Tess Hughes is on the run from her abusive ex-husband. The problem is, he's a detective and there's no place on Earth he can't find her. Solution? Hide somewhere that's not on Earth-the Kindred Mother Ship. That's how she winds up posing as Pairing Puppet-one of the robotic mistresses that service the Unmated Males of the Kindred who need a little sexual stress release from time to time. Of course, Tess never actually performs a Pairing Puppet's duties-she...