The ritual ( lords series 1 ) by shantel tessiar

The Ritual is the first book in Shantel Tessier's L.O.R.D.S. series, a dark romance and dark academia saga set at Barrington University. It follows a student named Blakely Anderson who is drawn into the dangerous, secret world of the L.O.R.D.S. society and its leader, Ryat Alexander Archer. The novel involves a twisted power dynamic where the protagonist chooses to enter the society, believing it will offer her a better life, but instead finds herself in a fight for survival.