Establishing Contact

Kennedy Drake is an expert at first contact negotiations, a diplomatic prodigy at the age of 20, and she knows it. When a newly-encountered humanoid race demands the best Earth has to offer, the arrogant ice-queen is the obvious choice. To Kennedy's shock, the Xu'aard have a hot and shockingly raw negotiating style, one that thaws the aloof professional and reveals the inexperienced woman beneath. She has no choice but to be pushed beyond her limits and take everything a shipload of rough and ready warriors have to give, in every one of her untouched openings.