wait for King of Sloth.

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em@heartlogs
5 stars
Jul 18, 2024

second chance and groveling trope U WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED BY ME!

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logan lea@logss
3 stars
Jun 26, 2024

was HOOKED at the beginning god it was so good esp when he rocked up at her hotel room 😖😖😖 i would fall back in love w him too but a good couple years of neglect is CRAZYYYYY what took her so long to take some action

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anj@angheligaya
1 star
Jun 16, 2024

this was so bad...

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Kelsey 🎀@kels2702
5 stars
May 31, 2024

Dominic and Alessandra


i love when men grovel

+4
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Minahil Fatima @mina_f
2 stars
May 27, 2024

this sort of proves that i will never be a fan of second-chance romances - also maybe just me but dom didn't really have a fleshed-out personality?

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kalenga @sillkpetalls
3 stars
May 15, 2024

2.5 stars / 5.5 out of 10 i was really looking forward to this one, one of my most anticipated reads of the year. and while i can’t necessarily say i was disappointed, i was a bit underwhelmed. don’t get me wrong, i enjoyed it quite a bit, there were sweet moments i couldn’t help gushing at, the book was the perfect length, i loved to see some of my favourite characters making appearances, it was nice. but i kind of expected more, the grovelling didn’t hit as much as i thought it would despite it being the main theme of the book, i didn’t get to see them in love as much as i hoped, their romance didn’t do it for me as much as the other books did. having said that, i did have a relatively pleasant experience reading the book, it wasn’t horrible and i can safely say i enjoyed it, i just wanted a little more and i think things could’ve been developed better.

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clau☁️@claureading
2 stars
May 11, 2024

cute at times but boring all the way through edit: actually i lied i finished it five minutes ago and i don’t remember a single cute thing. just boring.

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sani@luvterature
4 stars
May 7, 2024

“but i broke her heart once, and i’d let her break my heart a thousand times in return if it meant that one day, she found her way back to me.” 4★ bc i love, love, love marriage in crisis and second chance romance so much! dom being an absolute simp for ale was so cute, so cute, so cute, drown me in it. what wouldn't i do to get him simping after me like that

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Ester Waclavova@esterka
4 stars
May 7, 2024

I love how this series is the most realistic love stories (that could be when it’s millionaires), this book is not my favorite but I love it none the less. The strong female lead to die for

+8
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Ellie M.@arthieshelved
2 stars
May 5, 2024

This is possibly the lowest I gave to an Ana Huang book and it’s justifiable by how rushed Dominic and Alessandra’s story was. This book wasn’t entirely terrible, but the amount of marketing that this was a marriage in crisis, second chance romance did not fully live up to the content to read here. This is because it never fully explored how it is to fix a broken marriage individually. It was clear Dominic and Alessandra both had their issues and insecurities to fix, but it happened so fast and it never gave us good character development. I didn’t feel much reading this and it was so disappointing. It deserved better writing but we got a rushed, messy version that Roman’s appearance was more interesting than the most vanilla sex I’ve ever read in my entire life because no way in hell this is a book from the woman who wrote Twisted Hate. The dantevivian and kaisabella cameos were more entertaining to me than the grovelling. To me, it was just dominic following her around with alessandra falling back into this cycle with her ex-husband so there wasn’t much to work with; a 10-year marriage is not easy to get over with, but I wish we could’ve gotten them working more on their individual selves before fixing their relationship. It felt so underwhelming due to the amount of issues swept under the rug. Also, the flashbacks were so randomly placed throughout the book I felt they could’ve had their very own instead. These are just my honest opinions because her books are great comfort to me and I will eat up possessive billionnaire clichés all the goddamn time so I expected a lot. [OLD REVIEW] if ana does this right, and i know she will, dominic and alessandra will ruin the fuck outta me it's not even a question anymore because i know they will break me

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Krys C.@onefalsenote
2 stars
Apr 8, 2024

Hmm. The pacing and development (both plot- and character-wise) was odd and discombobulating. The groveling did not feel like groveling, but rather the them running into each other and rebounding. Felt emotionally-detached from this one, unfortunately. :/

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Selin Igten@emerense
1 star
Apr 2, 2024

wow

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aleksandra@aleksandrareading
2 stars
Apr 2, 2024

2/5 Me looking for the much needed groveling in this book ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ beacuse where? It’s unfortunate to say, but famous singer Alex Volvov deserves the groveling king title, and I say this as someone who hated his book. This story was the only one I actually planned to read from this series, only because I wanted to see if this author can handle the marriage in crisis trope. I tried to read the previous books, but the word 'CEO' was mentioned enough times to give me a headache so I gave up. At least now I know that I have to stop reading the next stories in this series, because when this book let me down, I don't think the rest of it will change my mind about it. Let's get to the point of this review. Why I didn't like it. These are my thoughts, so please be aware that you may not agree with them. Spoilers also start here! I will start with the most important point. This book wouldn't even be fifty pages long if the "conversation" in chapter 37 had taken place before their divorce. They could have easily talked about giving each other a second chance before Dom signed the papers. This is what mature and grown people would do before signing the divorce papers of a ten-year marriage. Not after. The fact that he signed the divorced papers. I thought he would fight for Alessandra with tooth and nail, that he would literally beg on his knees and do everything to make their marriage work, not that he would agree to a divorce in a month or so. Look, I know she asked him for a divorce and said that if he loved her he would let her go, but he should not do it. It's a great trait for a man to do what his woman asks him to do, but this wasn't the best time to use it. The fact that he neglected his wife for three years and couldn't even fathom why she wanted a divorce was convincing enough to me that he had to find out the reason, and do everything in his power to get her back, not sign the divorce papers. I hated that he kept saying how much he loved her, his life made no sense without her, she was everything to him, but then he did this. The author made it seem like divorcing is so easy, he signed the papers and then boom they are not together. You're literally ending a ten-year marriage. It's not that simple. I know they were filthy rich, but has she ever read anything about any big divorces between rich and known people? If it had been some small town couple with normal problems, it might have been less complicated, but Dom was a damn billionaire, known to many people. And still, he was like "Yeah, we divorced, but it doesn’t change anything." Yeah, it does. For you, it does. The groveling, or rather lack of it. Okay sorry, not lack of it, nonexistent part of it, because when? “I’m past romantic, Alessandra. I’m desperate.” Desperate? Where? He send her flowers once, called every day, banged her in some dirty ass bar bathroom, and then agreed to finalize the divorce after about a month. His inner monologue and actions did not match. "she was already moving on when I’d been slowly dying inside for the past six weeks, five days, and four hours." "How had I ever willingly spent so many hours away from her when I would give up my fucking kidney for a moment alone with her again?" He definitely didn't act like he said here. All he did after the divorce to get her back was: one He followed her to Brazil and left his job for a while ( oh wow finally, after years of not doing it ) two Help cleaning her store ( helping the love of his life cleaning? omg the bare minimum ) three He was jealous, but still let her date other men. ( Nice of him to let a single woman date, I still didn't like it though. I like my man a little bit more possessive and jealous. I blame booktok and dark romances for this. ) four He bought her a mug. ( There was some meaning behind it, but a mug? ) five He booked an entire museum for her for the night and instead of telling her how he felt and blah blah blah, he banged her there. We love a good groveling. Look, I know there shouldn't be a comparison between Alex's groveling and Dom's groveling because they're two different situations, but Alex groveled for a year. No, 4-5 months like Dom, and Alex was only Ava's boyfriend, not her partner of eleven years like Dom. I don’t even know what to say more about Dominic, because this man had no personality. Being rich and on top was the meaning of his life, if not his wife. Typical alpha male behavior. Typical Ana Huang man behavior, but this time the hero was blond. Josh might be the exception though. The nickname 'amore' made me want to laugh. I picture him saying it with some weird American accent and I end up laughing. Like, you are not a Romeo, just call her sweetheart. I strongly believe that Ana typed "Portuguese nicknames" into Google search and that was the first thing that came up. It's actually the first thing that comes up. I also, don’t know what to say about Alessandra. She was a rich wifey (I mean, good for her), she had a pressed flowers business and didn't even try to make her ex-husband work for it, because she ran to bang him every chance she got. She actually made the right decision by remarrying him because I don't think her "Etsy shop turned pressed flower boutique" business will keep her afloat for long. I still rate it two stars, so it's not like I completely hated it. I really liked that they grew and became rich together. They went from bankrupt students to a couple of billionaires. At least Dominic did it because Alessandra's family wasn't broke. There were also some good quotes here. Honestly, I'd rather read a book about them being young and falling in love than about whatever happened here. Sadly a big disappointment. At least this book was short so I finished it quicker. —————————— edit: it did not happen lol that's how i see the guys trying to cheer up Dominic when he grovels Kai: Never back down never what? Dominic: Never give up .. Dante: NEVER BACK DOWN NEVER WHAT? Dominic: NEVER GIVE UP!

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Stranded @strandedherelol
5 stars
Mar 29, 2024

EASY 5⭐

I LOVED EVERYTHING IN THIS AND DOM AND ÀLE ARE CHEFS KISS 💋.

all jokes aside I found this book to be very meaningful and the message was really strong so yea

ANNA ILY

+3
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Rosibel Silva Pineda@gatiegirl
3 stars
Mar 29, 2024

I was exactly what i was looking for in a story like this. In love.

Highlights

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Emma Jacobsen @ej_in_da_house

Actions spoke louder than words, and in that moment, I didn't care about the things he'd done or hadn't done during our Store. marriage. I simply leaned into him, breathed in the comfort of his familar scent, and let him hold me together.

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Clara@claraw

I’d fired my old security company and hired Christian Harpers team instead.

Page 305
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Clara@claraw

And my gut was rarely wrong.

Page 278

Alessandra having a bad gut feeling over Doms brother Roman.

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Clara@claraw

We were back together. We weren’t married again

Page 273
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Clara@claraw

I didn’t need him, but i missed him so desperately it felt like I did.

Page 263
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Clara@claraw

but if I’d left the decor up to him, the penthouse would’ve made a chessboard look colourful.

Page 247
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Clara@claraw

I had no business fussing over him the way a wife would, but the sight of him hurt had my heart tangled in knots.

Page 246
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Clara@claraw

But I will not stand back and watch you be disrespected.”

Page 229
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Clara@claraw

What I hadn’t accounted for were things we’d needed that weren’t material. Time. Attention. Consideration.

Page 192
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Clara@claraw

but I was so fucking proud of what she’d built.

Page 191
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Clara@claraw

Aching nostalgia threaded it’s way through my heartstrings.

Page 183
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Clara@claraw

… it was an excruciating reminder of what I’d had.

And what I’d lost.

Page 171
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Clara@claraw

despite what had happened between us, my first instinct was to turn to him for comfort.

Page 166
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Clara@claraw

He’d lost the right to any opinions on my personal life weeks ago.

Page 159
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Clara@claraw

I loved how much more at ease she was with something that had once terrified her. I was so fucking proud.

Page 149
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Clara@claraw

We’d introduced ourselves earlier. Josh and Jules, the couple, were a doctor and lawyer from Washington, DC.

Page 147
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Clara@claraw

He was simply Dominic, the beautiful, smart, tortured boy I’d fallen in love with so many moons ago.

Page 140
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Clara@claraw

Tomorrow, I’d be an only child because I was going to murder my brother. My soon-to-be-dead brother cleared his throat.

Page 135
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Clara@claraw

letting the hot water wash away my lingering sympathy for Dominic.

Page 135
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Clara@claraw

FUCK.

Page 131

This made me giggle. Chapter 18

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Clara@claraw

The woman’s red hair blazed like fire against the sunset, and the guy had the lean, muscled build of an athlete or outdoors enthusiast.

Page 127

Josh and Jules made an appearance while Alessandra is in Brazil.

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Clara@claraw

“Fuck Thanksgiving.” There wasn’t much to give thanks for.

Page 119

Dom in a sour mood while playing tennis with Dante.

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Clara@claraw

It hadn’t hit me that I was divorced until that moment.

Page 109
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Clara@claraw

when I was alone, the hollow in my chest returned with vengeance.

Page 104

Can definitely relate to this quote

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