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

'I intend to go to Derbyshire to see Lottie.'  A happy, smiling Ellie entered Fred's study, carrying a letter in her hand, which she waved at him. 'Her baby will be due soon and I must be near her at that time.'


'Why should you be there?  You have enough to do here at home with your own family. She has other friends and relations now she is married into the Pendletons. There are whole crowds of them and they're all interfering busybodies. Let them attend her.'  


She stared at him. He would never have spoken in that hard, negative manner before. Now he seemed to care little about anything or anyone.  He turned away from her now, distracted, apparently busy with his accounts and papers. 


Chapter 51: Elie feels thwarted by Fred