Deep End
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4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
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Publisher Description
A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the 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...
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Having established her bona fides as a supremely talented romance writer, Ali Hazelwood is raising the bar with this deliciously steamy novel. Stanford diver Scarlett “Vandy” Vandermeer is recovering from an injury and trying to reclaim her Olympic hopes. Contrastingly, for swimmer Lukas Blomqvist, Olympic goals are more like certainties. But he dreams of a different kind of dominance—one that Scarlett might be excited to submit to. Hazelwood layers complications on this couple from the jump, including Lukas’ status as the barely-ex-boyfriend of Scarlett’s teammate and best friend, Pen. The heat index is high for this witty college romance, and we loved every minute of it. Take a dive into Deep End’s waters for an angsty, funny, and spicy read that delivers an all-around good time.
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.
Customer Reviews
It was good
Honestly, this isn't my favorite Ali Hazelwood book. I preferred her other works. I've lost count of how many times I dozed off while reading it. Still, the story is good, it's just missing something.
More of this!
I loved this book. Character development plus lots of spicy scenes is what I’m looking for. Very well written. I read it in a day.
To this who say the sex scenes are unrealistic because she has so many orgasms-I have news for you. They’re not.
And finally, yes the character’s flaws can get annoying but I appreciate feeling seen. Some of us feel this way.
More like this Ali!
Everyone deserves a Swede
Loved this book and the evolving relationship between the two. Everyone deserves a Lukas at least once in a lifetime if not forever!