Angel Baker isn't your ordinary twenty-second-century gal. Just ask mom.

Instead of joining the family fortune-telling business, Angel's busy saving the world. And dating? Why bother when she's got Humphrey Bogart, her sweettalking robot.

Welcome to Chicago circa 2100. The legal system is in shambles, robots are a woman's best friend, and kung fu fighting Retribution Specialists like Angel bring justice to criminals who've slipped through the cracks.

So when dear old Mom is kidnapped, it's up to Angel to save her. But when her search leads her into a bizarre underworld where human life is measured in dollars, she'll be put to the ultimate test--forced to use her hidden psychic powers and rely on the help of a stubborn detective who has her reconsidering falling for a living, breathing man.

In Kiss of the Blue Dragon, Angel Baker is a quasi-law enforcement officer in the year 2100. This book is vaguely similar to J.D. Robb's Eve Dallas series with air-cars, con artist fortune-telling scams, pleasure robots, homeless people living in a dangerous underground city, etc. However, Angel and the lead man Marco are not as well-fleshed out as Eve Dallas and Roarke.

Marco, the romantic lead, is a cop resembling a 1920's private investigator. Maybe that's why I didn't like him as much as I liked Jack in Alias, because I'm not that interested in the 1920's PI-type.

On the good side, the book is full of action, Angel totally kicks butt (no matter how large the opponent), her relationship with her mom and Mike is great, and I particularly liked the premise behind the little Chinese girls. Angel goes all out when innocents are at stake, and you have to admire her chutzpah in saving lives. Oh, and she's psychic too, so there's a tad of paranormal to go with the futuristic story.