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The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

Book 1 of the L.O.R.D.S series

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Finally got to listening to this book! I’ve read it but never listened to the audio!! Sooooo good! #spicybookswithjess #bookrecs #spicyreads #bookreview #audiobooks

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The book cover for "The Ritual" by Shantel Tessier, featuring a man with a skull mask, gothic architecture, and red text highlighting themes like Dual POV, Possessive MMC, Arranged Marriage, Secret Society, and NonCon, with chili pepper and star ratings.

The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

At first, I couldn't get too into this book, but as I pushed on, the plot dragged me in more than the spice! My man Ryat is a top-tier book boyfriend. 👌 Plot ~ THE CHOSEN ONE I vow. You vow. We vow. Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood

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A trope map for Shantel Tessier's 'The Ritual' features the book title on a dark, abstract background with red and white elements. Red text highlights tropes like 'Touch Her & Die,' 'Forced Sex,' 'Dual POV,' 'Masks,' 'Virgin FMC,' 'Dubcon,' 'Noncon,' 'Drugging,' and 'Secret Society.'

The Ritual by Shantel Tessier Trope Map

ughhh I love this series so much.. disagree with me, I don't care.. 🥴 this wasn't my top favorite, but I devour these books soooooo fast for how thick they are. ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 #bookstagram #darkromance #darkromancebooks #darkromancereader #darkwhychoosereads #theritual

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A hand holds an e-reader displaying the cover of 'The Ritual' by Shantel Tessier, a dark college romance. Text overlays highlight themes like 'possessive male lead,' 'secret society,' 'spicy,' and 'dark romance.' The book is noted as 'available on kindle unlimited.'

𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚎: 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛: 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐: 3.5/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕" 𝚋𝚢 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚕 𝚃𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢'𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚜. 𝙵𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚁𝚢𝚊𝚝, 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚝

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Dark romance favorites 🖤🥀

TOTALLY read the trigger warning before you read these, but if you love reading unhinged shit like me here are my top dark reads of 2024. ✨Not in any particular order of favoritism btw✨ 1. Passion & Venom trilogy by Shanora Williams 2. Come out Come out by Alexia Onyx 3. The Ritual by Sh

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A book review for 'The Ritual' by Shantel Tessier, featuring the book cover with a man's face partially painted as a skull. It shows a 5-chili spice rating, a 5-star overall rating, and a review describing it as dark, intense, and addictive, with morally gray characters.

The Ritual by Shantel Tessier review 🫶

Dark. Dirty. Deliciously unhinged. Power games, obsession dripping off every page, and tension so thick it burns. The chemistry is sinful, the characters are morally gray perfection #bookrecs #shanteltessierbooks #bookboyfriend #ryatarcher #readratedandreviewed ⭐️Overall rating: 10/10

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Perfect View! 🎡

These views are so good while on vacation! Working through The Ritual and loving it so far! #wildwoodnj #theritual #shanteltessier

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A black and white book cover features a man with half his face painted as a skull, his finger touching his cheek. Text reads: "SHE IS TO SERVE AND OBEY HIM. HE WILL PROTECT AND OWN HER. THE RITUAL A DARK COLLEGE ROMANCE" by Shantel Tessier.

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A hand with glittery nail polish holds the book 'Chaotic' by Shantel Tessier. The black and white cover features a tattooed man in a hoodie, with text indicating it's 'A DARK ROMANCE' by a 'USA TODAY & WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR'.

Chaotic by Shantel Tessier

Hello beautiful 😩😭😭😭😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 I’ve missed you so much!!!😭😭🙌🙌🙌 #darkromancebooks #fyp #lordseriesshanteltessier currently reading chaotic by Shantel Tessier the seventh book in the lord series 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 I’m so freaking excited 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 okay that’s all😊 #nospoilers

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You’re Mine is the best two words combo out there!! (She’s Mine, He’s Mine, You’re Mine…you get it…the possessive and claiming….YES PLEASE) Which is your favorite with this trope? Audiobooks in Video Lights out by Navessa Allen Broken by Andi Jaxon Yearning by Kiki Clark Pretty Monster

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I’ve been collecting The Lords series by Shantel Tessier for a while, and I finally have the complete set (minus Sabotage)! 🙌📚 Can’t wait to finish reading about all the Lords and the Spade Brothers! The drama, the tension, and Shantel Tessier’s writing always has me hooked! Who else is obsessed wi

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This scene… 🥹🖤

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Same premise. More depravity. You want to take the story you loved and strip out the sanity? I got you. More obsession. Less control. More tension. Worse choices. These are the ones that make you pause mid-chapter and question your morals. 💀🖤 Read responsibly 🍷📚 🖤 Book 📖: Haunting

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I think i’m buying handcuffs after this, but only after I say a prayer #romancereaders #darkromance #darktomancebooks #bookrecommendation #theritualshanteltessier

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We started this one a little after midnight… AHHH!! I’m so excited to finally get to Tyson’s story #booktok #lemon8bookclub #darkrevengeromance #thesacificeshanteltessier

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The Ritual Hardcovers

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In honor of Chaotic, I thought I’d bring back this classic 🤭🖤 Ohhh, Ryat. #shanteltessier #thelords #ryatarcher #theritual #booktok

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BOOK REVIEW - CHAOTIC “I’m honored to be your angel in this chaotic world.” Ughhh, just typing this has my wanting to cry.. I always get so sad when I finish one of @shantel_tessierauthor LORDS books, and the Spade brothers are my absolute favorite!! Kash and Everett are now my top favorite!

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📖 Book Talk: The Ritual by Shantel Tessier 🕯️🔥 This book is NOT for the weak. The Ritual is dark romance taken to another level — secret societies, power games, obsession, and a romance that feels dangerous from page one. Shantel Tessier creates an atmosphere that’s heavy, twisted, and complete

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An open copy of 'The Ritual' by Shantel Tessier, showing Chapter Twenty Two with a black and white illustration of a rose with liquid drops on the left page. A hand with a '444' tattoo holds the book, with text overlays 'Her vibe' and 'It fits them so well!'.

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Everybody Loves Chapter Art 🌹🖤

The Ritual by Shantel Tessier is one of the prettiest books I’ve ever read. My friend bought it for me on my 21st birthday (thank you Janey!) and I’ve been obsessed with it ever since. Truthfully, it’s been hard getting into dark romance after DNF-ing Haunting Adeline a few years back but Ryat and

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My First Dark Romance

I’m only about 120 pages into it but I’m already loving Ryat and Blakely’s dynamic. Every once in a while they do something bonkers and I have to remind myself that everyone is into it so I don’t break my book trance LOL. Have you read The Ritual or anything by Shantel Tessier before? 🖤 Wit

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✨🔮🌞🌕🍄🌕🌞🔮✨ 🖤 Book of the Week 🖤 🔥 This week we have The ritual by Shantell Tessier!! If you haven’t enter the L.O.R.D.S series yet, you absolutely need to! After immersive reading book one, I ended up getting book two and the audio as well because they are just that good! Ryat is just a forev

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The Sinner by Shantel Tessier

this is my review so far 🖤 #darkread #shanteltessierbooks #thesinner #booktok #reading #darkromance #eastonsinnett

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I decided to do another one!!

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The Ritual Special Edition.

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L.O.R.D.S Series

Some books make you blush. This one makes you burn. 🔥 Welcome to Barrington University — where the Lords play god, sins are currency, and love is anything but pure. If you liked The Ritual, this one takes it darker, dirtier, and way more twisted.” ✨ Secret societies 💀 Morally grey obsession

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For dark romance lovers!🥰

If you have ever read one of Shantel Tessier’s books you know she loves to keep you on the edge of your seat! Totally hooked and wanting more! She also writes books that are extremely dark/bully books with many triggers. On that note you have been warned! This is not just a romance book! Cole is

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Spicy Book Mail

I cannot even tell you how NOT patiently I was waiting for this package to arrive! The weather delayed it, but it was worth the wait! The LORDS Series by Shantel Tessier is my favorite series, I am OBSESSED 🖤 #candle #booktok #bookish #bookmail #bookwormsoflemon8

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• I recently finished reading the L.O.R.D.S. Series by Shantel Tessier and this entire series was easily a 5 star read for me! These books are by far the spiciest books I have ever read, but there is so much more to them than that and I could’ve get enough. I’m all for smut but I need a good storyl

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The ritual by Shantel Tessier

I don’t re read books but this was my favorite read of 2025 and I want to read it again. It was so much deeper then any dark romance book I have ever read. #barnesandnoble #theritual #shanteltessier #thelords #booktok

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Th Ritual-Dark Romance Review

I finished the first book of The L.O.R.D.S series by Shantel Tessier & while I was a little put off by it being “college age” & myself being almost 30, it actually doesn’t focus to much on it. The twists & turns in the plot kept me on my toes wanting more. Im also happy with how it ende

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A Book Review Of Sorts

(The Ritual by shantel_tessierauthor I read a review that said Ryot was "a bit more than morally grey." Me: Oh perfect. I love a morally grey book man. Also me, 200 pages later: WHY AM I LIKE THIS. This book was the definition of "a train wreck you can't stop watching." Wa

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A collage of six dark romance book covers from Shantel Tessier's 'The Lord Series,' including 'Sabotage,' 'Carnage,' 'Madness,' 'The Ritual,' 'The Sacrifice,' and 'The Sinner.' Each cover features intense imagery, often with male figures, and the author's name. 'Book Review' is overlaid in the center.

Lex’s Review: THE LORD SERIES 👑 by Shantel Tessier

Okay. Deep breaths. No, actually forget that. I need to SCREAM. 😭🔥 Because The Lord Series …by Shantel Tessier absolutely wrecked me* in the best, most unholy way possible. If you love dark romance that’s actually dark possessive, powerful men, chaos, obsession, betrayal, and jaw dropping twist

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Dark romance readers be like…

I’ll tell ya, but you might regret asking! 😏🖤 #darkromance #bookgirly #darkromancebooks #thelordsseriesbyshanteltessier

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