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 and Fred stood together in the little graveyard and watched as the dark oak coffin was lowered into the grave. Beneath her black veil, tears ran down Ellie's cheeks unseen. Fred looked sad and serious.


Close to the side of the grave stood Henry's mother, his two sisters and his daughter, Eleanor, now a beautiful young woman. 


Ellie moved forward as the vicar said the last rites and with others threw azaleas and primroses into the open grave. The faint sound of repressed sobbing was now audible as Henry's many friends, old and new, paid their last respects to him, remembering his life and the unique, warm, loving man he had been. 


Chapter 69: Some years later. Peace at Last