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Books Like The Ritual

If you loved The Ritual by Shantel Tessier, these 12 books share its tropes (antihero / villain MC, bully, forbidden romance, forced proximity) and sit at a similar heat and darkness (it rates 4/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness). Each pick says what it has in common, so you can choose before you buy.

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   1. Lords Of Ruin: A Reverse Harem Dark College Bully Romance (Ruthless Kings Of Thornhaven Book 1)

   Sophie J. Rivers

   Shares antihero / villain MC, bully, forced proximity; also Bully Romance; spice 5/5, darkness 4/5.

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   2. Killer Daddy (So Dangerous It’s Funny Book 1)

   Kelani Knox

   Shares antihero / villain MC, bully, forbidden romance; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 3/5.

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   3. Disobedient Pawn: The Kings of Wayward Academy, Book 1

   Brooklyn Cross

   Shares antihero / villain MC, bully, morally grey MC; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   4. Deviant Reign: Knight’s Ridge Empire, Book 6

   Tracy Lorraine

   Shares antihero / villain MC, bully, morally grey MC; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   5. Monster Made: A Dark Bully Romance Novella (Monster Duet)

   A.V. Blackmoor

   Shares antihero / villain MC, bully, morally grey MC; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   6. Ruined by My Bully Stepbrother: A Dark High School Bully Romance (Leaking for the Bully Book 1)

   Daisy Dixon

   Shares bully, forced proximity, forbidden romance; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   7. Beautiful Savage (Dark Empire Book 2)

   Susanne Valenti

   Shares antihero / villain MC, bully, morally grey MC; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   8. Church: A Dark Asylum Bully Romance (The Boys of Chapel Crest, Book 1)

   K.G. Reuss

   Shares antihero / villain MC, bully, morally grey MC; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 5/5.

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   9. Wicked Empire: Knight’s Ridge Empire, Book 3

   Tracy Lorraine

   Shares antihero / villain MC, bully, morally grey MC; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    10. Vicious Obsession: A Dark Bully Hockey Romance (Hellions of Hade Harbor Book 5)

    Mila Kane

    Shares bully, forced proximity, morally grey MC; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    11. SAVAGE GAMES: A Dark Bully Stepbrother Romance (Twisted Minds Book 4)

    SANDI WBW

    Shares bully, forced proximity, forbidden romance; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    12. Chaotic: A Dark Romance

    Shantel Tessier

    Shares bully, forced proximity, morally grey MC; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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Matches are calculated from Readark’s own tags: shared tropes (rarer ones count more), subgenre, and how close the spice and darkness ratings are. Books from the same series are left out — see the reading order instead. How we rate