Marcus Anderson, chemical weapons expert and CIA handler of assets like world famous Kate Lindenstream, finds vampires troubling. He'd rather have nothing to do with them, until the world-class sniper known only as The Whisper takes a shot at him...and misses.  While Marcus' supervisors wrangle over red tape, Marcus follows the trail back and meets Ilaria, a hot-tempered, diminutive, smoldering Italian beauty who captures his scarred and defensive heart. Meanwhile, Cyneric Pæga's radar is prickled by a trail of clues that he puts together to reveal that Ilaria Scarvo, a vampire assassin just like Rick once was, is in town.  He doesn't know who The Whisper's target is but Nial, leader of the revolutionaries, is at the top of the list.  Then Rick meets Ilaria and finds she's not at all a cold-hearted killer.  Ilaria is a wounded woman with a terrible secret that binds Rick to her. Is Ilaria working for the League for Humanity, or the Pro Libertatus? Is she involved with Menes Heru's plans to use the doomsday weapon, the Blood Stone? Or is she as innocent as both Marcus and Rick want desperately to believe? This book is part of the Blood Stone Series [*Blood Drops are short and novella length stories featuring the characters and situations in the Blood Stone series.  Droplet sized morsels for your reading pleasure.] These are continuing characters and storylines. Reading the series in order is strongly recommended. Vampire Urban Fantasy Romance __ It takes a special talent to gradually get the reader so involved with the characters that they feel real, and when things go wrong you want to cry for them, hoping for something to go right. As always a cracking story– definitely a keeper series-- This is the third book in this author's Blood Stone trilogy and is a fabulous story. Full of very sexy vampires, it is a terrifically erotic paranormal tale. This book is a very steamy story that challenges the way vampires are traditionally portrayed in fiction. Really enjoyed this and look forward to other books by Ms Cooper-Posey-- Wow, this third installment of the Blood Stone series really had a lot jam packed into it! I had no idea what to expect next because this book was really a departure from any formula I'd seen in the author's previous work. Boy oh boy was it a wild ride along the way. I'm rapidly falling in lust with all these characters and stories and can't wait to read more.--