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

It was now a fine and sunny spring and Ellie invited to Oreton Hall to keep Lord Dillinger's young daughter Charlotte company while he was abroad on government business. 


'Come and join us when you return from Liverpool, Fred.' said Ellie. Papa is also coming to stay in a week or two's time for a little change of air and scenery. I think Aunt Eliza is proving a little too much after all!   I'll be so happy to see dear Papa and he can play with Charlie. It will be lovely for Charlie to be in the country and he'll so enjoy seeing all the animals on the estate. He has a fascination with dogs and sheep - well, anything on four legs.'


Fred smiled and took Ellie's hand fondly, 'I agree, the country air would be good for the children. I understand Lord Dillinger is abroad this summer?'


 'Yes, Fred, he is,' Ellie replied casting her eyes upwards at the obvious look of relief on her husband's face. 


Chapter 37: Oreton Hall: April 1857