I am a Petaloid. The lowest rung of the races, except for humans, the native species of the planet. Some say we're powerless but it really just takes us a while to find our power. Okay, a long while. Besides, as my mother always told me, "Petaloid means 'resembling the petals of a flower.' We're slow to blossom, but when we do, we're the most radiant plant in the forest." Tell that to my boss. You know, Jacquard Buttkiss? The cranky Xygloid who's about to fire me for accidentally damaging robot parts in the Buttkiss Android Factory? Or maybe he has something entirely different in mind....If only I could find my power, I might see a way out of this mess. But right now, it doesn't look like it. OTHER BOOKS BY LINSEY LANIER THE MIRANDA'S RIGHTS MYSTERY SERIES Someone Else's Daughter - Book I Delicious Torment - Book II Forever Mine - Book III Fire Dancer - Book IV Thin Ice - Book V COMING IN 2014 The Miranda and Parker Mysteries More Dandy Frost Stories AVAILABLE NOW Chicago Cop (A cop family mystery) - a police thriller featuring GUTS team lead Lieutenant Maggie Delaney, a tough cop hunting down a crazed mafia hit man bent on revenge. Steal My Heart (A Romantic Suspense) - Get me what I want or you'll never see your daughter again. New York newspaper columnist, Paige Dunbar, can hardly breathe when she learns her precious three-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. She'll do anything to get her back, including steal the famous Fantasia necklace the kidnapper wants. No one can stop her. Not even her sexy ex-jewel-thief-ex-husband.