The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

The Ritual by Shantel TessierTHE CHOSEN ONE Barrington 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. I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW. People 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

And that he subsequently lost his memory…

To the horror of Cecily's family

she finds out too late that the dark and mysterious man she solely wanted as a fling is not only her new comrade but also the one she dreaded meeting most-her immediate superior and untouchable devil in the field

soap opera darling Jasmine Lin Rodriguez finds her face splashed across the tabloids

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So when their professional obligations bring them to a remote inn a few days before Christmas

In the follow-up to It Happened One Summer

and debauchery

after a cheating girlfriend has turned his life upside down

That means one month

he's the spoiled youngest son of an eccentric billionaire