{"product_id":"the-ritual","title":"The Ritual","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:-3pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eAN AMAZON TOP 100 BESTSELLER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eAn all-new dark standalone romance from the USA Today \u0026amp; Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Shantel Tessier\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eTHE CHOSEN ONE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eI vow. You vow. We vow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eBarrington 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003ePeople 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eI 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eAfter 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eThings to know about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe Ritual\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eIt is MF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eTW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e(Please see the author's note on the inside)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eJ\/P (jealous\/possessive) Hero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eOTT (over the top) Hero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.6440000000000001;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-3pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eThis is a 150K word standalone romance that contains dark themes that may be triggering to some.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shantel Tessier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44855935303931,"sku":"9798218160197","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7548\/9706\/files\/ibg.common.titledetail.imageloader_12e8c48f-1fa8-4d16-b42a-5cbf894ab6e8.gif?v=1774722559","url":"https:\/\/novelgrounds.pro\/products\/the-ritual","provider":"Novel Grounds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}