The Ritual

By: Shantel Tessier

Narrated by: Aiden Snow, Meg Sylvan

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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

Very spicy dark romance

There are a few nit-picky things with continuity going on in this narration.
I also feel like when the male narrator does his female impersonator it’s almost sarcastic sounding. It sort of breaks the flow of things.

However if you like this genre you’ll probably like the story. Make sure to listen to the sample though before buying to make sure you can handle the narration style on this one.

MUST READ!!!

This book is 10/10!!!
it is hands down the best book I've listened
I was hooked from the beginning to the end. Highly recommend!

Chokehold

Love love love love love Riot! And Aiden Snow’s voice has ruined audible books for me for male narrators! I can’t get enough! I’ve listened to samples of the other two books and I’m not sure I’ll be able to LISTEN to them cuz their voices don’t rumble or vibrate like Riots! It’s was the perfect smooth of spicy. I couldn’t get enough and the world of the L.O.R.D.S. Just fascinates me.

God, I forgot how much I love this book/series. 😭

The spice is SPICE-ing and the plot twists are perfection. 🙌🏻
One of the many things I loved about this book is how it talks about and explores Blakely’s fantasies. And not just her exploring/acting out them with Ryat — but also her thoughts as to why, as well as the psychology behind it.

𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗟: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗘: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️.5
𝗛𝗘𝗔: 💖
𝗧𝗬𝗣𝗘: Standalone, part of a interconnected series (LORDS Series)
𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞: Duet narration
𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗣: 🚫
𝗪𝗛𝗬-𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗦𝗘: 🚫

𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦:
🖤 dark college romance
🖤 secret society
🖤 psychological thriller
🖤 bdsm • k!nky
🖤 obsessive/possessive mmc
🖤 naive turned badass fmc
🖤 arranged marriage

🧷 𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝/𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐.

deep, dark and satisfying

I loved the characters and story turns. I wanted to say though there's a short drama out on those vertical drama services called The Vow, which feels very, very similar to this story. I don't know how to make the author aware