Splendor's Orbit (The MacLee Chronicles #1)

Ten years ago, Captain Colderaro was the star of the Confederacy Task Force. And then she went missing.
Now, presumed dead, she prefers to keep a low profile. Working as a pilot on a freighter ship, she occasionally accepts the odd refugee passenger to appease her humanitarian conscience. But things go downhill when her cargo turns out to be none other than the princess of an alien race and her two bodyguards.
Embroiled in a galaxy-wide conspiracy, Captain Colderaro finds herself dodging the Confederacy Task Force, fighting space pirates, and evading mercenaries intent on capturing the princess.
Can she make it to the alien planet without losing or damaging her cargo while still keeping her real identity a secret?