No Words Alone — Autumn Dawn

Crash-landing on a hostile planet with a variety of flora and fauna intent upon making her their lunch was Xera's most immediate concern, but not her only one. The Scorpio, sworn enemies of her people, were similarly stranded nearby, and Xera didn't trust the captain of her team of Galactic Explorers. He was belligerent and small-minded, and he'd already caused one unnecessary death--Genson's. Xera was the translator, and she should have been the first sent to deal with the Scorpio. Even if she was a lone woman and they were some of the galaxy's most merciless soldiers.

For, on this inhospitable world, the warlike Scorpio were their only chance. And in the eyes of the aliens' handsome leader, Xera saw a nobility and potency she'd never before encountered--a reaction she knew her male human companions would despise. A future with Commander Ryven was...something to consider. But first she had to survive.