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The Ritual

Written 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
Crime Thrillers Romantic Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Romance Fiction Crime Suspense
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What is with the narrating? The girl sounds annoyed all the time. It's really hard to listen to. She does better with the male characters. Even the male narrator doesn't sound very good. I guess I should have bought the book on kindle instead. 😒

Narrating is horrible

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yall hating on the fmc when the mmc has no feeling in his narration, he has a nice voice sound but bro sounds like he could be AI, monotone af. the fmc wasn’t bad at all. duet narration is always nice to listen too.

yikes

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Not for me. I tried outside my comfort zone and even read triggers. Not my cup of tea.

Not for me

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Im sorry but I work with college students and this is unbelievable to me. The male students have a hard time replying to messages and check their schedule or organize their life… I do not believe for a minute that a bunch of young man could orchestrate a secret society and run some kind of operations. Maybe I don’t work with students in the same tax bracket but I had a hard time getting into the story because I kept thinking about this.

This is college students?

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I love dark romance, but the voices and narrating of the characters is soooo distracting. Blakeley specially is too whiny for my liking. I wish I would’ve read the hard copy instead.

Narrating is bad

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