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 took Tippy's death much to heart, remaining very depressed and sad for some time. She became so thin that Fred actually noticed and began to feel worried about it.  Was Tippy stretching her arm beyond the grave to pluck his own dear love as well?


'You won't have my Ellie for company up there,' he murmured to himself as he watched his wife slowly climbing up the stairs to her room looking weary and dejected.


'Would you like us to go away to the seaside for a little?' he asked. 'The children will enjoy it and it might make you feel better in your spirits.'


They made arrangements and intended to leave the next week. Fred, however, was obliged to postpone their trip. He was called away to Liverpool in connection with some commissions for the new gallery, which was to open that autumn in Bond Street. Ellie said she would wait for his return and then they would go to Eastbourne with the children. 


Chapter 59: Ellie is troubled about Dillie