The Ritual by Shantel Tessier
| Author(s) | Shantel Tessier |
|---|---|
| Published | November 19, 2021 |
| Publisher | Independently Published |
| Genre(s) | Dark Romance |
| Age group | New Adult |
Trigger Warnings
- Alcohol consumption
- Anal
- Arranged, forced & coerced marriage
- Attempted rape
- Blood & gore depiction
- Bondage
- Branding
- Breath play
- Captivity & confinement
- Consensual non-consent
- Cults
- Dead bodies
- Drowning
- Drug abuse
- Drug use
- Dubious consent scenarios
- Emotional abuse
- Execution
- Gaslighting
- Graphic death
- Graphic violence
- Gun violence
- Hanging & lynching
- Hospitalization
- Imprisonment (intentional)
- Infidelity
- Interrogation
- Kidnapping / Abduction
- Knife violence
- Loss of autonomy
- Masks
- Medical treatment & procedures
- Murder & attempted murder
- Needles
- Organized crime
- Painkillers
- Physical abuse
- Physical assault
- Physical injuries
- Praise kink
- Pregnancy
- Profanity
- Sexism & misogyny
- Sexual abuse
- Sexual assault
- Sexual harassment
- Sexually explicit scenes
- Slurs
- Slut-shaming
- Stalking
- Torture
- Trauma
- Vomiting
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Tropes
Loving Parent, Cruel Parent Callously Casual Cheating Contraception Deception If I Can't Have You… Manipulative Bastard Masochism Tango A Match Made in Stockholm Romanticized Abuse Yandere Frustrating Lie Rich Boredom Apathetic Student Lack of Empathy Non-Answer The Unfettered Aroused by Their Voice Devoted to You Eating the Eye Candy Lust Object More Experienced Chases the Innocent Power Dynamics Kink Power is Sexy Turned Off By The Jerkass Authority Sounds Deep Corporal Punishment Alone with the Psycho Psycho Ex-Girlfriend (boyfriend) Relationship-Salvaging Disaster Second-Act Breakup Anger Born of Worry You Are Not Alone Entitled to Have You He-Man Woman Hater A Man Is Always Eager Property of Love Questionable Consent Nemesis Magnet The Resenter Jerkass After-Action Healing Drama Damsel in Distress Damsel Fight-and-Flight Response I Will Find You Roaring Rampage of Rescue Taking the Bullet Crazy Jealous Guy Stalking is Love Toxic Lover Influence Blind Obedience True Companions Undying Loyalty Big Fancy House Fiction 500 Arranged Marriage Marriage Before Romance My Own Private "I Do" Elite Agents Above the Law Murder, Inc. Sworn in by Oath What Did I Do Last Night? The Promise Defiant Captive Not Good with Rejection Attempted Rape Chained to a Bed Downfall by Sex Fetishized Abuser I Have You Now, My Pretty Romanticized Abuse Alliance of Revenge It's Personal Pay Evil unto Evil Revenge Is Sweet Revenge Romance Initiation Ceremony Insignia Rip-Off Ritual Rejection Ritual Test of Pain Disposing of a Body Love Is a Drug Love Redeems If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her... Bound and Gagged Erotic Asphyxiation Erotic Dream Everybody Has Lots of Sex Fetishized Abuser Kinky Cuffs Kinky Role-Playing Sex Is Liberation Professional Killer Covert Group Parent-Preferred Suitor Revenge Romance Anti-Hero So Happy Together Unknowingly in Love Dark family secret Dysfunctional family Enemies-to-lovers Happily ever after He worships her Morally-gray romance Multiple POV Name play Possessiveness Touch her & you die Virgin
