Passion's Playground
Summary
A shimmering study in the fragility of reputation, Passion's Playground follows Mary Grant as she emerges from the chaste shadows of a convent into the incandescent, predatory glare of Monte Carlo. Her fortuitous success at the gaming tables—a spectacle of chance that mirrors her own precarious social standing—draws the gaze of Prince Angelo Della Robbia. Yet, the narrative’s architecture is built upon a foundation of duplicity, as Mary’s former schoolmate, Marie Grant, seeks to bury her own scandalous past beneath Mary’s untarnished name. When a jealous rival, Idina Bland, ignites a firestorm of controversy, Mary adopts a martyr’s silence, a choice that nearly facilitates her ruin at the hands of opportunistic thieves. Only the intervention of Prince Vanno, Angelo’s brother, prevents the final dissolution of her virtue and wealth, culminating in a chivalric pursuit that traverses the moral and physical landscapes of the Riviera.
Synopsis
Mary Grant, a convent girl, goes to Monte Carlo, and because of her winnings becomes the center of attraction. Prince Angelo Della Robbia falls in love with Mary, and introduces her to his brother. Prince Angelo, whose bride turns out to be Mary's friend Marie Grant, who had run away from the convent with a married man, Mary moved by her schoolmate's pleas, keeps her secret. Idina Bland, however, enraged at Prince Angelo's marriage, exposes the scandal. In the absence of Prince Vanno, Marie falsely asserts that the story is not hers, but that of Mary Grant who, by her silence, seems to admit guilt. Mary leaves Monte Carlo, but an old friend, Molly Maxwell, arrives and exposes the truth. Prince Vanno goes in search of the innocent Mary, arriving in time to save his love from adventurers who are attempting to steal her wealth.
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