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Deep End

By: Ali Hazelwood
Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer, Ben Holtzmuller
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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...

©2025 Ali Hazelwood (P)2025 Penguin Audio Contemporary Editors Select Sports Women's Voices Swimming Heartfelt

Critic reviews

"The reigning queen of STEM romance."—The Washington Post

“Ali Hazelwood deserves a gold medal for writing the hottest book of the year.”—New York Times bestselling author Lauren Asher

“Ali Hazelwood is a romance powerhouse.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Hannah Grace

Editorial Review

I dove headfirst into this listen
After that headline I will try to keep my water puns to a minimum, but let me just say that someone may need to douse you with ice water after listening to Ali Hazelwood’s latest. Deep End has all the brainy chemistry (physical and otherwise) I’ve come to love and expect from Hazelwood’s novels ... with a healthy dose of BDSM tossed in. Stanford diving star Scarlett Vandermeer has been laser-focused on coming back from a season-ending injury and getting herself into med school. Romance, relationships, even friendships don’t really factor into that equation. Swim captain and world champion Lukas Blomqvist is similarly focused, until a secret thrusts Lukas and Scarlett together, and their mutual attraction bubbles to the surface (sorry, last one). Performed by Thérèse Plummer with Ben Holtzmuller, Deep End is filled with STEMinist energy, a few Easter eggs for longtime fans, and enough steam to quench your thirst[traps] this Valentine’s season. —Katie O., Audible Editor

Engaging Romance • Excellent Character Development • Compelling Sports Backdrop • Authentic Consent Portrayal
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Really enjoyed this book. Writing was great and story very entertaining. I have listened to many audiobooks
and know how much the narration can impact  how enjoyable the experience can be for the listener. So much so, I actually seek out certain narrators as I am sure many audiobook listeners do. In this case, I thought that the Swedish male accent was distracting. All other narration was phenomenal! Wish that the author would have taken a different direction with this character's voice. 

Clever writing and story; male Swedish accent distracting 

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Overall I really enjoyed this book. Healthy communication between the main characters in and out of the bedroom (or pool), healthy communication between friends. I love how smart both characters were, and how they bonded on many levels.

Great narration

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Finished it and then immediately started it over. One of my all time favorite audio books. Introduction to Ali Hazelwood, safe to say I’m a fan. Also the male narrator was 1000/10. Did all of the good things to my brain so thank you for that sir 😍🔥❤️

The male narrator, the tension

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Main character is infuriating at times, but as always the guy carries the story. Great narrators

This book could have been 1/3rd shorter

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Loved it. Great narration and the details are *chefs kiss*. Worth the credit for sure.

If you like peak 2000s rom coms this is for you.

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Some times the Swedish accent would take me out of the story. The narrator did a great job but it’s hard to constantly make dirty talk sound sexy in that type of accent.

Enjoyed!

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This book had me laughing so many times. The writing is wonderful. Hope to see more like this from this Author.

love it

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Freaking loved every second of this book!!! The narrative was incredible!! The story! The smut! The character development is chefs kiss!!

OMG!!

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The performance was spot on. I love that Ali’s books’ male readers aren’t silly. There’s a realism to their performance that is missing from audiobooks by other authors. Thérèse is consistently top notch. Ali, as always, is witty, intelligent, inclusive, good at developing main and auxiliary characters with depth, and allows readers a glimpse into the world of dedicated people who put in the work for the success they seek. I hope there’s always a next book in the wings.

Thank you for this book!

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This is my favorite book hands down by Ali Hazelwood. Definitely her spiciest book she has written as well. The story was beautifully written, I loved that both the main characters were athletes and pre-med students. Best friends ex- boyfriend is the premise of the story but not in a “other woman” kind of way. The best friend encourages the two of them to sleep together based on there kinks lol. Very spicy, great story, amazing banter. 5 stars 4 chilly peppers in spice.

Best Work by Ali Hazelwood

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