Loved this southern cult-vibe thriller. The southern grape farm set the scene well. I enjoyed the dual timeline where we got to unravel the past mystery through a diary. It took a little bit to get hooked and some of the twists were predictable. But overall it was entertaining!

I enjoyed this twisty tale from Stacy Willingham! The pacing was strong, and the plot was well developed. There was no shortage of seedy characters which added to the guessing game of who is the villain? I actually did NOT figure it out like I thought I had so kudos to Stacy for fooling me! I loved how it all came together. The ending was perfection.

BIG THANK YOU TO ST. MARTIN’S PRESS AND NETGALLEY FOR THIS ARC! <3

Stacy Willingham is an auto buy author for me so I was so excited when I got approved for this arc! I was pretty much nerding out. This is the perfect southern dark thriller that I love. It just has that vibe too it. You feel it pretty quickly. I pretty much read this book in one day, I couldn’t put it down!

This is the kind of thriller that creeps up on you like…like a peaceful summer job picking grapes turns into you realizing you have to pick the whole vineyard by yourself.
Claire Campbell’s sister disappeared over twenty years ago. It’s something that has shaped Claire’s life ever since, and a big reason why she escaped to live her life in New York City. Returning to South Carolina for a visit, she finds herself drawn to a vineyard where her sister worked on that last fateful summer. Securing a live-in job there is a mix of escape from the city and spending time with a sister who is now unreachable.
Things start off slowly. Digging up the past isn’t easy, even for a journalist. But eventually all of Claire’s misgivings become real, urgent danger.
I’ve read enough of Stacy Willingham’s other novels to be excited for this one. I’ll admit, the setup got me thinking this might be a one-off. But it’s not. The setup is worth it in the end. Five Stars.

I was probably 70% of the way through before it hit me - "This is a locked door thriller I don't hate!" Not that I hate all of them, but they can rub me the wrong way. This one was - and it wasn't - a locked door, and I really like the way Willingham used the wide open setting/space as a...trap.

Twisty, turny, creepy, and fun - I raced through to the end dying to know the outcome. Very fun read.

Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the digital ARC of this title. I get a special thrill from reading books before they've really hit the shelves!

A southern suspense novel with the perfect mysterious ambience.

This newest murder mystery from Stacy Willingham has a myriad of intriguing twists and turns. A few of them I saw coming but the rest had me flabbergasted.

Another chilling factor for me was how the story was reminiscent of cults like the manson family.

I adored 'A Flicker in the Dark' like I’ve already mentioned on here and I’m ecstatic I got to read Willingham's newest thriller early.

Claire has been troubled by her sister’s disappearance for the past 20 years. Forced to return to her home town to care for her mother she sets out to find the truth. Forget Me Not is a quick read that will keep you up at night to find out what really happened.

Wow - just Wow! Forget me Not is soo good! Claire is a investigative reporter who lives in New York City. She recently left her job and has been lost. Claire gets a call from her Dad asking her to come help take care of her Mom back down south. Claire hasn't been home since she left when she graduated high school due to her older sister Natalie disappearing. Claire and family never really had answers if Natalie was truly dead or not but the police believed they had found her murderer and locked him up. Claire is apprehensive about going back home but her friend Ryan convinces her to give it a go. Claire goes home but ends up going and taking a job at the local winery to make some money, escape and take in the last place she ever saw her sister. Thank you so much to NetGalley and St. Martin Press for the opportunity to read this book. Stacy Willingham wrote another amazing story.

In Forget Me Not, Stacy Willingham delivers a haunting Southern thriller about family secrets and long-lost truths. When Claire Campbell returns home to investigate her sister’s decades-old disappearance, she uncovers dark secrets that blur the line between past and present. Atmospheric, gripping, and full of slow-burn suspense.

Stacy Willingham does not disappoint with her new thriller! Forget Me Not follows Claire, a New Yorker reluctantly returning to her small southern town to take care of her ailing mother. Claire hasn’t been home since graduating high school. After her sister disappeared over twenty years ago, she’s worked hard to put it behind her and move on. However, returning home stirs up old ghosts. After visiting the rural farm where her sister had worked the summer she disappeared, Claire takes a job on a whim and moves in. And so begins an atmospheric story involving a found diary, a mysterious caretaker, and a lot of strange happenings.

This story has it all – suspense, twists and turns, and beautiful writing. The novel has a dual timeline so you get to fully immerse yourself in the present as well as the past. All questions are answered by the end, but I didn’t see all of those answers coming which made me love this book even more. I truly felt like I was on that farm, sweating in the summer heat and having my heart race with palpable suspense at various times throughout the novel. To say any more would give too much away. A must-read for fans of this genre.

Such an amazing book. Claire is one of the main characters in the book and has to move back in with her mother due to an unfortunate accident. She remembers her sister missing. Will she find the answers needed?

I am a big Stacy Willingham fan, so I was thrilled to read this before its publication. As the story begins, Claire's life and career as an investigative journalist is pretty much in shambles. When her father calls asking her to visit her mother, there is not much keeping her in NYC. Claire has not been home since she left for college due to the disappearance and presumed murder, of her older sister, Natalie. Once she arrives home, she and her mother avoid speaking about their shared trauma and Claire starts to delve into Natalie's final days. This is where the story became somewhat unbelievable to me--Claire does not bother to speak to either of her parents. As an 'investigative journalist" wouldn't her parents be the first people she speaks with? Claire ends up going to a farm Natalie had worked at and gets hired to work and live at the farm for the summer. She leaves her mother's house without disclosing her plans for the summer--again not very believable. At the farm, the mystery unfolds and Claire is also in grave danger.

I flew through this book, but I am unsure if it was the book or the fact that I was on a long flight and then read it on the beach during my vacation. The lack of communication between Claire's family along with the cell phone and wifi problems that complicate Claire's contact with the outside world on the farm felt contrived. In the end, Without spoiling the book, I appreciated the tidy ending and having answers to all of the questions I has a reader. Due to my previously mentioned questionable plot holes, I only rated this book four stars.

Cannot express how thankful I am to have received an ARC of this AMAZING book. I think it's my favorite of Willingham's yet! I was so enthralled with the atmosphere and the dual POV's kept me itching to keep reading.

Something about Willingham's pacing just always works really well for me. I wouldn't call it a slow-burn, but also wouldn't say it's medium-paced either, if that makes sense! She does just a great job of setting the scene, and planting little seeds of "we'll come back to this later" that keep you wanting to turn the page.

This book was so intriguing and I LOVED the twists and especially the ending. Definitely pick this one up in August!!

Stacy Willingham delivers another gripping psychological thriller with Forget Me Not, full of eerie tension and unexpected twists. The story’s exploration of memory, trauma, and perception is both unsettling and compelling, keeping you guessing who to trust. The pacing builds slowly but pays off with a satisfying and emotional climax. While a few moments felt slightly predictable, the strong writing and layered characters make this a standout thriller worth reading.

I enjoyed this book, but not until I was about halfway through. The beginning felt sooooo long and a little boring. I finally felt hooked by about the 55% mark. I did feel the angst and wanted to know what happened, but the story felt a little too disjointed and convoluted. Overall, I’d still recommend it, but with the disclaimer that it’s not my favorite from this author.

Forget Me Not is an atmospheric, slow-burning thriller that blooms with tension and emotional depth. I devoured it.

Claire Campbell’s return home feels like stepping into a ghost story, where the past clings to every dusty corner and unanswered question. What begins as a story about unresolved grief and fractured family ties quickly unravels into something far more eerie and sinister. The setting—a Southern vineyard steeped in memory and secrets—is the perfect backdrop for this haunting mystery, and it pulses with the kind of quiet menace that keeps you turning pages late into the night.

The diary is a brilliant narrative device, weaving past and present in ways that made me feel like I was uncovering the truth alongside Claire. There’s a delicious sense of dread as small clues snowball into a realization that nothing is as it seems—and that Claire may be more deeply entangled in the mystery than she ever imagined.

This one had everything I love: a cold case, a gothic edge, a smart but emotionally raw protagonist, and that creeping, slow-build suspense that pays off beautifully. It’s introspective without losing momentum, and genuinely chilling without relying on shock value.

Loved this one. Absolutely worth the read.

Stacy Willingham has brought us a tragic story of love and loss, finding yourself when you've been told something else for decades. It follows the story of Claire Campbell, still reeling from her older sister's disappearance more than 20 years before. Desperate for answers, she returns to her hometown to care for her injured mother, only to end up at the same produce farm her sister had a summer job the year she disappeared. Wanting to be closer to her, Claire takes a job there as well and is met with more questions that she ended up with answers, at least at first.

Willingham has given us a tragic story of how young women are vulnerable in their early adult years, and how we can become susceptible to the information that people feed us when we aren't yet smart enough to know any better. Some get away from it, others aren't as lucky.

Than you to the author, NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC.

It started off a little slow for me, but once it took off—I was hooked, line and sinker. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. The setting felt like a slow southern summer: sticky, nostalgic, and a little eerie, which ended up working perfectly once the tension started to build. Claire’s return home and all the complicated emotions tied up in her past felt really believable, and I loved how the mystery unfolded piece by piece. The diary twist pulled me in deep, and I found myself staying up way too late just to see where it was all going. Definitely recommend if you’re in the mood for a moody, atmospheric thriller with secrets that unravel in the best way.

Forget me not was an interesting discovery from start to finish. Families come in all different varieties and Stacy Willingham shows the types you just might want to stay clear of. My how the secrets can make you check behind you. I received a complementary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

This was a very moody and layered thriller that I could not put down! Stacy Willingham is quickly becoming a favorite author of mine.