Synopsis
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…
Review
4,5 stars
Ali succeeded in making me read extremely hot sex scenes and enjoying them! A feat as these last years I am more skimming than reading sex scenes LOL
Deep End uses a proven recipe and has Ali signature all over:
1)He fell first
Lucas Blomqvist is the strong, calm and silent time but he did fall first for Scarlett, even if it will take some time to have him confess.
2)An extremely smart heroine who loves science.
Even if it’s a sportsromance as Lucas is a gold medal Olympian swimmer and Scarlett is a very good diver, both are preparing for pre-med at Stanford! They will even collaborate on a project of …Olive Smith!
I loved the cameo as Adam is Scarlett’s teacher and both Lucas and Scarlett will work for Olive.
3)A clueless heroine
Clueless about Lukas feeling at least!
4)An unexpected betrayal.. that I won’t elaborate.
What you have that is different here is the very very hot sex scenes and that Ali dabs in BDSM territory with great success!
It’s easy to read, very entertaining with great characters, lovely side characters too and self-growth. A good spicy romance that I totally recommend to Ali’s fans.
Thanks for reading.
Sophie
I like that Hazelwood keeps expanding her universe and allowing us to keep tabs on past characters.
Me too Sam!
I keep seeing this one around and it definitely sounds like something I would like! I’m a sucker for romances where the male love interest falls first. Bonus the female MC is smart!
Then that book is made for you!
I bought this book recently and I think I will read it after I finish Onyx Storm. I heard so many people that love it!
You will have to tell us how it went Stephanie!
I still need to try her books, maybe this would be a good place to start
All her books are very bingeable Tammy.