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

Mary and her brother Charles stood in the garden of their parent's home in Chelsea. 


'Ma lived to be a good old age,' said Charles reflectively. 'She outlived Dad by ten years but she was determined to stay on here and run the place till the end. Such an amazing lady, bless her! And painting her splendid pictures even at the age of eighty. The attic is absolutely full of them.'  


'She was amazing, I shall miss her so much,' said Mary. 'I think she had a wonderful, peaceful life on the whole.'


'Well, I don't know that she did. That business with Lord Dillinger must have been very nasty and unsettling.'


Chapter 70: October 1913, Goodbye to the Crimson Bed.