Deep End
Ali Hazelwood
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Explicit open door [?]
· 54 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 25
- contemporary 22
- college 22
- m-f romance 21
- athlete hero 21
- first person pov 20
- athlete heroine 19
- praise kink 19
- anal sex 18
- new adult 17
- spanking 17
- bdsm 16
- secret relationship 16
- other man/woman 13
- competent heroine 11
- independent heroine 9
- caretaking 9
- tortured heroine 8
- sweet/gentle hero 8
- alpha male 8
- friends with benefits 8
- hurt/comfort 8
- nerdy hero 7
- sweet/gentle heroine 5
- funny 5
- tortured hero 2
- love triangle 2
- forbidden love 1
- insta-love 1
- neurodivergent mc 1
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- california 15
- usa 13
- sweden 11
- north america 6
- missouri 2
- netherlands 1
- europe 1
- content warnings
- past abuse 14
- past child abuse 10
- death / grief 8
- mental illness 7
- mental trauma 1