In the fifth book of the Alpha
Ops series, Anne Calhoun follows around
Cady Ward aka Maud, a well-known singer as she returns to
her hometown.
She's going to need some extra security so she hires a cop
named Conn
McCormick to make sure she's safe.
I was a little surprised that Calhoun decided to take the
rockstar trope. It's
not something I thought she would do but it is something
different for her
readers. While I liked Conn, I wasn't completely sold on
Cady's character
just because I found some part of the book to be
unbelievable. If she really
was as big and famous as she claims to be, wouldn't she
already have
bodyguards to protect her? Why does she suddenly need Conn?
I think the
reasoning was a little weak but it did bring the hero and
heroine together.
I'm glad Calhoun wrote this as a full length novel because
although I do like
the shorts, I believe her writing is much better when she
has the time to
explore and expand. I will say though that parts of the
dialogue had me
scratching my head. Sometimes I didn't really think what
the characters were
saying pertained to the book or furthered it in any way so I
could easily do
without that and just stick to the bare bones of the story.
Nevertheless, I do
enjoy Calhoun's writing style. It's very eloquent and easy
to follow.
I think this series title is a little misleading because it
implies that there's
going to be a lot of action and suspense. Many readers would
probably
assume it's going to be Romantic Suspense, but I would
probably just
categorize it as Contemporary Romance. Calhoun is known for
her sexy
Erotic Romances but I don't think sex is the focus for this
series. It is
definitely more of a contemporary with some fun action
scenes so I would
just keep that in mind while reading GOING DEEP.
After weeks on a sold-out tour, singer Cady Ward is coming
home for the holidays. But after one too many episodes of
fan-craziness, Cady’s manager decides that she needs
protection—in the form of muscled cop Conn McCormick.
Longing for peace and quiet to prepare before her next album
drops, Cady doesn’t need a bodyguard just to deal with some
vague email threats…though she can’t deny that close
proximity to Conn’s body is a very nice place to be.
Conn is in the midst of a career scandal when his boss
assigns him to pop-star guard duty. It’s a poor use of his
skills, even though Cady’s feisty nature proves the perfect
distraction for Conn while Internal Affairs investigates his
case. What begins as a sizzling attraction becomes something
deeper than either Conn or Cady could have expected. But
when Conn uncovers the sinister plan behind the threats to
Cady, he’s faced with a professional dilemma: To save her
life, will he risk having a future with the only woman who’s
ever touched his soul?
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