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Ritual Sins
Anne Stuart
Romance / Mystery & Thrillers
Rachel Connery is on a seek-and-destroy mission, out for revenge against the mysterious, charismatic man who enticed millions of dollars from her dying mother and cheated her out of her inheritance. She wants retribution and is willing to use every seductive trick at her disposal to obtain it. But desire is a dangerous weapon that cuts both ways, and her trap could end up catching her in a nightmare of forbidden feelings.
Ritual of Proof
Dara Joy
Romance / Fantasy / Paranormal
In a world where women hold all the power, a titled man can do little but accept his fate -- that his sole purpose is to secure a good match -- and hope his "bed price" is high enough. Jorlan Reynard has every trait necessary for that price -- he is staggeringly handsome. Irresistible. Wildly sensual. But he is also impossibly willful.The brash male refuses to be taken by just any woman merely because she can afford him.
Only one -- the Marquelle Green Tamryn -- can claim him. In a bold move, the powerful aristocrat marries him, offering him the security of her name and position, But there are forces conspiring against her, and the Marquelle must summon all her considerable influence to fight for their survival. However, he is not only a passionate lover, but an unexpectedly powerful ally...and soon, the full truth of his remarkable abilities will begin to be revealed to all -- in the "Ritual of Proof."
Ritual in Death
Part #27.50 of "In Death" series by J. D. Robb
Suspense / Science Fiction / Fiction
When a high-society party is crashed by a naked, knife-wielding, blood-covered man who "thinks" he might have killed someone, Eve Dallas must track down the crime, and the criminals. Everything points to Satanic ritual, but Eve doesn't believe in devil worship.…
Ritual
Part #5 of "Brian McDone Mysteries" series by Ryan Casey
Post Apocalyptic / Science Fiction / Thriller
Ritual of the Ancients
Roan Rosser
Waking up undead is just the start of my bad night. This night is going from bad to worse. My roommate is dead. My sexy neighbor, who I've never worked up the guts to talk to before, is standing in my living room. I have a gold amulet I just stole from the museum hidden in my pocket. Oh, and I'm dead... or undead? All the myths about vampires, were-wolves, and the like? Turns out, all true. My sexy neighbor claims I'm a vampire now. I don't quite believe him, but then again, he turned into a coyote in front of me. Jackal, whatever. Plus, you know, my new fangs. Oh, did I mention my sexy neighbor is an ex-cop? And his cop buddies just knocked down my door. I'm pretty sure this night can't get any worse... I'm probably wrong.
JM05 - Deadly Ritual
Part #5 of "DS Jack Mackinnon" series by DS Butler
The police believe they have uncovered a ritualistic murder when they find a wooden disc in the mouth of a murder victim. When another victim is discovered, it’s up to DS Mackinnon and the team to find the killer before anymore blood is shed. Jack is back and this time it’s deadly... Deadly Ritual is a British Police Procedural. It is the fifth book in the Detective Sergeant Jack Mackinnon series, perfect for fans of the Roy Grace series by Peter James.
The Ritual
Thaddeus Simpson
Step into your high heels and listen to astronaut Charlie Brick confess his sins in this supernatural tragedy.A complete Novella, no part-two or cliffhanger ending. You can read this for free and know that you will see the whole story.Step into your high heels and listen to astronaut Charlie Brick confess his sins in this supernatural tragedy. Throughout the course of this novella, Brick will deal with feelings of loathing, hate, and loneliness, but what happens when his darkest desires are fulfilled, seemingly by random chance? Will he be able to live with himself after such a supernatural tragedy? Will his failed journey into space continue to haunt him with PTSD-like intesity? Decide for yourself at the end of this drama.A complete Novella, no part-two or cliffhanger ending. You can read this for free and know that you will see the whole story. Also, don't expect any explicit sex or drug use in this story, consider it a PG-13 rating.
Deadly Ritual
Part #5 of "DS Jack Mackinnon" series by D. S. Butler
Mystery & Thrillers / Literature & Fiction / Crime
The police believe they have uncovered a ritualistic murder when they find a wooden disc in the mouth of a murder victim. When another victim is discovered, it’s up to DS Mackinnon and the team to find the killer before anymore blood is shed.
Jack is back and this time it’s deadly...
Deadly Ritual is a British Police Procedural. It is the fifth book in the Detective Sergeant Jack Mackinnon series, perfect for fans of the Roy Grace series by Peter James.
Ritual Ink
Part #4 of "Ink Born" series by Holly Evans
Fantasy / Urban Fantasy / Supernatural Thrillers
My Grave Ritual
G. S. Denning
"If you ever wondered how much better Sherlock would be if people could hurl hellfire at each other, well this one is for you." Starburst Magazine on A Study in BrimstoneAs they blunder towards doom, Warlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson find themselves inconvenienced by a variety of eldritch beings. Christmas brings a goose that doesn't let being cooked slow it down; they meet an electricity demon, discover why being a redhead is even tricker than one might imagine, and Holmes attempts an Irish accent. And, naturally, Moriarty is hanging around... in some form or other.
Cunning Folk: A Folk Horror Thriller from the Author of No One Gets Out Alive and The Ritual
Nevill, Adam
Horror / Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction
A motionless man stands
alone in the hall, the foundations of his thick legs sunk into dusty boots.
Bleak electric light illumines a galaxy of emulsion, pebble-dashing the grey
overalls that are stretched taut over the barrel of his middle. His fingers,
stained as if by a baker’s flour, droop from the weight of the tools they
barely hold. A hammer within the unclenching left fist. Suspended from the idle
digits of the right hand, a small axe.
Ritual Woman
Ugochukwu Kingsley Ani
Fiction / Thriller / Contemporary
Fidelia was happily married, with one child, but her life was about to turn into a nightmare, for her only child had gone missing from school. In the ensuing quest for the girl, she is to realize that the ideal life she had been living was nothing more than a sham; that the wealth she had come to enjoy had been hinged on ritual murders, the likes of which she had never heard of before. She was theFidelia was happily married, with one child, but her life was about to turn into a nightmare, for her only child had gone missing from school. In the ensuing quest for the girl, she is to realize that the ideal life she had been living was nothing more than a sham; that the wealth she had come to enjoy had been hinged on ritual murders, the likes of which she had never heard of before. She was the chosen blood for the ritual goddess. And now, her only child was the ultimate blood sacrifice for the altar.She would have to battle to save, not only herself, but also her daughter, from the greatest evil they had ever encountered.
Ritual of Magic
Veronica Shade
New teachers, new students, and new magical secrets.The statues at La Voisin aren't what they seem, and one in particular appears to have changed his position since last semester. But statues can't move.Can they?A single touch to the stone figure reveals a life before this one. One where the statue made a brother pact with another man. A very familiar man. Unfortunately, Madison can't seem to place him in her mind.But just when Madison thinks that's the only mystery on her plate, her young new roommate goes missing, and her quest to find answers brings new light to the vision of the two men and reveals the dark secrets that run deep at this not-so-innocent school for witches.Fans of Stephenie Meyers' Twilight and Bella Forrest's Harley Merlin series will devour Ritual of Magic, book two of Veronica Shade's Academy of the Damned.Scroll up and one-click to continue reading this haunting, slow burn paranormal academy romance today.
Harley Merlin and the First Ritual
Bella Forrest
Fantasy / Paranormal / Romance
Five rituals to control Chaos. That's all it takes.Now that Harley knows her enemy's grand plan—to become a godlike Child of Chaos and punish those deemed "unworthy"—she's got to figure out what the heck to do about it. Many of the missing magicals are still out there, and Katherine has vowed to kill everyone Harley cares about and make her watch.So that's fun.Just when it seems like things can't get much worse, one of the most precious monsters of the Bestiary escapes, and Harley is sure that Katherine has her dirty hands involved. But that crazy witch had better be ready because Harley has finally figured out a way to unleash her powers—although the cost might not be worth it.Astrid, a human living amongst magicals, is just as determined to thwart Katherine's schemes. At the same time, her budding romance with the Coven's trademark bad boy has earned her father's disapproval, and it seems like betrayal is lurking around the corner...Continue the...
Ritual of Fire
D. V. Bishop
'It's hard to think of a better guide than D. V. Bishop to the brutality and glamour of Renaissance Florence. Religion and lust? Money and politics? It's all here, combined into a murderous brew' - Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Royal Secret'Fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris' – Historical Novel SocietyFlorence. Summer, 1538.A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city's main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into Florence. Forty years earlier, puritanical monk Girolamo Savonarola was executed the same way. Does this new killing mean his fanatical disciples are reviving the monk's regime of holy terror?Cesare Aldo is busy hunting thieves in the Tuscan countryside, leaving Constable Carlo Strocchi to investigate the killing. When another merchant is burned alive in public, the rich start fleeing to their country estates. But...
The Last Ritual
Part #2 of "Arkham Horror" series by S. A. Sidor
A mad surrealist's art threatens to rip open the fabric of reality, in this twisted tale of eldritch horror and conspiracy, from the wildy popular world of Arkham Horror.Aspiring painter Alden Oakes is invited to join a mysterious art commune in Arkham: the New Colony. When celebrated Spanish surrealist Juan Hugo Balthazarr visits the colony, Alden and the other artists quickly fall under his charismatic spell. Balthazarr throws a string of decadent parties for Arkham's social elite, conjuring arcane illusions which blur the boundaries between nightmare and reality. Only slowly does Alden come to suspect that Balthazarr's mock rituals are intended to break through those walls and free what lies beyond. Alden must act, but it might already be too late to save himself, let alone Arkham.
Ritual Demise
Part #7 of "Cavendish & Walker" series by Sally Rigby
Someone is watching …. No one is safe
The once tranquil woods in a picturesque part of Lenchester have become the bloody stage to a series of ritualistic murders. With no suspects, Detective Chief Inspector Whitney Walker is once again forced to call on the services of forensic psychologist Dr Georgina Cavendish.
But this murderer isn't like any they've faced before. The murders are highly elaborate, but different in their own way, and with the clock ticking, they need to get inside the killer's head before it's too late.
AabiLynn's Dragon Rite #0 Dragon's Brood: Egg Hatchlings' Ritual- Prequel
Marsha Phillips
Childrens
In the first story... Useless... Unwanted... Unloved... When those closest to you see you only as a useless crippled child with no hope of a future, where do you find the strength to prove them wrong? No one believed in Cara-AabiLynn, not even her own father and the woman who raised her. Born with a stunted arm and leg, those who she loved the most saw her as worthless and withheld their love...In the first story...Useless... Unwanted... Unloved...When those closest to you see you only as a useless crippled child with no hope of a future, where do you find the strength to prove them wrong?No one believed in Cara-AabiLynn, not even her own father and the woman who raised her. Born with a stunted arm and leg, those who she loved the most saw her as worthless and withheld their love from her. Given to a cruel man to cover her father's gambling debt, Cara's life of uncertainty became one of certain hardship and despair.Based on the Dragon Rite short story series.In the first story, candidates assemble to participate in the Dragon Rite, a ceremony to bond with a dragon hatchling.Cara has a chance to break free of her harsh life and bond with one of the dragon hatchlings, only if fate will allow her.AabiLynn's Dragon Rite Series:#0 AabiLynn's Dragon Rite: Dragon's Brood - Egg Hatchlings' Ritual - Prequel Teaser#1 AabiLynn's Dragon Rite: Break Dawn Riders -Those Who Are Chosen And Those Who Are Cast Off#2 AabiLynn's Dragon Rite: Esspell, Dragon's Sorcery- Might Of Swords, Might Of Magic
Ritual Dreams
Hadena James
Mystery / Thriller / Fantasy
Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, let me hear you scream. Aislinn Cain and SCTU Team Alpha heads to Tallahassee, Florida to do battle with a serial killer unlike any they have ever faced before. The victims endure psychological as well as physical torture at the hands of this merciless murderer. The crimes are staged as hate crimes. However, Ace and Lucas agree that each death appears to be a form of punishment, creating doubts that hate is the true motive. Identifying and capturing this killer is the easiest part for Ace. Deciding if justice is being served is more difficult, as this killer doesn't fit into the black and white morality, she has constructed for herself.
Ritual Magic
Part #10 of "World of Lupi" series by Eileen Wilks
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance
In Eileen Wilks’s new Novel of the Lupi, FBI agent Lily Yu is about to confront a power even darker than magic... On her 57th birthday, Lily’s mother suddenly loses all memory beyond the age of twelve. Lily knows her mother was attacked by something more than magic. More . . . and darker. When Lily and Rule discover that others suffered the same, mysterious loss—at the same time on the same night—their investigation into the darkness begins. Joining them is someone Lily never thought she’d see again: Al Drummond, who once tried to destroy her. He also happens to be dead. But the mysterious attacks were caused by a power strong enough to affect matters beyond the world of the living. With some victims losing years of memory and others their lives, Lily must discover what on earth—or beyond—connects them.
Captivated: 3 (Mating Ritual)
Candro, Ria
Captivated Ria Candro Book 3 in the Mating Ritual series Two years after her home planet was decimated by the evil Malucons, Cindra believes she’s finally found happiness again. A surrogate family has taken her in, and she’s now engaged to their son. Life is good…if a bit boring. But then four breathtaking Spygians appear in her new world. When they claim her as their mate, a lifetime with her staid fiancée—who’s disinterested in sex—no longer seems quite so appealing. Bannor, Devan, Stefon and Tempos are utterly shocked to learn their destined mate is already betrothed to someone else. They are determined to win her heart—by seducing her body in every way and position, individually and together. After all, she feels the lusty call of their bond as strongly as they do. For Cindra, choosing the Spygians means a lifetime of danger and uncertainty, for they are practically at war with the Malucons. But the delicious temptation of four hot-blooded Spygians could prove too much to resist. A Romantica® futuristic ménage erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave
The Boy in the River: A Shocking True Story of Ritual Murder and Sacrifice in the Heart of London
Richard Hoskins
On 21st September 2001 the mutilated torso of a small child was found floating beside London’s Tower Bridge, one tide away from being swept into the North Sea. Unable to identify the victim, the Murder Squad turned to Richard Hoskins, a young professor of theology with a profound understanding of African tribal religion, whose own past was scarred by a heartbreaking tragedy. Thus began a journey into the tangled undergrowth of one of the most notorious murder cases of recent years; a journey which would reveal not only the identity of the boy they called Adam but the horrific truth that a succession of innocent children have been ritually sacrificed in our capital city. Insightful and grippingly written, The Boy in the River is an inside account of a series of extraordinary criminal investigations and a compelling personal quest into the dark heart of humanity.
Ritual jc-3
Part #3 of "Jack Caffery" series by Mo Hayder
Mystery & Thrillers
Just after lunch on a Tuesday in April, nine feet under water, police diver Flea Marley closes her gloved fingers around a human hand. The fact that there's no body attached is disturbing enough. Yet more disturbing is the discovery, a day later, of the matching hand. Both have been recently amputated, and the indications are that the victim was still alive when they were removed. DI Jack Caffery has been newly seconded to the Major Crime Investigation Unit in Bristol. He and Flea soon establish that the hands belong to a boy who has recently disappeared. Their search for him — and for his abductor — lead them into the darkest recesses of Bristol's underworld, where drug addiction is rife, where street-kids sell themselves for a hit, and where an ancient evil lurks; an evil that feeds off the blood — and flesh — of others …
World of Lupi 10 - Ritual Magic
Part #10 of "World of Lupi" series by Eileen Wilks
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance
Ritual Murder
S. T. Haymon
A blasphemous inscription spray-pointed on its ancient, hallowed walls was the first sign that something was amiss at Angleby Cathedral. Then came the body in Little St. Ulf's tomb: a murdered and mutilated choirboy, his wounds forming the Star of David, in grotesque parody of Little St. Ulf's himself, a child murdered 840 years before. Already the malignant strains of anti-Semitism are stirring in the tiny town of Angleby. "Ritual murder!" trumpets the rabble, into the media maw. Pressed by explosive circumstance, Detective Inspector Ben Jurnet first looks to the victim for answers: a quiet boy with a paper route and secrets to burn. Even the cathedral's august Dean seems more concerned with the holy sanctuary than with the devil's work below. And the choirmaster himself does not believe in the reality of evil. But within these sacred precincts, evil has indeed found purchase. And Jurnet must act quickly—before murder stains the cathedral again . . . Winner...
Ritual Magic wotl-10
Part #10 of "World of the Lupi" series by Eileen Wilks
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance
In Eileen Wilks’s new Novel of the Lupi, FBI agent Lily Yu is about to confront a power even darker than magic… On her 57th birthday, Lily’s mother suddenly loses all memory beyond the age of twelve. Lily knows her mother was attacked by something more than magic. More . . . and darker. When Lily and Rule discover that others suffered the same, mysterious loss—at the same time on the same night—their investigation into the darkness begins. Joining them is someone Lily never thought she’d see again: Al Drummond, who once tried to destroy her. He also happens to be dead. But the mysterious attacks were caused by a power strong enough to affect matters beyond the world of the living. With some victims losing years of memory and others their lives, Lily must discover what on earth—or beyond—connects them.
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
Arthur Conan Doyle
Fiction / Crime / Thriller
fiction; prose, Young Readers
Ritual Magic
Selena D. Hunter
Book 2 of the Magical Tendencies Series to be released in October 2013 Celeste Ravenwood has a problem...well, several actually. She's a queen on the run. Her life is in constant peril and danger because she, of all people, will soon conceive a child of legend...a prodigy...a rare individual that will impact the future. This was not what she had signed up for!
Ritual Chill
James Axler
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Comics / Thriller
BLOOD SUNSETTime, and the fallout of a nuclear holocaust, have ravaged 21st century America, but one fundamental impulse of human nature remains: the will to survive. And only the strongest do survive. Men like Ryan Cawdor, whose inner strength and stubborn resolve continue to defy the worst that Deathlands offers. With grim determination, he and his warrior group continue to face the stark and brutal choices of this new world that are often not choices at all, but imperatives. Act first, ask questions later.STRANGE QUARRYA cold sense of déjà vu becomes reality as the group emerges from a gateway they'd survived before--a grim graveyard of lost friends and nightmares. The consuming need to escape the dangerous melancholy of the place forces Ryan and company onto the frozen tundra, where an even greater menace awaits. The forbidding land harbors a dying tribe--cursed members of the ancient Inuit, who seize the...
Ritual Space
Part #4 of "An Obscure Magic" series by Viola Grace
Paranormal / Science Fiction / Ebooks
She never wanted to inherit, but being trapped in an altered body on a magical property has its perks. The 24-hour guard.
In a flash of agony, Adrea knew her Aunt Neadra was dead. Waking in hospital was strange enough, but having her colouring changed to that of her dead relative was a little hard to take.
Adrea called the authorities to let them know her aunt had been murdered and made the three-hour trip to get to her aunt’s home.
Shockingly, things get out of control from there. She is arrested, questioned and released back to Ritual Space, where she has to seal the breach in the wards with her own blood.
Officer Hyl Luning is assigned to watch her, but he had better be quick, because she has an agenda that even she isn’t sure of.
![[William Falconer 06] - Falconer and the Ritual of Death](https://picture.bookfrom.net/img/ian-morson/william_falconer_06_-_falconer_and_the_ritual_of_death.jpg "[William Falconer 06] - Falconer and the Ritual of Death")
[William Falconer 06] - Falconer and the Ritual of Death
Part #6 of "Master William Falconer Mystery" series by Ian Morson
A William Falconer Mystery - Oxford University, 1271. As old buildings are pulled down to make way for a new purpose-built college, a body is revealed. Regent Master William Falconer deduces that the skeleton is twenty years old. He must try to recall any significant events, when England was involved in an earlier Crusade, which could provide a solution. As the heavens open, and Oxford is threatened with flooding, Falconer is drawn into violent events where the past and the present collide with startling consequences . . .
Hara-Kiri: Japanese Ritual Suicide
Jack Seward
Hari-Kiri is a definitive text on Japanese ritual suicide, also known as suppuku. To the average westerner, the word hara-kiri conjures up an image of excruciating, self-inflicted pain; of a deep, fatal incision. To the Japanese, this kind of suicide embodies the best qualities of courage, honor, and discipline. Through extensive research, author Jack Seward brings to the English-speaking public a dissertation on the subject that is thoroughly enlightening. Fluent in speaking, reading, and writing Japanese, he was able to glean information from ancient documents—many of them scrolls in the Japanese archives—that few foreigners have seen. The earliest writings on hara-kiri (known more formally as seppuku) are thus revealed, as are the intricate rituals surrounding the ceremony. "The major purpose of this book," says the author, "is to clarify the historical and sociological significance of a unique method of self-destruction." In fulfilling this purpose, author Seward has come up with a definitive work that is sure to arouse interest both as a scholarly effort and as simple, fascinating reading. **
Warlock Holmes--My Grave Ritual
G. S. Denning
"If you ever wondered how much better Sherlock would be if people could hurl hellfire at each other, well this one is for you." Starburst Magazine on A Study in BrimstoneWarlock Holmes and Dr John Watson find themselves inconvenienced by a variety of eldritch beings, and the fact that one of them has goat legs. Christmas brings a goose that doesn't let being cooked slow him down, then they meet an electricity demon, discover why being a redhead is even tricker than one might imagine, and Holmes attempts an Irish accent. And naturally Moriarty is hanging around in some form or other.
The Osiris Ritual
George Mann
Death stalks London and the newspapers proclaim that a mummy's curse has been unleashed. Sir Maurice Newbury, Gentleman Investigator for the Crown, is drawn into a web of occult intrigue as he attempts to solve the murders. And he soon finds himself on the trail of a rogue agent - a man who died to be reborn as a living weapon. Newbury's able assistant, Miss Veronica Hobbes, has her own mystery to unravel. Girls are going missing from a magician's theatre show. But what appears to be a straightforward investigation puts Miss Hobbes in mortal danger. Can Newbury save his assistant, solve the riddle of the mummy's curse, capture the deadly man-machine - and stop the terrifying Osiris Ritual from reaching its infernal culmination?
Faye Kellerman_Decker & Lazarus 01
The Ritual Bath
Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD is stunned when he gets the report. Someone has shattered the sanctuary of a remote yeshiva community in the California hills with an unimaginable crime. One of the women was brutally raped as she returned from the mikvah, the bathhouse where the cleansing ritual is performed. The crime was called in by Rina Lazarus, and Decker is relieved to discover that she is a calm and intelligent witness. She is also the only one in the sheltered community willing to speak of this unspeakable violation. As Rina tries to steer Decker through the maze of religious laws, the two grow closer. But before they get to the bottom of this horrendous crime, revelations come to light that are so shocking, they threaten to come between the hard-nosed cop and the deeply religious woman with whom he has become irrevocably linked. From Publishers WeeklyLike the series it inspired, Kellerman's award-winning 1986 debut novel combines police procedure, via hard-boiled LAPD detective Peter Decker, with Judaic rites and rituals courtesy of its heroine Rina Lazarus, an ultra-Orthodox widowed mother of two. Decker and Lazarus are brought together by the brutal rape of a young bride-to-be at the mikvah (a bathhouse used in the purification ritual) that Rina manages in the Hollywood hills. Mitchell Greenberg nicely vocalizes the story from Decker's point of view, with the detective struggling to stick to his sleuthing in spite of his developing feelings for Rina. The novel continually rings true, from explaining various Orthodox beliefs and customs to Decker and his crew's no-nonsense unmasking of the villain. Greenberg moves in and out of the novel's elements smoothly and efficiently. He paces the police work with just the right sense of urgency and frustration; handles the romantic sequences with the proper emotion and without a hint of sentimentality; and breezes through the many Jewish-centric passages with the confidence and clarity of a yeshiva graduate. An Avon paperback. (Jan.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review"A Master of Mystery" -- Cleveland Plain Dealer"Engaging" -- -- Los Angeles Times Book Review"Exceptionally fine suspense." -- -- San Diego Union-Tribune "Phenomenal!" -- -- Murder Inc.
Ritual
Charles Dreme
Kasey Munroe is a thirty-something popstar who's flown to Africa to reinvent her image in an exotic photoshoot. While taking a walk in the jungle she bumps into a native known as Udu. Neither speak the other's language, but a connection is made and sexual tension almost overwhelms Kasey. Commonsense reasserting itself Kasey flees, but she becomes obsessed with the encounter. The next night Kasey is spirited away to Udu's village by one of his warriors, a man she labels Topknot, and while Udu's subjects watch she gives herself to Udu in a ceremony she does not understand. Afterwards Topknot returns her to the chalet where she's staying, but the encounter commences a nightly ritual upon which, unknown to Kasey, the whole power structure of Udu's tribe hinges.
Blood Ritual
Sarah Rayne
The descendants of Elizabeth Bathory, a bloodthirsty Hungarian countess who terrorized the Carpathian countryside in the 16th century, are determined that her line shall not die. Fearing her heredity, Catherine, a paternal descendant, has escaped to a convent. Here she meets journalist Michael Devlin who is haunted by the last thing he saw before losing his sight.
Deathlands 071: Ritual Chill
James Axler
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Comics / Thriller
Altered States - Book 1BLOOD SUNSETTime, and the fallout of a nuclear holocaust, have ravaged 21st century America, but one fundamental impulse of human nature remains: the will to survive. And only the strongest do survive. Men like Ryan Cawdor, whose inner strength and stubborn resolve continue to defy the worst that Deathlands offers. With grim determination, he and his warrior group continue to face the stark and brutal choices of this new world that are often not choices at all, but imperatives. Act first, ask questions later.STRANGE QUARRYA cold sense of dèjá vu becomes reality as the group emerges from a gateway they'd survived before -- a grim graveyard of lost friends and nightmares. The consuming need to escape the dangerous melancholy of the place forces Ryan and company onto the frozen tundra, where an even greater menace awaits. The forbidding land harbors a dying tribe -- cursed members of the ancient Inuit, who seize the arrival of Ryan and his band as their last hope to appease angry gods... by offering them up as human sacrifice.In the Deathlands, the price for survival is the constant fear of death.
Ritual in the Dark
Colin Wilson
Literature & Fiction / Nonfiction / Philosophy
Gerard Sorme is a lonely young Londoner at work on his first novel, in which he intends to express his belief in the meaninglessness of life. He finds his life changing in new and unexpected ways when he begins an intimate friendship with Austin Nunne, a wealthy and charming gay man with violent sexual desires, and meets Nunne's circle of friends: Gertrude, his well-meaning but naive Jehovah's Witness aunt, the ugly but kindly Father Carruthers, and a strange and fanatical artist named Oliver Glasp. Meanwhile, though, someone else is busy exposing life's meaninglessness in a different way: a serial killer is brutally murdering women in Whitechapel in a manner reminiscent of the Jack the Ripper slayings. The police suspect a crazed sex maniac, but Gerard has his own theory of the killer's motives. As the killings continue and the investigation proceeds, Gerard suddenly finds himself haunted by a terrible suspicion: could his new friend Austin Nunne have anything to do with the...
Ritual of the Red Chair
Portia Da Costa
It's a beautiful chair. All gleaming and evocative and wicked looking; an
object of desire, more than just a piece of furniture. I shouldn't have bought it. Yet
when I saw the chair, I saw Simon in it. I could just imagine him lounging against the
leather, enthroned like a sex god and ready to dispense retribution, just like one of
those vintage disciplinary gentlemen in the Blue Book…. Simon and Suzanne have been
exploring their wicked fantasies of dominance and discipline after finding a book of
vintage BDSM photos. When they see a red chair at an antique shop that would make a
perfect prop for their sexy scenarios, Suzanne can't resist splurging on it - giving
Simon another reason to punish her. But his punishment is just the beginning of the
erotic rituals featuring the Red Chair… Book two of Portia Da Costa's 3 Colors Sexy
series. Discover how their story began in Discipline of the Blue Book and continues in
Ecstasy in the White Room.
Ritual Gangbang (a virgin secret society group sex paranormal erotica)
Rose Black
Ambitious but innocent Jessica Landry is desperate to move on from being just an intern. She wants a taste of real success!
When her sexy and wildly successful boss learns that she's a virgin, he offers her a way to make all of her dreams come true... But the price is steeper than she ever imagined.
Does Jessica have it in her to exchange her virginity to advance her career in a secret society's gangbang ritual?
WARNING! This 6400 word erotic story contains: one virgin, a coven of powerful men and women, sex rituals, public masturbation, bondage, restraints, a virgin chained to an X frame, deflowering, rough sex, oral sex, a demonic force, and nine explosive orgasms that will leave you quivering and begging for more...
AN EXCERPT:
"My brothers and sisters," He began, his deep voice filling the grand parlor. "I present to you, our fair maiden. Tonight, we offer her, body and soul, to the Ancient One. Her purity will be exchanged for our continued wealth, success, power."
I looked at the black robed figures from under the hood of my heavy cloak. Their faces were obscured by their own dark hoods, but I could tell that all of their gazes were fixed on the platform, fixed on me.
"We will violate this virgin, taking nine orgasms from her for the Ancient One. And in return, we will be blessed with ninety days of the Ancient One’s glorious gifts." The leader continued, his hand tightening around my wrist.
The fear began to creep over me again. A voice my head was screaming that this was wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
But I ignored it. I was doing this. There was absolutely no turning back.
"Brothers. Sisters. Let us begin." He said. "Ancient One, we do this in your name."
"In your name!" The hooded figures replied, their collective voices strong, bouncing off of the stone walls. The flames of the candles flickered, casting golden shadows.
The leader moved, stood in front of me. His hands went to the ties at my neck and unfastened them. With a flourish, he pulled the robe from me. I gasped as the robe fell to the floor and the chill of the room washed over my naked body...
This is the Ritual
Rob Doyle
Jean-Paul Finnegan stands on board the Ulysses ferry heading home to Ireland. 'Not one person in Ireland has even read Joyce!' he rants, terrifying the passengers around him. A young man in a dark depression roams the vast, formless landscape of a Dublin industrial park where he meets a strange vagrant in the grip of a dangerous ideology. A woman fleeing the break-up of a long-term relationship finds herself taking part in an unusual sleep experiment. A man obsessed with Nietzsche clings desperately to his girlfriend's red shoes. Among these masterful stories lurk characters that straddle the boundary between fiction and non-fiction. What did happen to Killian Turner, Ireland's vanished literary outlaw? Or the Glaswegian novelist Malcolm Donnelly? And just who is Rob Doyle? Exploring notions of masculinity, failed idealism, sex and the writing life – and moving from Paris to Barcelona, Dublin and London – these inventive, funny, often explicit...
The Ritual
Adam Nevill
Horror / Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction
When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their lives and reconnect with one another. But when Luke, the only man still single and living a precarious existence, finds he has little left in common with his well-heeled friends, tensions rise. With limited experience between them, a shortcut meant to ease their hike turns into a nightmare scenario that could cost them their lives. Lost, hungry, and surrounded by forest untouched for millennia, Luke figures things couldn’t possibly get any worse. But then they stumble across an old habitation. Ancient artefacts decorate the walls and there are bones scattered upon the dry floors. The residue of old rites and pagan sacrifice for something that still exists in the forest. Something responsible for the bestial presence that follows their every step. As the four friends stagger in the direction of salvation, they learn that death doesn’t come easy among these ancient trees . . . Review"A mind-twisting journey into the dark backwoods of terror. Deeply disturbing and absolutely riveting." -Jonathan Maberry"A book which preys on our most basic, instinctive fears, then amplifies them ten-fold. A desperate, intense descent into the depths of somewhere unimaginably ancient and unspeakably evil." -David MoodyPublishers Weekly – Starred Review:“And on the second day things did not get better.” This suitably foreboding opening sentence sets the stage for a dark and mesmerizing horror debut that riffs on Algernon Blackwood’s classic story “The Wendigo.” Hutch, Luke, Dom, and Phil set off on a camping trip in the forests of Sweden, only to find the woods hostile to their explorations. Tensions arise when it becomes clear that two of the party aren’t physically up to the challenges of navigating the rough terrain, and fears set in with the discovery of an eviscerated “thing” hanging higher up in a tree then any animal would place it. Nevill makes the natural world deeply menacing, using the power of suggestion rather than explicit images to create a growing claustrophobic feeling as the difficult journey to return to some semblance of civilization embeds the quartet only further in the grasp of primal evil. "A spine-tingling tale of one man’s survival in a truly horrific realm." - Suspense MagazineAbout the AuthorAdam L. G. Nevill was born in Birmingham, England, in 1969 and grew up in England and New Zealand. The Ritual is his first novel to be published in the U.S.
Forbidden Ritual
Saskia Walker
High-powered executive Imogen prides herself on being an independent woman who doesn't need a man. She only yields when she's with Giles, a younger colleague who shares her taste for domination and submission. He revels in watching her lose control, while she enjoys his powerful nature and an edge of pain to heighten her pleasure. Imogen is satisfied with their secret arrangement until Giles asks her try shibari, a form of rope bondage--the ultimate ritual in submission and display of trust. His request pushes Imogen beyond her comfort zone, forcing her to explore her boundaries and her relationship with Giles. He's already her master in the bedroom, when she allows it. But can she let herself take their bond to the next level?
The Mating Ritual
Tory Richards
Toni, a woman on the run for her life, finds safety with the descendants of a legendary creature living deep in the mountains. An ancient mating ritual with their leader, Cormac, protects her from being claimed and mated by the other males. She gradually falls for him, but can she give up her old way of life to stay with him in the mountains?
