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Helpless by Jessica Knoll

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A New York Times, Oprah Daily, CrimeReads, Town & Country, and BookPage Most Anticipated Book from the New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and Bright Young Women.

Twelve years ago, Faye Heron ran from the only love that ever threatened to undo her. Now Henry Spalding has found her again—and this time, he isn't letting her go.

Twelve years ago, Faye Heron fled college sweetheart Henry Spalding before his intensity could swallow her whole. Now she's half of a power Hollywood duo, and he's a married father running the family business—both lives gone, seemingly, to plan.

A former professor's death pulls them both back to campus, and back into each other's orbit for the first time since their explosive breakup. Faye knows Henry is dangerous. She just doesn't know how dangerous until he drugs her.

She wakes at his remote mountain cabin, a captive with nowhere to run. As the days pass and old desires resurface, Faye can't tell anymore if she's being punished, seduced, or something far more calculated.

What begins as a reckoning between two people who never should have found their way back to each other unravels into a years-old mystery—one that will upend everything Faye thought she knew.

A New York Times, Oprah Daily, CrimeReads, Town & Country, and BookPage Most Anticipated Book from the New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and Bright Young Women.

Twelve years ago, Faye Heron ran from the only love that ever threatened to undo her. Now Henry Spalding has found her again—and this time, he isn't letting her go.

Twelve years ago, Faye Heron fled college sweetheart Henry Spalding before his intensity could swallow her whole. Now she's half of a power Hollywood duo, and he's a married father running the family business—both lives gone, seemingly, to plan.

A former professor's death pulls them both back to campus, and back into each other's orbit for the first time since their explosive breakup. Faye knows Henry is dangerous. She just doesn't know how dangerous until he drugs her.

She wakes at his remote mountain cabin, a captive with nowhere to run. As the days pass and old desires resurface, Faye can't tell anymore if she's being punished, seduced, or something far more calculated.

What begins as a reckoning between two people who never should have found their way back to each other unravels into a years-old mystery—one that will upend everything Faye thought she knew.

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  • Publisher: Scribner

    Title: Helpless

    Author: Jessica Knoll

    On Sale Date: July 7, 2026

    ISBN 13: 9781668062302

    ISBN 10: 1668062305

    Format: Hardcover

    Retail Price: $28.00 USD

    BISAC: Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological

    Page Count: 320 pages

    Dimensions: 9 in H | 6 in W | 1 in T

    Weight: 1.1 lb

  • Jessica Knoll is the New York Times bestselling author of Bright Young Women, The Favorite Sister, and Luckiest Girl Alive—now a major motion picture from Netflix starring Mila Kunis. A former senior editor at Cosmopolitan and articles editor at Self, her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Cosmopolitan, and New York Magazine. She lives in New York City with her family.

  • Pre-release readers are calling it sexy, twisted, and unforgettable:

    • Early readers describe Helpless as an addictively dark blend of erotic thriller and psychological suspense—one bookseller admitted she read late into the night, unable to stop until she'd found out how it would end.

    • A New York bookseller called it Knoll's most masterfully plotted novel to date, praising its eerie, simmering tension and a final twist that earns every Gone Girl comparison it's bound to receive.

    • A Dallas librarian predicts it'll be an instant book club sensation, flipping the "old flames reunited" trope into something far darker and more compelling than readers expect.

    • A Vermont bookseller stayed up too late turning its steamy, twist-laden pages, rooting for Faye—guarded, shrewd, and imperfect—every step of the way.

This book is for you if:

  • You love a slow-burn romance that curdles into something dangerous.

  • You want a psychological thriller with a twist so sharp it earns every Gone Girl comparison coming its way.

  • You're drawn to morally complicated heroines who make questionable choices and still have you rooting for them anyway.

  • You're searching for your next book club pick—one built for hours of discussion and debate.

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