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

Calling round at Winstone's studio a week later, Fred found Henry busily painting his new lover, a tall, statuesque blonde called Tippy Jennings. He had come across her on top of an omnibus and was immediately fascinated by the girl. A horse had slipped in the rain and fallen down in its shafts. The bus and other traffic were obliged to stop. Eager street boys came dashing up to sit on the poor creature's head to stop it thrashing about so that it could be released from its harness. Sadly, the horse had broken its foreleg and had to be shot and carted away to the abattoir for horsemeat. 


This had been a heaven-sent opportunity for Henry to strike up a conversation with the pretty passenger, who was leaning over the side of the omnibus and shouting along with others at the scene below, giving advice, cursing or cheering according to the mood and need. 


'Poor creatures,' the girl had remarked as she turned towards Henry,


Chapter 47: Henry's new love