Helpless

In Helpless by Jessica Knoll, a glossy return-to-campus reunion turns into a gripping psychological thriller about power, memory, and the stories we tell to survive.

Twelve years after Faye Heron walked away from her first all-consuming love, Henry Spalding, she’s reinvented herself as one half of a Hollywood power couple. Henry, now a husband and father, seems settled in a quieter life. When a beloved professor dies, they’re pulled back to their university for the funeral—and the chemistry they once couldn’t control resurfaces, quickly curdling into something far more dangerous.

When Faye wakes in a remote mountain cabin, the lines between intimacy, coercion, and revenge blur, and a long-buried mystery begins to reframe everything she thought she knew.

Perfect for readers who love dark campus fiction, twisty domestic suspense, and feminist thrillers with an unreliable edge.

Add Helpless to your stack and let Knoll’s final-page jolt do the rest.