Brighton Publishing signs J.L. Coalwell for her second book “Amber Grey: The Lost City"

CHANDLER, Ariz. - April 5, 2013 - PRLog -- CHANDLER (AZ)—Brighton Publishing LLC is pleased to announce the signing of author J.L. Coalwell for the second book in the highly celebrated Amber Grey series, “Amber Grey: The Lost City.” With a clever eye for details, author J.L Coalwell takes Amber Grey and her friends to the gritty edge and back again…or so we hope. Amber Grey: The Lost City is scheduled for eBook release in mid-2013 and will be available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other leading retailers worldwide. The print version is currently slated for release in fall-2013 and will be available through Ingram, the world’s largest book distributor.

Amber Grey has a unique gift, one that many would kill to possess—a rare and mystical connection to the earth’s natural elements. It doesn’t take long for Amber to discover that not every gift is pleasant, and hers would ultimately cause a separation from those dearest to her.

Shocked by the sudden kidnapping of her brother and distressed by the tangled web of her own teen romance, Amber begins her own desperate hunt to reclaim that which was taken from her.

But…violence and misfortune shadow her every step, and a growing threat to humanity’s destruction creeps ever-closer.

Lost and disoriented, Amber wakes as a prisoner held within the strange confines of the Lost City, a secret civilization hidden underneath the parched earth of Damascus, Syria.

There, Amber encounters a deadly shadow, and is forced to sacrifice a part of her own soul to save those she cares for.

Those with evil intent—hoping to exploit her gift for their own vile purposes—find that Amber’s will is unrelenting and her resolve is impenetrable, so, instead…she is marked for death.

And now, once again the Storm must be unleashed…

“Crafted with tantalizing details and a taut and gripping plot, author J.L. Coalwell entices her readers to continue deeper into the proverbial rabbit hole,” said Kathie McGuire, director of Brighton Publishing LLC. “Amber Grey: The Lost City stokes the fiery quest for insight into the paranormal with a similar feel to that of Cassandra Clare’s popular The Mortal Instruments series.”

Jennifer Coalwell was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and attended a French immersion school until her high school years. “Writing has always been like breathing to me,” she says. Over the years, Ms. Coalwell and her family have hosted a myriad of foreign students, inviting the Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian, and Japanese cultures and—what she describes as—truly wonderful children and adults into their home. J. L. Coalwell lives among the Rocky Mountains of Utah with her husband and five children. Her first novel Amber Grey: Calm Before the Storm is available from fine retailers everywhere.