Deep End
Ali Hazelwood
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Explicit open door [?]
· 665 ratings · 464 pages · Published: 04 Feb 2025
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 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...
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- sports 103
- college 97
- m-f romance 95
- athlete hero 93
- praise kink 88
- contemporary 86
- athlete heroine 83
- secret relationship 75
- bdsm 74
- anal sex 68
- spanking 68
- friends with benefits 61
- new adult 59
- competent heroine 56
- sweet/gentle hero 53
- caretaking 52
- independent heroine 45
- other man/woman 44
- hurt/comfort 40
- tortured heroine 37
- nerdy hero 35
- sweet/gentle heroine 34
- alpha male 34
- funny 31
- masc-dom 31
- height difference 29
- love triangle 18
- possessive hero 18
- angst 17
- shy heroine 17
- tortured hero 9
- grumpy/cold hero 6
- bondage 4
- grumpy & sunshine 3
- found family 3
- fetish 2
- shy hero 2
- forbidden love 1
- insta-love 1
- childfree 1
- multicultural 1
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- content warnings
- past abuse 52
- past child abuse 45
- death / grief 35
- mental trauma 34
- mental illness 33
- geography
- california 52
- usa 51
- sweden 42
- north america 28
- netherlands 20
- europe 18
- missouri 13
- scandinavia 10
- Format
- Audiobook
- first person pov 63
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