Two artists, Fred and Henry,  immersed in the Pre-Raphaelite art movement, with its yearning for romantic escape from the materialism of Victorian society.  Two men deeply in love with their beautiful models.  But every heart hides a secret and both couples have put certain shameful events behind them, events that, if exposed, could threaten their blissful new life. The Crimson Bed, a family heirloom passed down through the female blood line since Elizabethan times, brings with it ancestral secrets that will eventually affect Fred leading him into the darkness of London slums and a very different world to that of his peaceful home. Passions escalate as he becomes increasingly jealous of his wife’s closeness to her handsome godfather, Lord Percy Dillinger, and when shocking truths finally come to light, their lives will never be the same again . . .

Adult Sexual scenes

The Crimson Bed created by Loretta Proctor an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

The Crimson Bed

The maid took Fred's hat and gloves from him.


'No, my good woman, lay the hat down on its brim,' he told her, vexed at her carelessness.


Obediently she did so and set it down on the hall table next to another well-brushed hat with elegant, black, kid gloves lying beside it.  Some other gentleman was calling, it seemed. Full of curiosity and filled with an over-riding sense of possessive jealousy unknown to him till now, Fred wondered who the visitor might be. He entered the drawing room with a frown on his face.


Here he found his beloved Ellie looking very at ease with what appeared to be an old acquaintance. She was seated on the sofa in animated conversation with a middle-aged gentleman who had his back to Fred.


She looked up as he came in and rose, smiling with happiness and looking full of girlish delight. Going over to Fred, she took his arm and drew him forward.


Chapter 24: A difficult meeting with Lord Dillinger