Private investigator Angie DeRose is hired to find Nadine, a sixteen year old runaway who has fallen victim to a sex trafficking ring. In the wake of family tragedy, the discovery of an old photograph will uncover a long buried secret that threatens to put Angie and her investigation in jeopardy. Both storylines would have made solid novels on their own. As such, having them compete for my attention was distracting and diminished the quality and enjoyability of this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for providing a digital copy in return for an honest, unbiased review.

This is a fast paced book with lots of suspense and mystery to it.

It involves family secrets and on the other perspect it involves trafficking.

Angie is a private investigator. She seeks to find vulnerable and endangered runaways who need rescuing.


Meet Nadine.
Nadine ran away from her dysfunctional family seeking a new life for herself. She innocently gets tied up with a life she didn’t envision happening.

Angie is seeking to rescue her.

Right in the centre of this Angies mother dies. Through her things she discovers something that will forever change her life.

They are parallel stories that join in the end in a surprisingly good way.

Two storylines were going on at the same time. The investigator's personal story and the one that she was hired to do - track down a runaway. The runaway storyline seemed very true to life (unfortunately), but it didn't captivate me in how it was told. And, I didn't care much for the narrator's version of this audiobook.

Exciting, suspenseful, surprising plot twists in not one but two incredible stories.

Disappointed in this storyline. Couldn't get into it.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington for this free readers edition. In exchange I am providing an honest review.

Wow! This is my first read of Daniel Palmer...it will not be my last read. This title was ambitious, fast paced, and fingernail biting ensued at certain points as the suspense swept me up.
It was ambitious because it was two stories that Palmer managed to seamlessly merge together to make it feel like one story. One story ended, for the most part, and I still had so much more of the book to go - the second story was just gaining its momentum. But Palmer pulled it off - it didn't feel like two separate stories that happen to feature his main character, Angie.
Forgive Me starts with a peek at the second story, although the reader doesn't know that storyline doesn't come on full force until 2/3 of the way through the book. Chapter 1 kicks off storyline one - Nadine, a 16 year old who lives with her alcoholic mother, is tired of being the adult in her family. So she runs away. After four weeks of no leads, Nadine's parents hire Angie DeRose, a private investigator specializing in finding runaways. But it's been four weeks since Nadine has disappeared, Angie can't make any promises with so much time that has passed. Any trails are sure to be ice cold by now. Still, she pulls together her team and tackles the missing person case. In the meantime, Angie's personal life is taking a few unexpected hits and she's trying to balance her personal life with the search for Nadine which has become very important to her. Near the end of the storyline featuring Nadine, the second storyline starts gaining some traction. Someone is tailing Angie and she is unaware. Is it someone related to the case she's working? If not, then what could or who could it be related to? As Angie persists in searching out information on a picture she found in her parents attic that nobody can give answers, for she doesn't realize that what she is slowly uncovering is quickly leading to danger for she and her family.
I couldn't, even if I had wanted to, put this book down until I finished it. It kept me on the figurative edge of my seat, especially with the Nadine storyline. Palmer managed to do a couple of things really well. One, channel his inner teenage girl and get the reader to forget a man was Nadine's creator and voice. Two, he gave the reader a picture of one of the many ways girls disappear into human trafficking and some are never to be seen again. Not only does his Nadine storyline serve as a expose of sorts for how a girl gets picked up, it also delves into the mindset some - if not all - of these girls eventually adopt for survival and sanity. He attempts to give the reader some understanding of why girls - kids - people - caught in slavery conditions don't just make a run for it. Whether the reader understands or not is up to them ultimately, Palmer just provides the perspective. Fantastic read, I'm ready to read his others!

Unfortunately, the subject matter was too tough for me at this time. I did not finish the book. I will not be rating or reviewing. Thank you for the opportunity.

A good book, but not great. I think there was just too much going on in the story to make one cohesive plot that would make it come to life. The first part of the story that deals with the missing friend and trafficking was fine , but I really did not think the mystery of the photograph was necessary at all for this story. Because those two stories competed for my attention, I lost more enthusiasm for the book and by the end, didn't really care nor see the point. These definitely could have been two different novels and maybe stand alone they would have been fantastic.

I really enjoyed this book and the ending really threw me!
I'm hoping this is the beginning of a series of books............

I am not sure how I feel about this book. There was just so much going on in this book. From Angie's PI business and finding Nadine, Nadine's story, and then the mystery of the girl in the photo. Too many mysteries in one book, almost. The beginning of the book was very slow paced and I almost didn't care for it. I liked the character of Angie and the concept that she was standing up for. This book definitely was something I had not read about before, sex trafficking. It is horrifying to think that things like that happen. It is eye opening.

I am really into the romantic suspense novels so when Bryce was introduced, I was quite happy. However, those thoughts were quickly diminished as he was introduced towards the end of the book and then nothing really seemed to happen. I think my favorite part of the book was when they were talking to each other in the hospital cafeteria. I think that was the most honest and human like dialogue in the book.

She made me angry when her father was telling her "the truth" and she was being mean to him. He's still her father and she was making me angry on how she was treating him. Especially when she got mad and she didn't fully let him explain, at first. Of course, we find out later that he really wasn't telling the whole truth.

This book definitely had some surprises at the end. I would give this book 3 stars. I was given this book for free from Netgalley in order to provide an honest review of this book.