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.