Claire Campbell has been dealing with the loss of her older sister's death for the last twenty years when she disappeared at her window one night and was killed by her older boyfriend. Claire's parents divorced her mother seemingly forgetting about raising Claire and her father moving out. When Claire was finally able to she moved as far away as she could to New York City becoming a journalist, until one day she gets a call from her dad asking her to come back home. Secrets are dredged up and the past comes alive again hauntingly taking Claire with it.
A perfect thriller that you will not want to put down!

FORGET ME NOT BY STACY WILLINGHAM

Stacy Willingham does it again! Author of the fabulous A Flicker In the Dark serves up another deliciously dark and atmospheric Southern thriller with Forget Me Not.

As you meet our protagonist, Claire you learn why the young journalist has made herself a loner with only one friend to her name. She is mostly estranged from her parents. Her 18 year old sister disappeared when Claire was only 11. Having been recently passed over for a promotion she quit her job. All this piled up to carve Claire into quite a forlorn individual. When called back home from New York City to help her injured mother she begins to have to face all the issues which have been hanging over her.

All thriller readers expect a GOOD twist or two in their reads and believe me you will not be disappointed!

In her incredibly written ending the author artfully unravels all the mysteries we encounter along the reading of this story. The ending was absolutely phenomenal. In fact I have to say it is the best written ending I have read since I started reading thrillers in earnest two years ago.

I highly recommend Forget Me Not.

Thank you to Stacy Willingham, Minotaur Books and NetGalley for this advanced reader copy.

Stacy does it again! This suspense thriller had me on the edge of my seat until the very end! I loved all of the plot twists leading up to the biggest one of them all. There are many characters mentioned, but every single one plays a role in this thriller. The author does a great job tying it all together in the end. A must read by one of my favorite thriller authors!

Thank you NetGalley and Minotaur Books for this is advanced copy!

4.25 stars

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for getting the chance to review this ARC

(Hands clapping rapidly) YESSSS, Stacy! A must read book by a must read author.

This was the perfect Southern summer psychological thriller. Forget Me Not is set in a vineyard and the mysteries that lie within those 50 acres will have you at the edge of your seat. Filled with complex characters, decades long secrets, and cult-like culture, this book is sure to keep you guessing.

Claire's sister Natalie went missing 22 years ago. For the first time in 15 years, Claire is back in her hometown in South Carolina and desperate to find answers to her sister's disappearance. As she starts to unravel the mystery of her missing sister, she becomes entranced by Galloway Farms (the vineyard Natalie worked at the summer of her disappearance) and the mysterious couple that resides there.

I was able to guess a few of the twists, but was left shocked at the end as Claire unfolds the mystery of the farm. She was relentless is discovering the truth and I felt so much angst and hope for her during her journey.

An absolute must read for psychology thriller fans! Pick it up when it's released in August 2025

Another book from Stacy that I loved! Claire was such a relatable character from the beginning, and the trauma and feelings she internalized when her sister went missing so young was heartbreaking. Although I found a large portion of the story line to be predictable, the flow of the story made it impossible to put the book down. It was a slow burn in the beginning, but everything has meaning and as you reach the climax of the story, you see all of the little details in a different light. Stacy is a wonderful author, and I highly recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a slow burn, uncomfortable, thriller/mystery.

W O W! This is my first Stacy Willingham book, I do have A Flicker In the Dark but was blessed with the digital copy of Forget Me Not so I had to jump right in before getting to the book I already have.

If you are looking for something to suck you in, this is a read for you. It’s fast paced and loaded with twists. If you are a Freida McFadden fan you’ll love this read) It didn’t take long to get into the book - definitely a page turner.

The end did get a little complicated when the pieces started coming together. Lots of characters and names thrown around - somewhat hard to follow but not impossible. Ultimately, I rated this at 5 stars!

Thank you to Netgalley + St. Martin’s Press for
the opportunity to leave an honest review.

My third book by this author. Thank you to the publishers and netgalley for the ARC. I really enjoyed the plot of the story and found the characters enjoyable and engaging. I was immediately drawn into the story from the beginning and found myself trying to guess what would happen next. There wasn’t a dull moment. I will recommend this to other people who enjoy the genre.

Stacy is back!! This story brought the same excitement as All the dangerous things & A flicker in the dark and is filled with layers of buried trauma, family secrets, and culty passion.

I found myself hooked immediately. The pacing of this story was perfect with Stacy continually feeding us just enough to be surprised but still wanting more.

This was one of the best thrillers I have read in a while. I read in one sitting. The page were just turning and I did not see any of the twists coming. This is a must read this summer.

Not only did Stacy Willingham avoid the stock characters of the small town southern crime genre, but she also pushed the boundaries with the creep factor!

I love having the thrill of fear without the actual danger. Willingham kept a great balance with her setting (Galloway Farm) and thoroughly intriguing characters such as Mitchell, Liam, and Marcia. The uniqueness of it all is so different from anything I’ve experienced that it added to what was already a compelling read. I wasn’t reading just to figure out a crime, I was reading to understand the motives and connections between her eccentric characters.

Stacy Willingham kept me in a constant tug of war; sometimes ‘not knowing’ won and I’d skip a few lines and then ‘wanting to know’ won and I’d go back and read what I realized I needed to know. Our world is full of fearful things and people, but I loved how Willingham (1) shows us how to live with being afraid, how to fight back against the fear, how to keep going and (2) challenges us to look beyond the incomprehensible choices her characters make and try to understand that it’s more than inherent weaknesses that drive them. She doesn’t just throw the creepy and gruesome out there, she holds our hand through her exploration of the darker sides of human nature.

Willingham’s attention to detail meant that it was a slower read for me, but this also meant that I could picture it. The secrets and the mystery kept the pages turning and kept me hooked.

Need some good scream therapy? You need this book.

Note: Thank you St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for the ARC.

I was lucky enough to meet Stacy Willingham last year during the release of her third novel, where I gained insight into her writing process and sources of inspiration. As a fan of A Flicker in the Dark and All The Dangerous Things, I had high expectations for her latest book—and she did not disappoint.

Willingham once again crafts a chilling, atmospheric thriller steeped in Southern gothic allure. Her signature blend of psychological tension and richly drawn characters pulls readers into a dark and unsettling narrative, where past traumas and buried secrets unravel with each turn of the page.

I absolutely enjoyed this book and I am a huge fan of Stacy’s books! This southern thriller gave an eerie atmosphere vibes and this book definitely got me out of my reading slump!

A stellar, exceptionally written masterpiece that is sure to be a top read of 2025!! If I could give more than five stars I would. This outstanding, slow-burn thriller had me biting my nails with the turn of every page. Its dark, claustrophobic atmosphere clung to me like a wet blanket, causing this suffocating sense of dread and foreboding that enveloped me throughout the entire book. I had no idea who I could trust. I thought that I had it figured out, but I should have known better with Willingham. She threw a couple curveballs in there that totally struck me out. I really enjoyed the dual timeline and the author providing us with Marcia's diary entries from the past. I feel like this added more layers to the story and created even more intrigue. The mystery was slow to unravel, but this book was a non-stop pulse pounder. I flew through it in less than a day. What a phenomenal story! I was hooked from the start and loved every minute of it. I highly recommend!

Thank you to St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books for granting me a digital ARC via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review!

Willingham does not disappoint in her latest southern thriller chock full of shady characters and murder.

Low key this one gave me Manson vibes and I couldn’t put it down. Told in dual timelines, present day Claire and 1984, Marcia - it tells the story of women. Women who were lost or were seeking their freedom and wound up the prey of a master manipulator set on keeping them in their cages forever…

This story gripped me by the throat and squeezed tighter and tighter until the very end. Wow. I feel like I just went for the wildest ride down a twisting dirt road in the middle of the night. I was just as obsessed as Claire with digging up secrets of her sister’s decades-long disappearance. The writing is dark, moody, atmospheric. I felt like I was living on the Galloway vineyard right alongside Claire and the others.

Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham
I believe this author outdone herself with this one. I literally could not put it down trying to figure out how it all pieced together.
Claire’s older sister disappeared 22 years ago. Although a body was never found, she is presumed dead with her murderer behind bars. Claire’s family never recovered from that trauma, her parents divorcing and Claire moving away as soon as she could and hasn’t returned since. Until her father calls her requesting her to visit her seriously ill mother, claiming she’s all alone and has no one looking after her. Recently quitting her job as a journalist, she no longer has a reason why she can’t. So back to her childhood home and all those long lost memories she goes. Her mother, a recluse, really isn’t thrilled she’s there and after one night of drudging up old memories and pictures together, Claire decides to visit Galloway Farms, a grape vinery, the last place her sister worked. Although no longer open to the public the manager, Liam, agrees to give her a tour. With no other job offers on the table, on a whim, Claire takes a job there that also offers room and board. The older farm owners, Mitchell and Marcia are a very quiet and strange couple. But once Claire finds Marcia’s old journal hidden away in the guest cottage her journalism traits can’t help but kick in and what she reads leads her onto quite a story that spans decades.

I have never in my life been so giddy to receive an advanced copy of a book. So big shout out to St. Martin's Press! I read A Flicker in the Dark a few years ago and ever since have been in love with Stacy Willingham books. I have a short list of auto-buy authors and she has quickly became one of them! I'm going to try to stay spoiler free on this review, so lets dive in!

I just love her writing style. She paints such a pretty picture for books that have you on the edge of your seat. I thought the story was interesting and unique. I love a good cult book, so if that's your jam you will enjoy the story that unfolds here. The thing I loved most about this (and honestly every Stacy Willingham) book was how information was given to the readers. Pieces of the puzzle of what was going on at Galloway farms is given bit by bit in a way that makes you want to keep coming back. Once I got past half way through the book, the action had picked up and I couldn't put it down! I love getting that little anxious ball in the pit of my stomach when I'm reading a book. Like I can't read fast enough to find out what happens!

I am giving Forget Me Not a solid 4.5 stars. Why not 5 stars you may be wondering, well pure and simple it's just because I'm weird about 5 stars. Did I love this book while reading it? Yes. Has it stuck with me since finishing it? Maybe not as much as other books. That's where we are knocking the last half star. This book is expected out this summer and I would for sure recommend checking it out of you are a fan of thrillers!

Thank you to the author and publisher for an ARC copy

This story wrapped me up so quickly that I could not put it down. Secrets don’t always stay hidden.

Special thanks to NetGalley for the advanced reader copy of this book. This was quite the serial killer suspense mystery with a ton of twists. I actually had a hard time keeping track of missing people and the different stories that intertwined throughout. There were also a few moments that reminded me of the cringy old horror movies where the character does something so dumb, you would be yelling at the screen and things could have been solved much quicker if the main character just talked to someone or got the heck out! I still think this is a good one, though so keep an eye out for it.

I was so excited to be approved to read Forget Me Not! I loved it! This was a great read with a few twists I didn’t see coming. I felt like it started off a little slow but then really picked up and I couldn’t put it down. It felt like a puzzle trying to figure out how all the pieces fit together. I liked both the present and past POV’s. Usually I prefer one over the other. It was filled with suspense and mystery. Kept me on the edge of my seat.
I absolutely loved the ending.