The Ritual: A Dark College Romance

The Ritual by USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Shantel Tessier is a dark standalone romance and an Amazon Top 10 Bestseller.

Set at Barrington University, home to a powerful secret society known as the Lords, the story follows their brutal world of blood, power, and control. Each Lord is given a “chosen one” during their senior year—a woman bound to them by vow and manipulation.

The heroine, born into wealth but trapped by expectations, finds her first taste of freedom in Ryat Alexander Archer, who offers her escape and choice. But his promises turn out to be just another lie, pulling her into the Lords’ dangerous and twisted world where love, control, and survival blur together—and the only true escape may be death.