In David Orsini's novella The Subtleties of Seduction, a boat race on Newport, Rhode Island waters during the summer of 1920 initiates a scenario of scandal, malice, and duplicity. Linda Maguire, a young woman who has always subdued her wilder impulses, becomes infatuated with Ryan Turner, a reckless nineteen-year-old youth. Linda's engagement to Steven Bradford, a war hero and a promising lawyer, complicates her feelings for the two men. One afternoon,...