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The Ritual

By: Shantel Tessier
Narrated by: Aiden Snow, Meg Sylvan
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NOW AN AMAZON TOP 50 BESTSELLER

An all-new dark standalone romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Shantel Tessier


THE CHOSEN ONE

Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.

I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW.

People think growing up with money is freeing, but I promise you, it’s not. My entire life has been planned out for me. I never got the chance to do what I wanted until Ryat Alexander Archer came along and gave me an option for a better life. He offered me what no one else ever had—freedom.

I chose to be his. He made me believe that anyway, but it was just another lie. A way that the Lords manipulate you into doing what they want.

After being sucked into the dark, twisted world of the Lords, I embraced my new role and allowed Ryat to parade me around like the trophy I was to him. But like all things, what started out as a game soon became a fight for survival. And the only way out was death.

Things to know about The Ritual
It is MF
TW (Please see the author's note on the inside)
J/P (jealous/possessive) Hero
OTT (over the top) Hero
This is a 150K word standalone romance that contains dark themes that may be triggering to some." Check authors website for TWs. shanteltessier.com

©2021 Shantel Tessier (P)2023 Shantel Tessier
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Loved this!

Great dark romance and good level of spice too. Hope there's more to come from the author :)

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Glorious escapsim!

It’s hot, exciting and at times had me literally opened mouthed!! The best kind of crazy, DARK romance. Absolutely loved it!

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Kept me gripped

This was a great listen, I was gripped throughout Ryat was such a character and they way he played hard to read emotionally through out. Blake had it rough throughout with all the twists in the story. I’m late to the reading of this but definitely worth the read/listen now off the the next one

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Really good

The overall story and the way it’s written is really great, it’s gripping and keeps you interested for sure. However there are a couple of bits that are super cheesy/cringe and give Wattpad vibes, if you know what I mean.

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Loved this whole book was amazing!!!

The best book I’ve listened to so far from start to finished I was hooked. The voices were so good and the story line was amazing

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Wow

I loved the book, so I had to hear it come to life. It was really good! The male narrator had to grow on me for a few chapters, but he did. I loved this story, I loved the narrators and I loved the darkness of this story in my ear.

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Perfect dark romance

From page one I was hooked, drama, plot, characters- twists and turns- with so much spice- great narration, my perfect kind of dark brooding romance- one of my favourite authors , read a few of her books and never disappointed- narration was absolutely spot on- made it moorish!!

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fun, but a bit long

this book was fun, and entertaining, but it did feel a little long. though lots of stuff happened, so i wasn't bored. so many twists that happened during the book was what I thought would be the ending, so it was fun to see how it actually turned out.

The narrators of this book also did a phenomenal job. they were a great fit, and just made this whole experience better.

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Fantastic

Dark, twisted, harrowing yet sweet. I read so many reviews I just had to read for myself and this did not disappoint. Great writing an amazing story.

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Loved it!

This book is the right amount of action, intrigue, darkness and of course spice! Loved it!

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