TW (Please see the author’s note on the inside) But like all things, what started out as a game soon became a fight for survival. A way that the Lords manipulate you into doing what they want.Īfter 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. He made me believe that anyway, but it was just another lie. He offered me what no one else ever had-freedom. 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. My entire life has been planned out for me. People think growing up with money is freeing, but I promise you, it’s not. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. They are above all-the most powerful men in the world. Enjoy the darkness, I did.Īn all-new dark standalone romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Shantel Tessierīarrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. She does give warning in the beginning so heed them if they are too much for you, but it’s all part of the plot and fits the lives of the characters. The Ritual is dark and totally pushes boundaries with how filthy it is, but everything is perfectly in line with these characters and fits within the bound of their kink. The Ritual is right up there as one that had me turning pages at all hours needing to figure out what was going to happen next. This is what makes her storytelling brilliant! Her twisty plots intertwined with dark themes continually draw me back to her books. Then she gives the appearance that nothing is what is seems until your mind is completely blown. There are so many layers to this story, which Shantel is a master at revealing at the opportune time. Now it’s senior year and it’s time for his reward and her name is Blakely. Ryat loves the order, the rush, the power, the dominance of it all and he’s been a stellar member following every rule.

Lords are important members of society, anything from senators to CEO’s and they are lawless within their world.

His father, his father’s father, and so forth have all been members of this secret society. Ryat has known he would be a Lord his entire life. Shantel lifts the blindfold off of a moraless secret society and it’s sinfully delicious. Review Rating: 5 Gold Stars Review/Synopsis:ĭark, gritty, and oh so filthy.

Genre/Tropes: Suspense/Dark/Secret Society/New Adult Romance

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