London Leather is a 2012 BDSM self-published fictional novel by British author Penny Armstrong. Set in London, it explores BDSM. Author Penny Armstrong has an extensive background in writing Fanfiction. She has been active on the London SM scene since 2003 . She wrote London Leather over the course of four years. The publication of Fifty Shades of Grey, gave Armstromg a chance to claim that her self-published novel was a "real" exploration of the BDSM lifestyle. Plot London Leather follows the lives of four Londoners who happen to be out and proud on the fetish circuit. For these twenty- and thirty-somethings, life throws up familiar challenges with particular twists, such as... Can graduate student Tina find a decent male dom with an ego smaller than Jupiter? Will lifestyle sub Chris ‘chebs’ Hamilton have to explain BDSM to the relatives at his wedding? Chris’ wife, Laura is hearing her biological clock tick, but in the world’s eyes she’s a scandalous pervert. Is it wise for them to start a family? How’s Master Viper (aka Tom), a carpenter, supposed to stay solvent when half the scene expects him to make them dungeon furniture on mates’ rates? … and other vital questions of kinky life. London Leather is a novel to strip away the sensationalism and half-truths surrounding BDSM and the people who do it. It features heavily kinky scenes, but it also gets to the heart of real-life relationships .
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