"Learn more about the highly competitive world of collegiate swimming than you ever wanted in Hazelwood's book, which also happens to throw readers in the deep end of power-imbalance relationships. Here, a brilliant scholar-athlete is struggling with PTSD and the so-called twisties after a failed dive caused her a serious injury. Her fellow Stanford swimming teammate is a Swedish Olympic athlete and her match in and out of the pool. He also happens to be her best friend's long-time boyfriend. Clutch your pearls and jump in."
"True romance fans know that Guillory's books are mandatory reading material for their perfect balance of compelling characters, zippy storylines, and R-rated romance. While she has written many, many books, this is the New York Times bestselling author's first queer romance (two cis women, fwiw). It starts where all great romcoms do: When one character offers to give another flirting lessons. Needless to say, they are very successful."
Romance novels offer escapism through meet-cutes, enemies-to-lovers dynamics, fresh crushes, and spicy intimate moments. The romance field is competitive and booming, with established writers releasing a range of books. Readers are encouraged to support local romance bookstores such as Grand Gesture. Notable releases include Deep End by Ali Hazelwood, centering on collegiate swimming and a scholar-athlete coping with PTSD and twisties who becomes involved with a Swedish Olympic teammate who is also her best friend's long-time boyfriend. Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory is the author's first queer romance about flirtation lessons. Sweet Heat continues Kiki Banjo's story in a sequel.
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