{"product_id":"ritual","title":"The Ritual, by Shantel Tessier (softback, english edition)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Baskerville Old Face, serif;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.3em; font-style: italic; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e🇬🇧 This book is in English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.3em; font-style: italic; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 25px; color: #8b0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“What started out as a game soon became a fight for survival. And the only way out was death.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003eTHE RITUAL\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lords: Book 1 by Shantel Tessier\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 25px; font-style: italic;\"\u003eA Dark Standalone Romance from the New York Times Bestselling Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.1em; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 25px; text-align: center;\"\u003eShe chose freedom. She didn’t know it would cost her everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #8b0000; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 15px;\"\u003eTHE STORY THAT WILL CONSUME YOU\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"\u003eBarrington University is home of the Lords — a secret society that requires 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 each offered a chosen one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI vow. You vow. We vow.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"\u003ePeople think growing up with money is freeing. It isn’t. Her entire life has been planned out for her — until Ryat Alexander Archer came along and offered her something no one else ever had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 1.1em;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFreedom.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eShe chose to be his.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eHe made her believe that, anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003eBut it was just another lie. Another way the Lords manipulate you into doing exactly what they want.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"\u003eSucked into the dark, twisted world of the Lords, she embraced her new role and allowed Ryat to parade her around like the trophy she was to him. 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