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Deep End

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!

This special first edition will have striking cover effects, beautiful interior cover art, and stenciled edges!

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...

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464 pages

Average rating: 7.67

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xoashdurham
Mar 10, 2025
6/10 stars
“Meh.” The spice wasn’t really there as much as I expected and the plot line was a little convoluted. Quick fun read but nothing I would re-read.
gill.jess
Mar 10, 2025
8/10 stars
4.25 ⭐️ So although this took me a while to get into, I did enjoy it. Not as much as I liked Bride, but I don't know that that can ever be topped for me. I felt like Pen was super likeable until she wasn't, then I guess slightly redeemed herself. Even with the apology she's still not my favorite. I loved Lukas and Scarlett. Their mutual liking of the kinky things was intriguing, but then I didn't feel like anything crazy happened with them. 🤷‍♀️ I really liked how insistent Pen was that Lukas was a certain way, but Scarlett consistently peeled back new layers of him without even trying. He was obsessed with her and I loved every second of it. Overall this was a good book and I don't think it deserves the hate it's been getting. After this and Bride, I definitely want to read more of Ali's books.
Larry Burns
Mar 08, 2025
7/10 stars
Lots of sex!
Hasti book lover
Mar 03, 2025
1/10 star
I couldn’t even finish it! Absolute garbage I swear to god! Forget about story line … the writing is literally trash
carrmel21
Feb 26, 2025
10/10 stars
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Still Blushing – Deep End by @alihazelwood

Vandy & Lucas? Absolute perfection. The tension? Sizzling. The chemistry? Off the charts. I swear I’m still blushing.

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