Deep End
Ali Hazelwood
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Explicit open door [?]
· 491 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 83
- college 78
- athlete hero 75
- m-f romance 74
- contemporary 73
- praise kink 73
- athlete heroine 68
- secret relationship 63
- bdsm 60
- anal sex 60
- spanking 58
- new adult 53
- friends with benefits 49
- competent heroine 45
- sweet/gentle hero 44
- other man/woman 42
- caretaking 41
- independent heroine 38
- hurt/comfort 35
- tortured heroine 34
- alpha male 30
- nerdy hero 27
- sweet/gentle heroine 26
- funny 26
- masc-dom 21
- height difference 20
- love triangle 16
- angst 14
- shy heroine 14
- tortured hero 9
- possessive hero 9
- grumpy/cold hero 3
- shy hero 3
- grumpy & sunshine 2
- multicultural 2
- bondage 2
- forbidden love 1
- insta-love 1
- breeding 1
- consensual non-consent 1
- found family 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- past abuse 44
- past child abuse 40
- mental illness 28
- death / grief 27
- mental trauma 25
- geography
- california 44
- usa 40
- sweden 35
- north america 22
- netherlands 16
- europe 14
- missouri 10
- scandinavia 6
- Format
- Audiobook
- first person pov 57
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