{"product_id":"the-ritual-brand-new","title":"The Ritual","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt Barrington University, the Lords secret society demands blood in payment for power, and its members receive a chosen one as seniors. Shantel Tessier's dark romance is told by the woman chosen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA dark college romance set among the Lords, a secret society at Barrington University\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContent note: the author's own warnings list covers explicit sexual content including non-consent and dubious consent; it also lists graphic violence, kidnapping, branding, and drug and alcohol use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, 552 pages, Dark Angel Creations, 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrator grew up with money and a life planned for her until Ryat Alexander Archer, a Lord, offered her what looked like freedom. She chose him, or believed she did, and learned it was one more of the society's manipulations. Taking on the role he gave her, she is paraded as his prize, and what began as a game becomes a fight to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders of dark college romance will know the territory, and Readical also carries The Sinner, a standalone set in the same secret society. The note above condenses a longer list. The author's site gives the full warnings, and they are worth reading before ordering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer publisher describes Shantel Tessier as a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author and the New York Times bestselling author of Chaotic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dark Angel Creations LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854469677205,"sku":"NEW-ING-PB-9798218160197","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/57_5c7fdebd-1f4a-4a2a-8e02-3d0f03f6c29d.jpg?v=1787902397","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/the-ritual-brand-new","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}