Luka (Book 1): Steel Gods MC, #1

By Zoey Parker

This is book 1 of the Steel Gods MC series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!

He hunted me down and made me his toy.

NICOLETTE

It took me seven years to escape my abusive relationship.

My ex was a ruthless biker with a nasty mean streak.

And his final cruelty was putting a baby in my belly.

I took his unborn child and ran from him.

But I know he won't let me get away that easy.

And out here on my own, there's no one I can trust to protect me.

Then Luka appears.

He's a biker, just like the man I ran away from, but there's something different about him.

Tall, bearded, with piercing eyes that strip me naked, I want his touch so bad I can barely take it.

But Luka has secrets he's hiding from me.

And when I find out who sent him, I realize just how badly I messed up.

LUKA

She's innocent, beautiful, and utterly off limits.

Most of all, she's just a job.

"Bring home the goods."

That's what I do for the club.

That's what I'm best at.

But this time is different.

My prez sent me to reclaim his runaway ex.

I'm supposed to drag her back to the club, kicking and screaming.

But I just can't bring myself to do it.

This time and this time only…

I'm keeping the goods for myself.

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He had a job to do—and falling in love with the runaway bride with a secret surprise baby was not in the job description. But the chemistry between this alpha male biker bad boy and his innocent woman is impossible to ignore. Take a glimpse inside this thrilling suspense MC motorcycle club romance series and see for yourself why thousands of fans are falling in love with LUKA.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sopris Page Press
• Release date: Oct 16, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393900719

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Luka: A Motorcycle Club Romance (Steel Gods MC Book 1)

By Zoey Parker

He hunted me down and made me his toy.

NICOLETTE

It took me seven years to escape my abusive relationship.

My ex was a ruthless biker with a nasty mean streak.

And his final cruelty was putting a baby in my belly.

I took his unborn child and ran from him.

But I know he won’t let me get away that easy.

And out here on my own, there’s no one I can trust to protect me.

Then Luka appears.

He’s a biker, just like the man I ran away from, but there’s something different about him.

Tall, bearded, with piercing eyes that strip me naked, I want his touch so bad I can barely take it.

But Luka has secrets he’s hiding from me.

And when I find out who sent him, I realize just how badly I messed up.

LUKA

She’s innocent, beautiful, and utterly off limits.

Most of all, she’s just a job.

Bring home the goods.

That’s what I do for the club.

That’s what I’m best at.

But this time is different.

My prez sent me to reclaim his runaway ex.

I’m supposed to drag her back to the club, kicking and screaming.

But I just can’t bring myself to do it.

This time and this time only...

I’m keeping the goods for myself.

HE HAD A JOB TO DO—AND falling in love with the runaway bride with a secret surprise baby was not in the job description. But the chemistry between this alpha male biker bad boy and his innocent woman is impossible to ignore. Take a glimpse inside this thrilling suspense MC motorcycle club romance series and see for yourself why thousands of fans are falling in love with LUKA.

Chapter 1

Nicolette

G ood morning, Nicolette .

Good morning, Brenda. I smiled at the front desk woman as I breezed through the front doors of Stephens & Coolidge, Attorneys at Law. I’d only lived in Durango, Colorado for about three weeks, but I loved it so far. It was boring. It was quiet. It was absolutely everything I needed after spending the past five years in hell.

How was your weekend?

I smiled, setting my bag down on my desk. It was good, I said slowly. A little boring. I couldn’t help but blush. I’m finally fixing up the inside of that cottage. I got such a good deal on it! But wow, it needed so much work.

Brenda nodded as though she understood. She was a little older than me – maybe late twenties – with a bubbly head of blonde hair and bright blue eyes. Despite our differences, I really liked her. She was sweet and caring, not the type of woman I was used to being around.

I knew if she ever discovered my background, she’d probably hate me.

How was yours?

Brenda grinned. I had a date, she said with a secretive hint in her voice. "Connor finally asked me out. She glanced down at her lap self-consciously. I told him yes, as long as he doesn’t mind two girls for the price of one!"

I laughed politely. Brenda was a single mom, and she often joked about how difficult it was to find men interested in dating someone who wasn’t childfree. I couldn’t understand it; she was obviously gorgeous and fun. Why wouldn’t a guy want someone like her?

Because brats are trouble. I shivered at the recollection of Jack’s – my ex’s – voice inside my head. Getting away from Jack was just one of the reasons I’d moved to Durango, and one of the reasons I knew I could never go back home to California. I’d grown up in Carlsbad, and for years I’d never thought of leaving. But after things with Jack turned sour, well, I knew if I didn’t get out, I’d probably be dead within a year or two.

I’m sure it’ll work out, I told her.

The office was quiet for a Monday. Both of our lawyers – Mr. Stephens and Mr. Coolidge – were in court, and I knew I could expect a long morning of editing documents and preparing motions for later court dates this week. Still, I felt happy. It was such a welcome change from everything I’d run away from that it almost seemed like a dream. Hell, it even seemed too good to be true at times. I couldn’t believe I’d made it out of Carlsbad and begun to turn my life around.

And to think I was only twenty-two!

WHEN I FIRST MET JACK, it was like a fairytale. He was three years older than me – seventeen to my fourteen – and he seemed like a real man. He had hair on his chest and bulging, muscular biceps. When he smiled at me, I thought my heart was going to melt out of my body and drip onto the floor.

My friends all teased me about having a crush, but I knew I was right and they were wrong: this wasn’t just a crush, it was true love. I spent hours doodling Jack’s name in my school notebooks, blowing off my studies. It was just as well. I’d never been great in school anyhow. And obsessing over Jack really gave me something to think about, something I thought I’d want for the rest of my life.

The day he first asked me out, I thought I was in heaven. He came up to me in the parking lot after school, where I was waiting for a ride home from my mom. With his tight bootcut jeans and black leather jacket, I thought he looked tough and sexy. When we made eye contact, my cheeks burned bright red with excitement and shock that someone like him would ever want someone like me.

You wanna go to the movies this weekend, Nicolette?

I had stammered and blushed and bit my lip. Yeah, I said softly. That would be great. When are you picking me up?

Jack snorted. He spat on the ground and sucked his teeth. I ain’t pickin’ you up, he said. "You meet me there. I can’t have my parents seeing me with a girl."

He said it like a dirty word. I should have known at the time, should have taken it as a red flag. But I couldn’t – it was like there was some secret, cosmic rope pulling me towards Jack and no matter what I did, I couldn’t pull away. He’d already become the center of my universe, and we’d barely talked! Thinking of going on a real date with