My name is Honor, but I have none to speak of. I’m a high-society princess on the verge of ending it all. I have nothing to show for my life, though my bank account would say otherwise. Money and status has controlled every ounce of my world and I want no part of it. It’s what took away the most important person in my life. He’s gone and I’m alone, and no one is here to save me. Pain is the only … only pleasure I can feel anymore.
To find a healthier avenue to deal with my grief, I turned to Lotus House Yoga for salvation—and found it in the tall, dark, and brutally attractive Nicholas Salerno. He’s everything I’m not. Lives every day to the fullest, loves his family, and goes after what he wants with a thrust that’s unmatched. I can’t help but be swept up in his beauty as he attempts to show me the light and reawaken my desires. Except Nick doesn’t know what I’ve hidden, and I’m afraid he’ll despise what he finds…when my sins are no longer silent.
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Again another outstanding book by Audrey Carlan, this time following Honor Carmichael and Nicholas “Nick” Salerno.
Hi everyone my name’s Honor. However I feel like my name means nothing like it. I’m what people may call a high-society princess. I’m a princess that’s on the verge of ending it all. I feel that I have nothing to show or continue my life for. Even though my bank account says the total opposite.
You see the one thing that controls my life is money and status. It’s controlled every ounce of my world, unlike some people who want money and status, I want no single part of it. All of that is what took the most important person in my life. That’s my twin brother Hannon. Hannon is my twin, best friend in the whole world and now that he’s gone and left me, I’m more alone than ever. No one is here to save me. Or willing to try and help my grief. The only solution foe me is pain. The pain of cutting myself is now the only pleasure I can feel anymore.
I need to find a healthier and more positive avenue to deal with my grief and loneliness. So then I turned to the most talked about and well known Lotus House Yoga. Lotus House Yoga is hopefully going to give me the salvation I’m looking for. Then that’s when it happened. That’s when I found it in the sexy, tall, dark, and brutally, panty dropping attractive Nicholas Salerno. Nicholas or Nick as he’s better known is what everyone would describe as he’s everything. Nick is everything that I’m not. Nick loves to live every day to the fullest and outgoing like crazy. Oh Nick really loves his family. That along with what Nick wants with a determined thrust that’s totally unmatched. I can’t but be swept up in all his Italian beauty. Especially as Nick starts to attempt and to show lonely little old me the light and hopefully it will reawaken my desires.
There is just something that Nick doesn’t know about me and what I’ve been hiding all this time. Now I’m terrified and ashamed that Nick will suddenly despise me when he finds out my past. Meaning that now my sins are no longer silent.
Can Nick bring Honor back from the brink of hiding herself away from the world?
Can Honor open her heart to Nick and try and find her inner goddess and enjoy learning yoga?
Can they both help heal each other and find their happily ever after.
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Wow!!! One of the best Audrey Carlan books I’ve read!! A page turner all throughout, from the start u to the last. Audrey nailed it again!!!
The story and the characters are amazing!!! There are times that I find myself teary eyed on some parts. My gawd!!! Loved it!!!
LOVED the entire series!
Silent pain, after losing not only her only sibling but her twin she loses the will to live feeling she lost her other half. The worst part there was no one there for her to help her with her pain.
Parents were total assholes, her mother being the worse. This was such a heartbreaking read. You could feel her pain as she was going through it. You just wanted to give her a hug.
I’m so glad she met Nick she needed someone like him, not just someone to care but someone to help her and let her know she was loved and worthy.
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I fell in love with this couple& the story! Love this book& HIGHLY recommend this one!
Nicholas and Honor are finding that peace comes in just when you need it even if you’re not expecting it. Honor has had the weight of the world on her shoulders for far too long. From the outside people would look at the illustrious Carmichael Family and believe that they would lead a charmed life but they would be oh so wrong. An absentee father with a cruel vicious mother lead to Honor and her brother battling inner demons. When her brother, unable to live the sham and hurt any longer, paid the ultimate price, Honor was left alone to not only mourn him but struggle with no one left in her corner. Through sessions with Dr Hart and trying new things at her urges, Honor tries her hardest to stop the self destructing behavior that has become her only means on control in her life. One such release is her new yoga classes where she meets Nick Salerno. His gregarious nature and insane looks are impossible to ignore which is how she finds herself under his spell. Nick is a good old Italian boy. He knows that sooner or later he’s going to need to settle down and provide his ma his the grandbabies she’s yearning for, but for now he’s focused on his business. That is until he lays eyes in Honor and then it’s like a bomb goes off…Boom! He knows instantly that she’s it. It’s a visceral gut reaction that only strengthens with every interaction. She’s has some innate sadness but he knows that all too well and he’s determined to be her happily ever after.
I just love this series of books.
“The ink covers the sins.”
While pure Italian blood pulses through the veins of Nicholas Salvatore Salerno, Jr., the blood of rich debutante Honor Carmichael bubbles to the surface, broken free by the wicked edge of a razor blade.
“Each rip of flesh eases the fear, the anxiety, the sheer loathing I have toward myself and the world around me. A world that he is no longer a part of. I dig the blade deeper, requiring more … searching for something that I can never find.”
Nick’s a strong man, from a big, loving Italian family. Instead of following in his Father’s footsteps and taking over the family’s winery, he chose his own path. Nick joined the Army, and after serving his country, opened his own gym and fitness center in addition to teaching aerial yoga at Lotus House. He keeps his nightmares at bay by taking outs his aggression in the ring and coping with his stress through yoga.
For a man with his own demons, Nick may be taking on more than he can handle with this gorgeous petite, platinum blonde with sorrowful eyes named Honor.
The dual POVs couldn’t have been more perfect. Nicks inner dialogue upon their first meeting in his aerial yoga class gives new meaning to the phrase lust at first sight.
“What I wouldn’t give to be standing directly in front of her. She’d be in the perfect position for me to take her plush mouth. It would be so easy to fold my shorts down, my dick hot and heavy in my hand, and touch her lips with just the tip. They’d be velvet soft but not nearly enough. I’d tap the side of her cheek with my fingertips, requesting entrance… I shake my head, shoving the debauched thoughts aside. This innocent woman in front of me makes me want to do tawdry, dirty things to her, clean her back up, and start all over again.”
Well you get the picture. Whew!! The inner thoughts of a virile sex god were never better voiced by another. Audrey Carlan can whip you up into a frenzy and have you poking your head in the fridge to cool off!
As much as I hate to cry, it’s those emotional stories, that really get my 5-star rating. Silent Sins caused my heart to tighten as I fought back the tears. It also really hit me on a personal level. My own daughter was experimenting with cutting a few years back. She struggled with her self-worth and was bullied by kids at school. I’m thankful she didn’t stay silent and reached out to us for help. She went to therapy and will probably do so off and on whenever she feels she’s losing control and needs to get back on course. Silence is never golden when the thoughts inside one’s head are tarnished and dark. So from my perspective and my experience at least, Audrey did a superb job delving into the psyche and emotions of a cutter. She built a character that was completely relatable. I got Honor. I cheered her on and was elated she found help, love, strength and her sins were silent no more.
Audrey has a knack for creating intensely sexy novels that are also very spiritual, and make you really feel every emotion in the book. For me, Silent Sins is the most emotional yet.
You really travel with Honor on her journey of recovery, healing, acceptance and love, and I shed my fair share of tears whilst reading this book. Seeing Honor learn to love and accept herself, and recognise that what her mother had been doing to her was inexcusable and wrong, that none of it was her fault and she didn’t deserve the abuse she suffered was heart wrenching, beautiful and cleansing.
Nick and Honor are the perfect puzzle pieces kind of match that I always love reading about in books, they reflect one another wonderfully and following their love story was magical, seeing them realise that they will always be understood and accepted by the other, just as much as they will always understand and accept them, was stunning and hopeful and so powerful.
I also love Nick’s family, the way Audrey manages to perfectly develop her background characters, whilst still holding a little bit back to create mystery and intrigue, is pure genius. And it’s made me love Nick’s parents and sisters so much, especially Grace and his mum. Seeing Honor find her true family in Nick’s was beautiful and just everything about this book seems designed to tug at the heart strings.
And of course, the spirituality and yoga teachings that Audrey lives by, are reflected in Silent Sins, as they are all the lotus house novels, and this adds a personal and unique touch to the series that will have you coming back for more each and every time. While my favourite character is getting her own book in 2 books time (seriously, I’ve been dying for Luna’s book since Resisting Roots because she’s awesome and I really need to read her happily ever after), I’m also dreading the day we get Enlightened End because I’m really not ready to say goodbye to the Lotus House gang.
To summarise- insanely hot, Italian, alpha, yoga teacher meets a woman that carries her pain and grief like a shield. Prepare to laugh, to cry, and to faint more than a Victorian Lady because this book is BEYOND HOT. Audrey has done it again.
Note: do not try and do the advanced yoga positions described in the book. Seriously. You are not flexible. Sit your arse down and just read about it okay?
Audrey Carlan, you are an absolute goddess. You have evoked every emotion soul deep with your words!
Silent Sins is so much more than an exquisitely written contemporary romance. This story is about loss and pain and took me along on these amazing characters’ journey to heal and find earth shattering love.
One look at Honor and our hero Nick was head over heels. Our notoriously single Italian Stallion was brought to his knees with one glance. He felt the boom. Knew she was made for him. Over the top possessive and protectiveness. Nick immediately craved everything about Honor. And he also immediately recognized that he had to tread carefully around his shy angel. I’m Italian and feel like the Salerno family are my peeps. Love all the dialogue and terms of endearment. Family dynamic. Gah all of it was gloriously written.
Honor was wrecked. Lonely. Hurting. Ashamed. Abused (I want to b%$&# slap her mother so hard). Depressed beyond belief. My heart broke for her while reading her back story. The best thing to happen was crossing paths with Nick on her first visit to Lotus House. Their immediate reaction and attraction was a much needed distraction on her road to recovering from the greatest loss of her life. Finding herself and her life purpose.
We have these brilliant, unique characters and a story that is so relevant yet risky to write about. I love when an author takes a risk on a topic that could be controversial. Honor’s journey was written with love, humanity, raw emotion and utter honesty. Most importantly is the hope in her healing process. Her therapy. Opening herself up to meeting new friends, finding new joyful activities not to mention she really lucked out catching the eye and heart of a loving, hot as sin family man.
This book has the perfect combination of build up and sexy angst. A fantastically paced story so full of every emotion my heart and soul has capacity for – all wrapped up in this sexy tale. Fantastic read!
Can’t wait for book 6 – omg I have no doubt it will melt my kindle.
I have loved every book that I have read of Audrey’s and this one does not disappoint! It will take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions but in the end there is a HEA. The story is about Honor Carmichael who is broken and not sure what she has to live for and is about to give up. She meets Nick Salerno who is a yoga instructor who also owns a boxing gym. Nick is having a hard time dealing with deaths that he saw while he was deployed oversea and feeling like he is not good enough for his mom. Honor and Nick are great for each other and they help each other through their pain and struggles. They are so perfect together! This book touches my emotions in so many different ways! Thanks for another great story Audrey!
And we have another winner !!
Silent Sins by the outstanding author Audrey Carlan is book 5 in A Lotus House Series. Every book in the series can easily be read as a standalone.
Meet Honor Carmichael and Nicholas Salerno.
Honor is a broken shell of a woman. She´s a 26 year old high society princess who lives under the thumb of her evil mother. She has everything she could ever wish for, but her life is empty and miserable. The most important person in her life´s gone and she griefs deeply. When she goes to Lotus House Yoga Studio for lessone her life´s about to be turned upside down.
Nicholas Salerno is a 29 year old Yoga teacher, gym owner and ex-military with his own demons. He´s a dark, brooding, no relationship man and lives his life to the fullest. He´s a bit rough around the edges and bossy as they come. He loves his loud and overbearing italian family deeply and would do anything for his 5 siblings.
When he meets Honor it takes him one look and he knows she´s his destiny. She takes his breath away and his brain is empty. Bur Honor is a burned child with deep deep issues and secrets.
I started reading Silent Sins and was immediatedly sucked into the story. I haven´t read the previous books, a failure that I´ll correct now – I want to read them all ASAP. And I had no problem understanding the storyline. The characters are great and the story is a very clear one. I could feel the characters emotions in the words. I could love them not like them, and that I did. The main characters are great, I can´t say how much my heart hurt for Honor and Nicholas, but and yes there´s a but I didn´t like – at all – the therapist´s character Monet. In my personal opinion she´s not very professional. In trying to keep her frienship to Nicholas out of the picture, her reputation and her client´s on the legal side and do the right thing, she fails Honor miserably and is the cause for Honor´s major heartbreak and finally breaking point. No, nope I didn´t like her.
All in all I can´t say how much I love this book, the writing is excellent and the story is captivating. I reda Silent Sins in one sitting, I had to know what happens to the characters. And now I´m goona go and buy every other book in the series and binge reading them. I recommend Silent Sins and give 5 stars.
Honor is a troubled girl but with Nick’s help she is finally able to live an amazing life. Amazing story and so hot it makes you want to melt!
Amazing overcoming trauma book filled with courage, strength and love. Two people who have so much to give and yet so much to overcome. The past experiences Honor has really hit home for me. We all look for ways to cope and this book gave me a few new coping mechanisms. Did I mention the really really hot sex? OMG…there’s some really really hot sex!
Silent Sins is book #5 is the Lotus House Series. I am loving these books. This one I was not prepared for emotionally. The subject matter is sensitive and deals with abuse and self harm. Honor Carmichael has been through a traumatic past. She is broken, bruised and scarred. She feels alone as she has recently lost her twin brother. She is drowning in a family she feels so disconnected from one that are so mean and cruel to her. This was a beautiful telling of a young women’s emotional journey to self discovery. The growth in her character from beginning to end was huge and so inspiring. Nicholas Salerno is an incredible man. He is a strong Italian man ready to settle down. He is ex-military. He is selfless and sweet. He is an aerial yoga instructor and owns a gym. He is so loving and protective of Honor. I adored them together. He also suffers from his own trauma and the beauty they find in each other to mend and heal one another was incredible. I look forward to Silas and Dara’s story next in Intimate Intuition.
I loved this whole series. Wish it could go on indefinitely. Cute writing style, likable and well defined characters. Loved learning about yoga, meditation, chakras and auras.