I have enjoyed writing since childhood. Once, while in elementary school, I wrote a book about a space odyssey. When I was finished with it my teacher took it and read a chapter out of it each day to the entire class. My classmates really enjoyed it.
I went to work in underground coal mines in Southeastern Kentucky at the age of 18. I spent a little over fifteen years working in the coal fields. These experiences helped me to gain a unique prospective on life that comes through in my writing that can be seen my latest book “Murder Seen Through the Eyes of a Child and in my upcoming book “The Mysterious Black Box from Dark Ridge.”
I have discovered my passion for writing once again. I really believe you will enjoy reading my upcoming books.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Nathan Rhodes
<p>Dr. Bethany McNeal is living her dream as a pediatric resident in one of the most sought-after medical centers in Seattle. Beautiful and intelligent, she’s missing only one thing—love, which she put on hold to focus on her career after ending a tumultuous relationship. Everything changes when she meets Dr. Brent Anderson, a charming and handsome fellow resident. Despite her reservations, Bethany falls for Brent—hard. When she learns Brent is married several months into their relationship, she immediately breaks it off. After graduating residency and going their separate ways, Bethany tries to move on with another man—real estate broker and personal trainer Charles Blakely. But just when things get serious with Charles, she realizes she’s still in love with Brent, and she finds herself caught between the two men, facing a series of difficult decisions and harrowing events that will change her life forever. Will she be able to recover from the vital temptations that turned her perfect life upside down?</p>
Growing up and watching families struggle to hold on to their land that they cherished along with seeing families first hand as an adult and coal operator fight tooth and nail for their land stuck with me for many years. They perceived what they were doing to be honorable, just and right. Like a lot of people, I wanted to put these accounts, feelings and emotions down on the written page.
<div class="a-row a-spacing-micro" style="width:1125px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> <div class="a-row a-spacing-micro" style="width:1125px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:small;" width="90%"> <div style="margin-left:.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="margin-right:5px;"><span class="swSprite s_star_5_0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;width:65px;height:13px;background:url(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/g/01/common/sprites/sprite-site-wide-3._v375430972_.png) no-repeat -30px 0px;" title="5.0 out of 5 stars"><span>5.0 out of 5 stars</span></span> </span><span style="vertical-align:middle;"><b>Good read</b>, February 3, 2015</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <div> <div style="float:left;">By </div> <div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1EK8F2QKQ9I00/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp" style="color:rgb(0,75,145);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Jill Ford</span></a> - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1EK8F2QKQ9I00/ref=cm_cr_pr_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview" style="color:rgb(0,75,145);">See all my reviews</a></div> </div> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> </div> <div class="tiny" style="font-size:x-small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><span class="crVerifiedStripe"><b class="h3color tiny" style="color:rgb(228,121,17);margin-right:.5em;">Verified Purchase</b><span class="tiny verifyWhatsThis">(<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/community-help/amazon-verified-purchase" style="color:rgb(0,75,145);">What's this?</a>)</span></span></div> <div class="tiny" style="font-size:x-small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><b><span class="h3color tiny" style="color:rgb(228,121,17);">This review is from: </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Seen-Through-Eyes-Child-ebook/dp/B00SESM2T2/ref=cm_cr_pr_orig_subj" style="color:rgb(0,75,145);">Murder Seen Through The Eyes of a Child (Kindle Edition)</a></b></div> <div class="reviewText">I really enjoyed this book. Loved how the chapters flowed. I definitely recommend this book to everyone. I am going to pass it to my daughter to read it</div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="a-icon-row a-spacing-none" style="line-height:0;padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><a class="a-link-normal a-text-normal a-color-base" href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R19JD7M6WUE0PK/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1634901746&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=283155&store=books" style="color:rgb(17,17,17);"><span class="a-size-base a-text-bold" style="line-height:19px;font-weight:700;">Great story</span></a></div> <span class="a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);"><span class="a-size-normal"><span class="a-color-secondary">By </span><a class="noTextDecoration" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1P47GUYJD0JG1/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp" style="color:rgb(0,102,192);">Amazon Customer</a> </span><span class="a-color-secondary">on August 25, 2014</span></span></div> <div class="a-row a-spacing-small" style="width:1125px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:10px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="a-size-mini a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:11px;line-height:1.465;">Format: Kindle Edition</span> <div class="a-section" style="margin-bottom:0px;">Very impressive writing, very well written. This story kept you on the edge of your seat. Very adventurous and very entertaining and informative about the Middle Branch area. I would highly recommend this read.</div> </div> <div class="a-icon-row a-spacing-none" style="line-height:0;padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><a class="a-link-normal a-text-normal a-color-base" href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R32EKDJLP8TBRD/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1634901746&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=283155&store=books" style="color:rgb(17,17,17);"><span class="a-size-base a-text-bold" style="line-height:19px;font-weight:700;">Great Book!! A Must Read!!</span></a></div> <span class="a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);"><span class="a-size-normal"><span class="a-color-secondary">By </span><a class="noTextDecoration" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A14EM2LQR5HBUM/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp" style="color:rgb(0,102,192);">Amazon Customer</a> </span><span class="a-color-secondary">on July 27, 2014</span></span></div> <div class="a-row a-spacing-small" style="width:1125px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:10px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="a-size-mini a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:11px;line-height:1.465;">Format: Kindle Edition</span><span class="a-size-mini a-color-state a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(196,85,0);font-size:11px;line-height:1.465;font-weight:700;"> Verified Purchase</span> <div class="a-section" style="margin-bottom:0px;">This was a great read!! The vision he paints of the beauty of the mountains in contrast to the vileness that greed reduces it to is very realistic as to what happened in a lot of the appalachian areas, The fact that that he shows how life must go on by bringing into the story the antics of the mischievous boys shows him to be a well rounded writer who looks at all the facets in life. My emotions ran the gambit in this book, from laughing at the boys to trying not to cry at the obvious waste of life and nature that also takes place. i HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone that wants a good laugh, a look at the past, or the way strip mining affected the mountainous regions</div> </div>