. Let me introduce you wonderful reader to Simone the heroine of Lead and Silk. Born in the UK to rich society parents, she has an awful childhood. They neglect her so badly she nearly dies, seeing her as an inconvenience getting in the way of their drugs and sex parties. Luckily her Aunt May rescues her and loves her so well she recovers and grows into a confident young woman, full of gratitude. After she to go to university, she decides on New York as her new home as it has lots of clubs that indulge her hobby as a dominatrix. After getting a really good job with Bridgehams PLC. she has a brief fling with one of the directors a billionaire. After he secretly cancels a charity donation he'd made to impress her she ends it, repelled by him and his meaness. She goes back to the lifestyle she loves indulging herself in the S&M clubs in the city. One night stands are all she wants or needs and treats it as a hobby Then one night it all changes when she meets a good looking man in a club and becomes involved in a conspiracy of murder, betrayal and horror. Using all her skills to survive she realises that she is falling in love for the first time in her life. The question is can she trust him and surrender herself completely? Or will he betray her just like most of the people in the past have. Will she even live long enough to find out? A true romance for the modern world. For over 18s only. Strong language, violence and sex.