The Graveside Bar and Grill by Darynda Jones [Review]

The Graveside Bar and Grill (Charley Davidson #13.7) by Darynda Jones
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: August 23, 2022

Charley Davidson
1. First Grave on the Right
1.5. For I Have Sinned
2. Second Grave on the Left
3. Third Grave Dead Ahead
4. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
5. Fifth Grave Past the Light
6. Sixth Grave on the Edge
7. Seventh Grave and No Body
8. Eighth Grave After Dark
8.5. Brighter Than the Sun
9. The Dirt on Ninth Grave
10. The Curse of Tenth Grave
11. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight
12. The Trouble with Twelfth Grave
13. Summoned to Thirteenth Grave
13.5. The Graveyard Shift
13.6. The Gravedigger's Son
13.7. The Graveside Bar and Grill - Paperback | Kindle
13.8. The Grave Robber

Darynda Jones
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

When Donovan St. James’ precocious charge asks him—no questions asked—to tail the doctor who keeps their ragtag team patched up, he wants to refuse. Not because the saucy teen is getting too big for her britches, ordering him around like a mob boss, but because the woman stirs feelings in him he would rather not explore. However, when evil threatens the doc’s life, he realizes he has no choice. Sia saved his life once. He will try to return the favor. He just prays he can do it without losing his heart.

Running from the supernatural entity that has destroyed entire worlds to have her, Sia thought she’d found a haven on Earth with a motley team of warriors protecting the girl destined to save humanity. But when Sia’s found, she realizes something on this plane is more scrumptious than her: that very teen. So, she runs—and Donovan St. James follows. Nothing is more alluring than a scruffy biker with a lacerating gaze. And she vows to tell him that… if they survive.

Thoughts on The Graveside Bar and Grill: Our boy Donovan has NO CLUE what Sia is (or how much she wants him) until things take a dangerous turn for her and he steps into her orbit to help her out (at the gentle urging of Elwyn, mind you, because Elwyn is wicked smart and very intuitive. As she should be.). He also ends up a little changed by the experience, but then EVERYONE who crosses Elwyn's path seems to end up changed in one way or another.

As for Donovan and Sia, she's on the run from a VERY BAD thing and Donovan isn't about to allow her to face off against it alone. Even if he doesn't know what it is. Or why Sia is running. Or how to help her out, really. Basically, the guy has a lot of heart and a big soft spot for the doc even if she doesn't seem to notice him.

BUT WAIT. Sia has noticed the big biker. And she likes what she sees, but she's not willing to drag him into her mess. Or maybe she doesn't quite know HOW to drag him in, even if she was willing to risk him. Either way, she plays it cool and Donovan took it as disinterest when it was anything but.

A very dangerous being, a doc who has a whole lot of secrets, a biker with a heart of gold, and a chance for these two to make things happen even after the worst has happened. DARN, I like this series.