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Books by Amethyst Creek

Gold and Glitter

Return of the Scoundrel

The Gold Miner's Wife

Love's Dance

The Next Generation,
A Sequel to Pride and Prejudice
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Marriage is an adventure. It is often a beautiful, lasting journey filled with excitement, humor and romance, along with some mayhem, friction and unexpected events. In this narrative, I will share with you a series of incidents and colorful individuals that made a lasting impression through fifty years of marriage.


It is 1888 and handsome scoundrel Bridger Crandall has escaped from prison. He is eager to plot revenge against the woman who put him there seven years ago, Maggie Blackstone.


In 1873 a young artist leaves her home in England to spend a few months painting the lovely landscapes of the Colorado Rockies. A chance meeting leads her to romance and passion. When tragedy unexpectedly strikes, she must discover who has betrayed her.


In 1879 a bold and determined young woman sets off to find love and loses her heart in the West. She never expected to find herself flirting with danger.


The principal characters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice are married or betrothed by the end of her story. In this continuation, we take a look at how the adult children of these marriages have proceeded in life.





Amethyst Creek



Amethyst Creek met her husband at the University of Denver. They have been married since 1972 and have two grown sons, two wonderful daughters-in-law and one adorable granddaughter all living in the Denver area. She has been a member of the Whooping Crane Conservation Association for many years and believes it is important to share with others the continued struggles of this amazing bird. She is also a proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and has been active in her local chapter and the Colorado State Society. Amethyst has also been a member of the PEO sisterhood for nearly twenty years. She is retired from teaching, loves to garden, is an avid reader and has travelled extensively. Her orange tabby cat is named Mr. Darcy!

One of the most memorable experiences of her teaching career came as a result of the ‘Adopt a Ship’ program sponsored by the Propeller Club of the United States. For fifteen years fifth grade students from her school corresponded with the master and crew of the GT Chevron Colorado, an oil tanker based out of Chevron’s Richmond Refinery in San Francisco. This vessel travelled all over the world and through regular correspondence and school visits from members of the crew, the kids learned many things about life at sea, the responsibilities aboard ship and skills needed for a career in the maritime industry. The girls were interested as much as the boys – one of the female officers aboard the Colorado became the Mooring Master at the Richmond Refinery.

It was a great pleasure to be invited by the ship’s Master, Carl Gruelund, to take a short journey aboard the Colorado in the summer of 2000. The ship had offloaded 265,000 barrels of jet fuel in Portland, her hull then refilled with water for ballast. To satisfy U.S. Coastguard requirements, Amethyst was designated as a supernumerary, or extra hand, for the voyage to San Francisco. Highlights from this unforgettable adventure were reported in the Chevron Now magazine (March-May 2001 issue). Below is an artist’s rendering of the GT Chevron Colorado. After twenty-five years at sea, she was decommissioned in June, 2010.








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