Deep End
Ali Hazelwood
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Explicit open door [?]
· 822 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 120
- college 112
- m-f romance 110
- athlete hero 108
- praise kink 100
- contemporary 99
- athlete heroine 97
- secret relationship 89
- bdsm 85
- anal sex 82
- spanking 79
- friends with benefits 73
- new adult 71
- sweet/gentle hero 65
- competent heroine 63
- caretaking 62
- independent heroine 51
- hurt/comfort 48
- other man/woman 45
- tortured heroine 44
- sweet/gentle heroine 44
- masc-dom 42
- nerdy hero 39
- alpha male 38
- funny 37
- height difference 34
- shy heroine 24
- love triangle 22
- angst 22
- possessive hero 21
- tortured hero 13
- fetish 12
- grumpy/cold hero 8
- found family 6
- grumpy & sunshine 5
- multicultural 5
- bondage 4
- forbidden love 2
- slow burn 2
- shy hero 2
- insta-love 1
- friends to lovers 1
- betrayal 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- past abuse 60
- past child abuse 53
- death / grief 40
- mental trauma 40
- mental illness 37
- geography
- california 60
- usa 57
- sweden 45
- north america 32
- netherlands 22
- europe 21
- missouri 15
- scandinavia 13
- tennessee 2
- Format
- audiobook
- first person pov 71
- standalone 3
- interconnected standalone 1
