{"product_id":"helpless-preorder","title":"Helpless - PREORDER","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePub Date: July 07, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLuckiest Girl Alive\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBright Young Women \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a smoldering erotic thriller with a singular, mind-bending ending.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Knoll is the author of really unsettling thrillers... [ \u003ci\u003eHelpless\u003c\/i\u003e] is like \u003ci\u003eMisery \u003c\/i\u003ebut with your ex.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's been twelve years since Faye Heron broke Henry Spalding's heart. Henry was her college boyfriend, her first love, but Faye was in danger of being subsumed by him and the intensity of their connection--a connection that took her beyond boundaries she'd only dreamed of crossing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, Faye is one half of a power-producing duo with her Hollywood husband. Henry is a married father running the family business. On the surface, both of their lives have essentially gone to plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a former and beloved college professor suddenly passes away, Faye and Henry find themselves back on campus for the funeral, circling something old and dangerous. Something, if Faye is honest with herself, she has been trying to duplicate for years. But Henry is one of a kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe kind who delivers a hypnotic apology for the way things ended. \u003cbr\u003eThe kind who suggests they go back to the hotel for a drink. \u003cbr\u003eThe kind who drugs and kidnaps her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Faye comes to Henry's remote mountain cabin, she's beside herself. Has Henry brought her here to punish her? She did, after all, write and star in a lauded episode of television based on their indelicate appetites and vicious breakup. As her week of captivity unfolds, Henry's wanton demands intensify, and Faye finds herself pulled back into his irresistible gravity. But as Faye and Henry spiral into their old dynamic, a sprawling, years-old mystery begins to take shape--one that will rewrite history as Faye remembers it and reveal an astounding, cataclysmic truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessica Knoll\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBright Young Women\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Favorite Sister\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLuckiest Girl Alive\u003c\/i\u003e--now a major motion picture from Netflix starring Mila Kunis. She has been a senior editor at \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e and the articles editor at \u003ci\u003eSelf\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jessica Knoll","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51865746276637,"sku":"9781668062302","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781668062302.jpg?v=1781206176","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/helpless-preorder","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}