Helpless
the SCORCHING new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and Bright Young Women A fiction novel coming to you from Simon & Schuster in 2026. From the New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and Bright Young Women comes the highly anticipated, heart-pounding thriller with twists you'll never see comingâŠ
'Dark, twisty, and wildly addictive. Helpless is Jessica Knoll at her boldest and most unsettlingâ JENEVA ROSE
âA dark, twisty and addictive read that you will struggle to put downâ LISA JEWELL
âA daring, sexy tension-fest with head-spinning twistsâ CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD
'A razor-sharp thriller with a riveting cast of charactersâ KIA ABDULLAH
Faye Heron has it all: beauty, a glittering Hollywood career and a powerhouse marriage to her producer husband. Her life is the kind most people can only dream of.
When a beloved former college professor suddenly passes away, Faye is drawn back to campus, and back to Henry Spalding, the man sheâs spent twelve years trying to forget.
Henry was her first love, her most intense love. Their love was the kind that consumed⊠and that Faye chose to walk away from. Their reunion should be nothing more than a polite nod to the past. Instead, it awakens something dangerous.
Henry is full of apologies for how they ended. But as Faye is pulled deeper into his orbit, she begins to wonder if sheâs walking into something that she wonât be able to escape from this time.
What starts as an innocent chance to reconnect unravels into a sinister game of obsession and control, one that forces Faye to confront the truth about their past and uncover a sprawling, years-old mystery.
Because Henry isnât just one of a kind. Heâs the kind who doesnât let go.
Readers can't stop talking about Helpless⊠(5 star reader reviews *****)
âThis is SO good. I am beside myself with joy that this book was great ⊠It is AMAZING'
âVery readable and I just had such a good time reading thisâ
âA raw, exposing and real book with a story built around some huge and important but hard themesâ
âJessica Knoll delivers another gripping and unsettling thriller that is both compulsively readable and emotionally confrontingâ
âDraws the reader in quickly, blending psychological tension with sharp social observationâ
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the SCORCHING new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and Bright Young Women A fiction novel coming to you from Simon & Schuster in 2026. From the New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and Bright Young Women comes the highly anticipated, heart-pounding thriller with twists you'll never see comingâŠ
'Dark, twisty, and wildly addictive. Helpless is Jessica Knoll at her boldest and most unsettlingâ JENEVA ROSE
âA dark, twisty and addictive read that you will struggle to put downâ LISA JEWELL
âA daring, sexy tension-fest with head-spinning twistsâ CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD
'A razor-sharp thriller with a riveting cast of charactersâ KIA ABDULLAH
Faye Heron has it all: beauty, a glittering Hollywood career and a powerhouse marriage to her producer husband. Her life is the kind most people can only dream of.
When a beloved former college professor suddenly passes away, Faye is drawn back to campus, and back to Henry Spalding, the man sheâs spent twelve years trying to forget.
Henry was her first love, her most intense love. Their love was the kind that consumed⊠and that Faye chose to walk away from. Their reunion should be nothing more than a polite nod to the past. Instead, it awakens something dangerous.
Henry is full of apologies for how they ended. But as Faye is pulled deeper into his orbit, she begins to wonder if sheâs walking into something that she wonât be able to escape from this time.
What starts as an innocent chance to reconnect unravels into a sinister game of obsession and control, one that forces Faye to confront the truth about their past and uncover a sprawling, years-old mystery.
Because Henry isnât just one of a kind. Heâs the kind who doesnât let go.
Readers can't stop talking about Helpless⊠(5 star reader reviews *****)
âThis is SO good. I am beside myself with joy that this book was great ⊠It is AMAZING'
âVery readable and I just had such a good time reading thisâ
âA raw, exposing and real book with a story built around some huge and important but hard themesâ
âJessica Knoll delivers another gripping and unsettling thriller that is both compulsively readable and emotionally confrontingâ
âDraws the reader in quickly, blending psychological tension with sharp social observationâ
