First Drop of Crior knows all too hat lurks in the shadows – her best friend is half-vampire Cat Crawfield – and she has already lost e human could bear But her family’s dark past is wrapped in secrets and shrouded in darkness – and a demon shapeshifter has marked Denise as prey Now her survival depends on an immortal who craves a taste of her He is Spade, a powerful, mysterious vampire who has walked the earth for centuries and is now duty-bound to protect this endangered, alluring hu his own kind Denise ht his urge to have her as they face the deether…