A Dark College Romance
The Ritual by Shantel Tessier is a dark college-romance novel set at Barrington University where a clandestine and brutal secret society called the Lords wields power through violence, rituals, and strict loyalty. The story follows Blakely Anderson, a seemingly ordinary student who becomes entangled with Ryat Alexander Archer, a dominant and mysterious Lord, when he chooses her as his “chosen one,” thrusting her into a world of control, obsession, and danger. As their intense and often toxic relationship develops against a backdrop of manipulation, power plays, and moral ambiguity, Blakely must navigate the seductive yet perilous dynamics of desire, autonomy, and survival within the society’s shadowy rituals and hierarchies.
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