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    Human Perfect: Misbehaving Robots, #1
    Human Perfect: Misbehaving Robots, #1
    Human Perfect: Misbehaving Robots, #1
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    Human Perfect: Misbehaving Robots, #1

    By Kayelle Allen

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    Christa despises androids.

    The texture of plastiflesh skin jars her senses. The non-smell of animate machines makes her skin crawl.

    Don't even get her started on robots, or worse -- andys that look human. Her job as a corporate spy for the android maker Innersoul puts her in touch with the creatures every day, but also requires her to judge them.

    When she runs into Humancopy Progress Rep Tom Karellys, she can't believe her luck. Using a cover identity, Christa wines and dines him. What truths will she uncover?

    Or worse—what truths will she reveal...

     

    Includes a bonus sci fi short story "Invisible Ink" set in the same universe.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRomance Lives Forever Books
    Release dateJan 19, 2015
    ISBN9781393744702
    Human Perfect: Misbehaving Robots, #1
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    Kayelle Allen

    Kayelle Allen writes stories filled with misbehaving droids, immortal gamers, and warriors who purr. She is the author of multiple books, novellas, and short stories, a US Navy veteran, and has been married so long she's tenured.

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      Book preview

      Human Perfect - Kayelle Allen

      After you read this story, will you dare to enter the Empire?

      Look for your entry ticket at the end.

      Chapter One

      Terran Crescent, Earth

      Lunar Spaceport Earthside Shuttle Concourse D

      Christa kicked her leather-bound suitcase. I hate waiting in lines.

      So do I. The blond young man across from her in the other security check line looked her way. His eyes glowed with the same soft blue as Earth's northern sky before the sun rose too high. Huge waste of time.

      I'll say. And then if you're traveling back here from outside the Crescent...? Ugh! They treat you like you're diseased, or some horrible spy or terrorist.

      Try going to Ylyptya after being on Earth. He inched ahead, his robotic suitcase keeping pace beside him. It takes two hours of waiting in medical quarantine while they process you. God forbid you should bring in a germ. He held up his hands. Oh, sorry. I hope I didn't put you off if that's where you're headed.

      No, New Earth for business. Christa dragged her manual bag forward. Are you vacationing?

      On Ylyptya? Hardly. His smile showed a flash of perfect teeth. No. It's home. I was on Earth for business.

      What do you do?

      Tom Karellys. He offered her his hand. Progress Rep for Humancopy. Ever heard of us?

      No. Christa released his hand at once, and rubbed hers against her jacket. Who hadn't heard of them? Makers of

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