First published 2025
Theodora Scott arrives at Idlewood, the isolated winter cabin where her wealthy fiance Connor Dalton wants her to meet his family. The Daltons control serious money and power, and they remain skeptical of Connor's choice. Theo tries to focus on winning them over, but strange details keep surfacing. Someone sends threatening texts warning her to stay away from Connor. Footprints appear in the snow outside her window. The remote location feels oddly familiar, though she cannot place why. When Theo explores an abandoned cabin on the property, she discovers something that changes everything: a photograph of herself as a young child, taken right here at Idlewood. Her early memories remain mostly blank, but fragments start returning. The Daltons guard a dangerous secret, and Theo now poses a direct threat to whatever they have worked to conceal. The family never accepts defeat, and Theo realizes her investigation into her forgotten past could destroy her future.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: hidden-identity, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Idlewood
291 pages · Hardcover · Flatiron Books