My new domestic thriller, The Adoption, has a complicated backstory. That got me thinking how best to weave all those interesting, life-changing events from the past into the book. These experiences proved pivotal in the thriller, but how to reveal the past for the biggest punch in the present?

The heroine of my May release, The Adoption, is a woman suffering from the after effect of a traumatic brain injury that resulted in a condition commonly called Face Blindness. This sent me down a rabbit hole of research on brain injuries and psychiatric hospitals. The particulars of my research are woven into my story but here are a few insider details …

The subject for my dark, twisty domestic thriller, The Adoption, set in Tampa, Florida, began with an email from my editor at Bookouture. They had a theme they wanted me to consider for a domestic thriller. Would I be willing to discuss?

Author Jenna Kernan’s new release, The Adoption, is a dark, twisty domestic thriller set in sunny Florida, though not the Florida you see in advertising campaigns. This is the insider’s view, and some of it might surprise you. To give you a locals take on the sunshine state, here are seven things you will never find on visitor information sites.

No one wants to hear someone living in Florida complain about the cold weather. But sometimes we still do.

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