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

Despite his words, Fred did like to think that Sue had some feeling for him. He asked her once and she looked almost surprised.


'My dear, if I had feelings for all my gents, where would I be?  Can't allow myself anything as elegant as feelings. That's for nice ladies. Your missus, she has feelings for you, I suppose?'


'There you go. You're just being greedy. She wouldn't cheat on you, now would she?'


'Certainly not!' Fred was indignant but then a picture of Ellie leaning with her dark head against Lord Dillinger's greying one and the pair of them murmuring to one another in some peculiarly intimate manner arose before him. He knew he was being foolish.


'Of course not,' he said again but Sue, who was watching him with those cold blue eyes of hers, smiled to herself. He doubts her, she thought. Ha, ha!  Maybe his fine lady isn't so fine after all.


Chapter 48: A horrifying discovery for Fred