Deep End
From the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis
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3.6 • 11 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.
Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A junior at Stanford and a student athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She has no time for relationships - at least, that's what she tells herself.
Swim captain, world champion, all-around aquatics golden boy Lukas Blomqvist thrives on discipline. It's how he wins gold medals and breaks records: complete focus with every stroke. On the surface, Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common. Until a well-guarded secret slips out, and everything changes.
So they start an arrangement. And as the pressure leading to the Olympics heats up, so does their relationship. It was supposed to be just a temporary, mutually satisfying fling. But when staying away from Lukas becomes impossible, Scarlett realizes that her heart might be treading into dangerous water...
*Ali Hazelwood's Not in Love was a Sunday Times bestseller w/e 15 June 2024.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
At first sight, Lukas—Stanford University swim captain, world champion and all-round golden boy—has nothing in common with Scarlett, a studious diver. But when Scarlett discovers they’re both into BDSM, this witty romcom brings the unlikely couple together for a no-commitment kinky arrangement. As they help one another heal from past experiences, will their relationship become more serious? We found ourselves rooting for the pair, whose backgrounds and emotional perspectives are built up so skilfully that we felt like we knew them. We also loved the novel’s deft interweaving of serious subjects—including consent, emotional abuse and difficult familial relationships—with sizzling sex scenes and sweetly romantic moments. Whether you’re a long-term fan of Ali Hazelwood’s bestselling novels or haven’t read any yet, this is a great place to start if you’re looking for a spicy love story.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Hazelwood (The Love Hypothesis) spins a kinky, character-driven new adult romance. After star diver Scarlett Vandermeer, a junior at Stanford, is seriously injured during a competition, she fights to recover the fearless spirit that made her an athletic standout. Her best friend, Pen, has recently broken up with Swedish senior Lukas "Luk" Blomqvist, an Olympic swimming champion, and drunkenly confides to Scarlett that they were sexually incompatible due to Luk's interest in BDSM. With Pen's blessing, Scarlett, who is similarly inclined, meets up with Luk to negotiate a no-commitment, dom/sub relationship. The kink is relatively mild, consisting mostly of power exchange, and the pair quickly break their no-strings rule. As they help each other heal the broken bits of themselves, both work to balance their relationship, their athletic ambitions, and their demanding premed majors—until an important competition throws off everyone's equilibrium. The chemistry between Scarlett and Lukas is volcanic thanks to Hazelwood's crisp prose and molten-hot sex scenes. The author's fans will eat this up.
