Ambition

The Chaplain's Legacy, Book 6

By: Mary Kingswood

Narrated by: Joanna Stephens

One man with a secret. A family torn apart by the consequences.

Olivia, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Rennington, has had a difficult year. Denied her first season in town by the illness of her grandmother, there was worse to come — her uncle, the chaplain, was brutally murdered. The discovery that he was not even an ordained clergyman means that her parents’ marriage is void, and she and all her siblings are illegitimate. But Olivia has a plan — she intends to outdo her older sister Izzy and marry a duke, and she knows just the man. She’s been following his exploits for years. All she has to do is to meet him…

Robert Osborn was once passionately in love with Izzy but when she chose another man, he lapsed gratefully back into his unfettered life as a man of leisure. But when he unexpectedly becomes the Earl of Kiltarlity, he is weighed down with obligations and responsibilities — where is the fun in that? He is astonished to meet Olivia — the very image of her older sister, and what is more, she has no trouble advising him on his new duties. But is his growing admiration simply because she reminds him of Izzy? And can he deter her from her ambition to be a duchess?

Captain Michael Edgerton has been doggedly pursuing the chaplain’s murderer for months. Now, with more violence complicating the situation, he has one last throw of the dice to unravel the identity and motive of the killer.

This is a complete story with a happy ever after, but best heard after the previous audiobooks in the series. A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom. Book 6 of a 6 book series.

©2025 Mary Kingswood (P)2026 Mary Kingswood

Great End to a Great Series

I pre-ordered the print e-book and read it the day it came out, and now I also have the Audible which was well worth a credit. I greatly enjoyed it both times. Mary Kingswood's books are so interesting and complex that I read and hear them again and again, and it seems like I see something new each time. She and Mary Balogh are my two favorite authors, and I own all of their print e-books, as well as all of them that are available in Audible. I am also fond of Joanna Stephens narration of this author's books. It is very, very good, and I am always pleased. There was a noticable error here, both at the start and the end credits, where she pronounced the title of this book as "Loyalty", which, of course, is a previous book of the series, When I first heard this in the opening credits I was distressed, but a few seconds later, I saw the first chapter was from the book "Ambition" which I had open to read again while listening, and so I quickly learned that all was well. Other than that, the narration was perfect.