Ice Planet Barbarians

Georgie Carruthers is taken from Earth by aliens along with a group of other women, all of them bound for sale at auction. A malfunction sends their escape pod down onto a frozen planet instead, and the survivors name it Not-Hoth.

Georgie ends up as the group's reluctant leader. With cold on every side, she has to keep the women fed and sheltered while they scavenge what they can from the wreck and the ice.

Help arrives in the form of Vektal, chief of the sa-khui. His people are tall, blue-skinned, horned hunters who have lived on the planet for generations, thanks to a symbiotic organism called the khui. When his khui responds to Georgie, the two are drawn into resonance, the mating bond of the sa-khui, whether or not either of them wants it yet.

This is science fiction romance with a survival story at its base, and it follows Georgie's point of view as the stranded group learns the planet's rules. It is the first book in the Ice Planet Barbarians series. The tone leans on adventure and attraction, with the bond between Georgie and Vektal forced on them before they have chosen it.