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The Sacrifice

L.O.R.D.S., Book 3

Shantel Tessier

Laikyn Minson has always known her parents would trade her into the Lords' world through marriage. On her wedding day, Tyson Crawford replaces the groom — the ruthless man her family blames for her sister's death, determined to use Laikyn as payment in a revenge plan her parents never saw coming.

Frequent and graphic throughout, escalating alongside the power imbalance.

Heat level

Unhinged5 of 5

Clocked.

if you read "he only wanted her for revenge" and thought, and?

Spice type

DarkPower exchangeBDSMDubcon

Relationship structure

MF

Tropes

Secret societyArranged relationshipForced marriageRevenge plotMorally grey MMC

Pacing

Fast escalationPlot-forward

Content notes

On-page violenceCoercionGrief / lossPsychological manipulation

Reader fit

This book is great for

Same Barrington world as The Ritual, further in. Tyson gave up his title to run things his own way, and the marriage is the opening move, not the ending.

  • already read The Ritual and wants more of the Lords' machinery
  • likes a wedding that functions as a hostile takeover
  • wants revenge and desire pointed at the same person
  • needs the secret society to have real consequences, not just aesthetics

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