The Silver Chain is the first of the Unbreakable trilogy which centres around Serena, a young photographer leaving an unhappy childhood in Devon for the bright lights of London, and Gustav Levi, the man who takes her under his wing and launches her career in return for being able to possess and enjoy her as and when he likes, until her first exhibition is sold out. To symbolise their contract he gives her bracelet to which he attaches a silver chain to keep her in place, but in fact it becomes the sign that an exciting new sexual escapade is  about to unfold.

Their relationship develops to a high level of intensity, made all the more raw by the shadowy threat of Gustav’s domineering ex wife Margot and the pain she caused when she seduced and stole away his adored younger brother. A visit to the chalet they shared in  Lugano brings everything to the surface, but it is also when Serena and Gustav fully consummate their love. Gustav swears that he is over his ex wife, and that Serena has  helped to heal the past, so that when her exhibition is over, they plan to start a new life  together in New York. A life where they can concentrate solely on themselves.

Until, that is, a face from the past come back.

What genre is it?
Erotic romance.

What kind of readers will it appeal to?
Intelligent, feisty adult readers who like well-written, intensely sensual erotica as an escape.

Complete this sentence for us: if you like _________________, you’ll love The Silver Chain.
E L James, Sylvia Day and Nikki Gemmell.

Those books are noted for their strong central characters, so maybe you’d better tell us more about Serena and Gustav.
Serena is a young, feisty country girl who was adopted as a newborn by abusive, neglectful parent who resented the wildness of her beauty and spirit. Her ambition is to escape that past for good and to make her mark as a photographer with a particular bent towards  artistic voyeurism.

Gustav is older than her and has his own dark past, ashamed of being dominated by his ex wife and even more pained by the betrayal which took his younger brother away. He seeks to dominate Serena in the same way but in fact finds that she leads him as much as he  leads her, out of the darkness.

We’re intrigued by the title.  Why The Silver Chain?
The giving of a gift of jewellery in a relationship, especially one that purports to be purely  contractual, is always significant, so the bracelet, coupled with the silver chain, is extremely evocative and symbolic of the control Gustav wants to have over Serena. It also carried the idea that a chain binds, but can also be broken.

What can you tell us about the rest of the trilogy?
The second book, The Golden Locket, moves the action to New York where Serena’s career       takes off, and picks up from the cliffhanger at the end of The Silver Chain where Gustav’s attractive yet menacing younger brother Pierre reappeared. While Gustav is optimistic  about their reconciliation – his brother is his only family – Pierre, and possibly another face from the past, poses a threat to their happiness. The Golden Locket is a gift from Gustav to Serena which he will only open up when the time is right.  The third book, The Diamond Ring, will follow their possible path towards commitment and marriage, but it will be littered with pitfalls.

Have you written any other books that we can read next?
You could get acquainted with my longer works by reading Country Pleasures (Black Lace), Random Acts of Lust and Out of Focus (Xcite Books) and Sisters in Sin (Mischief). I have also written innumerable short stories for anthologies for all those publishers.

We wanted to ask you about that. We know you’ve self-published some of your work, but you’ve also written for traditional publishers. What’s the difference?
I have self-published a book of literary (non-erotic) short stories on Amazon under my own name because I was told short stories wouldn’t sell unless I was already a famous writer. Although it is fun self-publishing, and you wander along at your own pace, writing for a traditional publisher is a different ballgame because someone has recognised what you do and, hey, they like it! It’s exciting and encouraging, but obviously there are  requirementsin terms of content, style and publicity which a writer is contractually bound to meet. There are deadlines to be met, which actually help the writing process by focussing your mind, revisions to be made, and publicity to be undertaken. But the upside, compared with self-publishing, is enormous. Instead of feeling a little like a voice in the wilderness you have the weight of the editors behind you, their encouragement, which is a real affirmation of all you have been trying to do.

That’s why we’re here to try and redress the balance a little. Can you tell us a little about yourself?
I am an Oxford educated wife and mother of three sons who juggles part time work as a criminal legal clerk and host mother to foreign students with writing freelance newspaper articles and literary fiction under my real name. In other words I masquerade as a respectable yummy mummy while fantasising about being a cougar MILF.

How do you manage to write such sexy fiction when you’re at home, in sweatpants with your hair a mess, being a mother and wife?
I am nearly always in sweatpants etc when writing, because that’s when every one is out of the house and I can concentrate. I simply switch my head into creative mode, conjure up the faces and scenarios I want to explore, and get started. It helps to have some famous faces in my head, or stuck to my fridge, maybe some sexy music going, and if it’s late a night, a large glass of wine!

Have you got a website we can check out?
www.primulabond.blogspot.com

What about social media?
@primulabond

What’s next?
The second part of my Unbreakable Trilogy, The Golden Locket, out in the autumn.