title: S.M.A.R.T.S. and the Invisible Robot
author:  Melinda Metz 
description: Melinda Metz is the author of more than sixty books for teens and kids, including the YA series Roswell High (basis of the TV show Roswell) and Echoes. Her middle-grade mystery Wright and Wong: Case of the Nana-Napper (co-authored by the fabulous Laura J. Burns) was a juvenile Edgar finalist. Melinda lives in Concord, North Carolina, with her dog, Scully, a pen-eater just like the dog who came before her.
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  SHE’S LIKE A VIRGIN … SIMULATED  
  FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
  
  
  For a red-blooded male, Las Vegas offers a virtual smorgasbord of temptation:
  sexy showgirls, vampy vampires, zombie starlets, you name it. But paranormal
  investigator Delilah Street isn’t worried about losing her man to these
  vixens. Especially when the one woman with a soft spot for the guy also has a
  hard-shelled exterior....
  
  
  She’s a robot—or a CinSim, to be exact—a near-perfect simulation of the
  silver-metal robot Maria from the classic science fiction movie _Metropolis_.
  Part innocent teenage actress, part depraved sex goddess, the new Maria is
  hooked on Delilah’s partner, Ric, who raised her from the dead. She also
  happens to be the perfect secret weapon for a demonic drug lord. Which could
  be one hell of a problem. Delilah’s not the jealous type, but this tin-can
  temptress must be stopped—even if it forces Delilah to forge a dangerous
  alliance with her wicked mirr