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

 Ellie wondered of late what was wrong with Fred. He was in a very withdrawn and dark humour, his normally cheerful face creased with worried frowns. Her beloved father, Joshua, had died a week ago. Her heart was very heavy and she yearned for some consolation, a shoulder to lean on. She had spent the last month in Oxford, waiting on Joshua, constantly by his bedside. With her own hand she had fed him as he lay helpless and feeble upon the pillows. Her arm about his shoulders, she would raise up his now light, porous form while she spooned the broth into his mouth with loving care.


He looked so weak and shrunken in his illness and she knew he was in pain. Yet not a murmur of complaint arose from him. He smiled at her a little. When he spoke, it was in a voice that was nothing like the strong voice of Joshua Farnham but rather some fading echo of what he had been. 


Chapter 50: Ellie becomes worried