Thank You for Remembering

Author:  Emily Harding Title: Thank You for Remembering Publisher: Gallery Books Date Published: 09/15/2026

Read Dates: 08/05/2026- 08/06/2026
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 📖 I received a gifted e-book ARC. The following is my honest review✍🏻

Thank You for Remembering is a single POV slow-burn romance with an amnesia plot line. Marnie is getting ready for a cross-country move, leaving California beaches behind to follow her boyfriend, Matt, to Boston. After a head injury, she wakes up in a hospital and discovers that she already moved to Boston a year ago, and she and Matt have been broken up for months. Now she’s in an unfamiliar apartment, trying to piece together a life she doesn’t remember, with only a few mementos she saved as a map to guide her. She enlists the help of her neighbor, Ben, as a tour guide, trying to figure out where she fits in this city and why she stayed when all her plans (apparently) blew up!

I really love a good slow burn romance, and I loved the premise for this. Marnie is sentimental and saves keepsakes from meaningful moments (something I used to do), so I loved the idea of her having a shoebox and cork board filled with ticket stubs and trinkets to use as a guide! Ben was fantastic as a patient and supportive friend, helping her navigate the neighborhood and being there for her without pushing. Just all around I found myself invested in the story and loved watching it unfold.

Growing up, Marnie Stephens believed in magic. That destiny was real, the universe had a plan, and every problem could be fixed by one of her grandmother’s many crystals or mantras. But now, at thirty, Marnie’s dreams have fallen by the wayside as real life proves to be more difficult than divine. That’s all about to change, though, thanks to her upcoming move from LA to Boston with her boyfriend Matt. Sure, she still has some nagging worries about the future, but those things will work themselves out. She just needs a fresh start.

Unfortunately, that’s exactly what Marnie gets when she wakes up at a hospital in Boston with no knowledge of how she got there. Her doctor tells her she suffered a head injury, Matt insists they broke up months ago, and, most distressing of all, her hair is somehow eight inches shorter. Nothing makes sense, but one thing is clear: Marnie has no memory of the past year. Soon, she’s discharged and finds herself in an apartment she doesn’t remember with a new neighbor, Ben Morgan, a man she’s sure she won’t forget.

Now, with the clues she finds scattered around her home, and Ben, who knows Boston like the back of his hand, Marnie sets out to retrace the past year to figure out where things went wrong and set them right. But despite what her grandmother always told her, there’s no magic to make her recovery easier. Between doctor’s visits and treks across the city in search of her lost memories, the last thing Marnie needs is to start falling for the grumpy—and incredibly attractive—man helping her. But the universe has other plans, and it’s not long before Marnie begins to wonder if fighting for the past is as important as the one person who could be her future.