Tectonic: Foreshock: A Prequel Novella

TECTONIC: FORESHOCK is the emotional prequel to TECTONIC, the main disaster thriller in the series. It follows Carter White after Christian Reyes—his childhood best friend, first love, and boyfriend of eight years—rejects his graduation proposal. Heartbroken, Carter leaves Flagstaff for Boston, where he begins law school and tries to build a life beyond the relationship that defined him. Told through Carter’s memories of their friendship, first kiss, secret romance, and eventual breakup, FORESHOCK reveals how Carter and Christian became inseparable—and why they were still carrying so much unfinished history when they met again years later in TECTONIC. It’s an LGBTQ+ story about first love, heartbreak, and the choices that separate two people before a natural disaster forces them back into each other’s lives.

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Tectonic: Foreshock: A Prequel Novella

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🎉 Win a FREE Make Peace With Life Shirt! 🎉

What if one shirt could do more than just cover your torso?

What if it could start conversations...

Spread positivity...

Boost your confidence...

And remind both you and everyone around you that life is meant to be lived with a little more peace, a little more laughter, and a whole lot more happiness?

Well...

That's exactly why we created the Make Peace With Life shirts.

And now...

We're giving them away!

Yes... you read that correctly.

We're literally giving you the shirt off our back.

(Well... not the one we're currently wearing. That would make for a very awkward blog post.)

Why Our Shirts Are Different

Our shirts aren't just fabric and ink.

They're conversation starters.

We've heard countless stories of complete strangers stopping someone wearing a Make Peace With Life shirt just to say:

"I love your shirt!"

Those simple interactions create smiles.

They start conversations.

They spread positive energy.

It's amazing how three simple words can brighten someone's day.

Make. Peace. With. Life.

Those words remind us that we don't have to be perfect to be happy.

We don't have to have every answer.

We don't have to wait until everything is "fixed."

Peace can begin today.

And yes...

They also happen to look pretty awesome.

Two Ways to Enter

We've made entering as easy as finding a reason to smile.

🎥 Option 1: Subscribe to Our Podcast

Head over to our Make Peace With Life YouTube Podcast and hit that Subscribe button.

Every new subscriber helps us reach more people with our message:

You are not broken.

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Visit our website and enter your email address using the signup form.

We'll keep you updated with:

• New blog posts
• New podcast episodes
• Positive inspiration
• Special giveaways
• Community news
• And plenty of metaphysical fun

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Here's the best part...

Do both!

Subscribe on YouTube AND join our email list.

That gives you TWO chances to win!

Because let's be honest...

Who doesn't like doubling their odds?

The More We Grow... The More We Give

This isn't just a one-time giveaway.

For every 100 new YouTube subscribers, we'll give away another Make Peace With Life shirt.

That means the bigger our community becomes...

The more shirts we get to send out into the world.

Imagine hundreds...

Then thousands...

Of people walking around spreading positivity one conversation at a time.

Now that's a movement.

More Than a Giveaway

Sure...

Winning a free shirt is exciting.

But what's even more exciting is becoming part of something bigger.

The Make Peace With Life Movement is built around one simple idea:

The world needs more peace, more kindness, more laughter, and more people reminding each other that happiness is still possible.

Every subscriber.

Every email signup.

Every shared podcast episode.

Every conversation started by one of our shirts...

Helps us reach someone who may need a little encouragement today.

You never know whose life might change because of one simple message.

So... What Are You Waiting For?

Enter today.

Subscribe.

Join the community.

Cross your fingers.

Maybe send a little positive energy out into the Universe while you're at it.

(We can't guarantee it improves your odds... but it certainly can't hurt.)

And who knows?

The next time someone asks,

"Where did you get that awesome shirt?"

You might get to smile and say...

"I won it."

Good luck!

We can't wait to welcome you into the Make Peace With Life family.

And remember...

Whether you win a shirt or not...

You're already part of something amazing.

Because you're helping us spread one message that the world desperately needs to hear:

You are not broken.

Find your happiness.

Make Peace With Life.

Magick Is Not a Myth—It’s the Energy You’re Already Using

    

Magick Is Not a Myth—It’s the Energy You’re Already Using

Magick: From Chaos to Clarity is a powerful invitation to recognize what has always been flowing through you. Magick is not rare, distant, or reserved for ancient stories—it is happening constantly, created by billions of people every day, often without awareness. This book exists to pull that energy out of chaos and into clarity, helping you understand how magick actually works and, more importantly, how you are already using it. And yes, the “k” matters. Magic without it is illusion. Magick with a “k” is creation—the conscious shaping of energy to bring good into your life, your relationships, and the world itself.

Inside these pages, you’ll learn how to create, direct, and share magick intentionally, whether working alone, with small groups, large communities, or even on a global scale. The book explores the deep connection between love and magick, revealing how intelligent and responsive this energy truly is. You’ll begin to see how thoughts, intentions, emotions, and actions all combine into a living metaphysical practice—one you’ve been participating in your entire life. What changes is not your ability to create magick, but your awareness of how effortlessly you already do it and how much more powerful it becomes once you understand it.

By the time you finish Magick: From Chaos to Clarity, your perception of energy, intention, and possibility will be forever shifted. Magick is the most unlimited resource we have—there is no shortage, no competition, and no ceiling to what humans can create together. This book teaches you how to recognize, refine, and consciously use the magick you are already generating, turning everyday existence into an intentional metaphysical practice. As a bonus, you’ll also gain access to a free class on Happiness Notes, showing you how to spread magick through simple, powerful acts that brighten lives one person at a time. The myths of magick may start to look less like fantasy—and more like forgotten truths. Are you ready to step into clarity and change your life from the inside out? 

Click here to get your copy of

Magick: From Chaos to Clarity

on Amazon / Kindle / Kindle Unlimited 

Make Peace With Life

 

What Will Make Peace With Life Do For You?

What if the life you've been searching for isn't waiting somewhere in the future? What if happiness isn't hidden behind a bigger paycheck, a perfect relationship, or some magical moment when everything finally falls into place? In Making Peace With Life, Dr. Rob Alex invites you to step off the endless treadmill of "someday" and discover something far more powerful—the ability to find meaning, purpose, and peace right where you are. Through humor, honesty, personal insight, and metaphysical wisdom, this book helps you see that life isn't something to conquer or perfect. It's something to experience, learn from, and ultimately embrace.

Inside these pages, you'll explore the lessons hidden within life's greatest challenges and its most beautiful moments. You'll discover why there is no finish line to chase, why comparison steals joy, how energy connects us all, and why asking better questions may be more important than finding perfect answers. Whether you're navigating change, searching for direction, recovering from setbacks, or simply trying to understand your place in the world, this book offers a refreshing perspective that reminds you your life already has incredible value. It's not about becoming someone else—it's about understanding the incredible person you already are.

Most self-help books promise to give you answers. Making Peace With Life offers something even more valuable: permission. Permission to breathe when life feels overwhelming. Permission to grow without demanding perfection from yourself. Permission to appreciate your journey without comparing it to everyone else's. And most importantly, permission to make peace with life exactly as it is while still creating the future you desire. If you're ready to stop racing, stop chasing, and start truly living, then this book may be exactly what you've been looking for.

Click here to get your copy of

Make Peace With Life

on Amazon / Kindle / Kindle Unlimited 

Drafted.EXE: It Begins

    

Drafted.EXE: It Begins

A Psychological Suspense Novel

Book One of the Drafted.EXE Series

Writing Lyra Duvall has one rule: She only writes stories. She never expects to become one. When a mysterious app appears on her phone, it begins predicting moments before they happen. At first the messages seem harmless. Then they become impossible. Every notification reveals something no one else should know, and every prediction pulls Lyra deeper into a story she never agreed to tell. As strange encounters pile up, the people around her become harder to read. Elias is charming but impossible to understand. Kael keeps appearing exactly when she needs him. Joon feels safe until he doesn't. Adrian seems to know far more than he should. Someone is watching. Someone is writing. And every choice Lyra makes is already part of the next chapter. Now she must uncover who is behind the app before the story reaches the one ending she can't survive. Perfect for readers who love psychological suspense, slow-burn tension, morally gray characters, and mysteries that refuse to let go, Drafted.EXE: It Begins asks one terrifying question: What if your future had already been written... and your phone was the first to know?

Click here to get Drafted.EXE: It Begins

on Amazon / Kindle / Kindle Unlimited 

The Honu Diary: A Journey of Coming Together (The Pono Trilogy Book 2)

    

The Honu Diary:

A Journey of Coming Together

(The Pono Trilogy Book 2)

Noelani Lee happily escaped the busyness of California city life to fulfill her post-divorce dream of starting fresh in a beautiful tropical paradise. Life would be easy peasy frolicking on pristine beaches with her sexy, much younger fiance…until it wasn’t. Her adoring fiancé, Rodrigo, enjoyed the reprieve from their hectic urban life. However, the idyllic island life wasn’t what Rodrigo wanted for their happily ever after. An enticing, once-in-a-lifetime job opportunity beckons him back to the states. Noelani’s ancient ancestors are summoning her to dive deeper into her spiritual legacy. Yet following her ancestor’s guidance could ultimately derail any future happiness with her soulmate and love of her life.

Click here to get

The Honu Diary: A Journey of Coming Together 

on Amazon / Kindle / Kindle Unlimited 

   

The Algorithm of Us

Maya Lin believes in data—not destiny. As the lead algorithm engineer behind HeartSpark, the world’s most successful dating app, her entire job revolves around proving that love can be measured, calculated, and optimized. But after a humiliating breakup goes viral, her company’s reputation—and her confidence—take a devastating hit, leaving Maya convinced that love, at least for her, is something better solved with science than trust. Enter Eli Torres, charismatic host of the internet’s favorite podcast, The Anti-Love Experiment. His mission? Prove dating apps manipulate emotions and ruin authentic relationships. And HeartSpark is his No. 1 target. When Eli launches a public challenge encouraging listeners to date without algorithms, HeartSpark panics. To repair the company’s reputation, Maya is forced to work closely with Eli—publicly and professionally—putting the face behind the algorithm directly in the path of its loudest critic. What begins as damage control quickly becomes something more personal, especially as Maya starts to realize she may have miscalculated him—and love itself. Only one problem: Maya didn’t expect Eli to be funny. Or thoughtful. Or devastatingly sincere. Or someone she could fall for—fast, when falling is the one variable she’s sworn never to risk again. As they navigate bookstore meet-cutes, awkward “old-fashioned” dates, and viral challenge videos, the chemistry between them becomes impossible to ignore. But the closer they get, the heavier Maya’s secret becomes… and the more terrifying the idea of losing Eli feels, because when he fully understands who she is and what she represents, the fallout threatens everything—her career, his platform, and the fragile belief that love might be more than data after all. In a world where love is automated, what happens when two people choose to follow their hearts instead? Perfect for fans of The Love Hypothesis, The Soulmate Equation, and The Unhoneymooners, The Algorithm of Us is a hilarious, heart-squeezing, slow-burn romance about modern dating, second chances, and the magic that can’t be calculated.

Click here to get The Algorithm of Us

on Amazon Paperback

Click here to get The Algorithm of Us

on Amazon Kindle

Welcome to Episode #003 of the Make Peace With Life Podcast: The Angry Episode

   

Welcome to Episode #003 of the Make Peace With Life Podcast: The Angry Episode

In this episode, we get real about something we all experience—anger. If you’re on a journey to make peace with life, does that mean you’re never supposed to feel upset, frustrated, or overwhelmed? Absolutely not. We talk about how these emotions are a natural part of being human and why embracing them—rather than suppressing them—is part of the process. We also dive into the importance of asking for help—something many of us struggle with. Whether it’s physical, mental, or emotional support, reaching out can be one of the most powerful things you do—not just for yourself, but for the people who genuinely want to be there for you. In our Life in the Slow Lane segment, we explore how slowing down isn’t just safer—it’s a reset that can help reduce stress and bring clarity back into your life. To close things out, we take a deeper look at life itself. Are our experiences just small pieces of a much bigger journey? Is anything truly coincidence, or do the connections we make carry meaning? Maybe it’s a little of both—and maybe that’s where the beauty lies. Be sure to visit MakePeaceWithLife.com to check out more podcasts and shortcasts, explore the blog, connect with the community, and find out how you can grab one of the coolest Make Peace With Life shirts for yourself.

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Make Peace With Life Podcast

The Honu Diary: A Journey of Coming Together (The Pono Trilogy Book 2)

   

The Honu Diary:

A Journey of Coming Together

(The Pono Trilogy Book 2)

Noelani Lee happily escaped the busyness of California city life to fulfill her post-divorce dream of starting fresh in a beautiful tropical paradise. Life would be easy peasy frolicking on pristine beaches with her sexy, much younger fiance…until it wasn’t. Her adoring fiancé, Rodrigo, enjoyed the reprieve from their hectic urban life. However, the idyllic island life wasn’t what Rodrigo wanted for their happily ever after. An enticing, once-in-a-lifetime job opportunity beckons him back to the states. Noelani’s ancient ancestors are summoning her to dive deeper into her spiritual legacy. Yet following her ancestor’s guidance could ultimately derail any future happiness with her soulmate and love of her life.

Click here to get

The Honu Diary: A Journey of Coming Together 

on Amazon / Kindle / Kindle Unlimited 

   

What Will Make Peace With Life Do For You?

What if the life you've been searching for isn't waiting somewhere in the future? What if happiness isn't hidden behind a bigger paycheck, a perfect relationship, or some magical moment when everything finally falls into place? In Making Peace With Life, Dr. Rob Alex invites you to step off the endless treadmill of "someday" and discover something far more powerful—the ability to find meaning, purpose, and peace right where you are. Through humor, honesty, personal insight, and metaphysical wisdom, this book helps you see that life isn't something to conquer or perfect. It's something to experience, learn from, and ultimately embrace.

Inside these pages, you'll explore the lessons hidden within life's greatest challenges and its most beautiful moments. You'll discover why there is no finish line to chase, why comparison steals joy, how energy connects us all, and why asking better questions may be more important than finding perfect answers. Whether you're navigating change, searching for direction, recovering from setbacks, or simply trying to understand your place in the world, this book offers a refreshing perspective that reminds you your life already has incredible value. It's not about becoming someone else—it's about understanding the incredible person you already are.

Most self-help books promise to give you answers. Making Peace With Life offers something even more valuable: permission. Permission to breathe when life feels overwhelming. Permission to grow without demanding perfection from yourself. Permission to appreciate your journey without comparing it to everyone else's. And most importantly, permission to make peace with life exactly as it is while still creating the future you desire. If you're ready to stop racing, stop chasing, and start truly living, then this book may be exactly what you've been looking for.

Click here to get your copy of

Make Peace With Life

on Amazon / Kindle / Kindle Unlimited 

 

The Official Launch of Make Peace With Life!

Happiness Called... It Wants You Back.

Well, it finally happened.

After countless ideas, conversations, coffee refills, moments of inspiration, and probably a few too many discussions about metaphysics, positivity, travel, relationships, music, personal growth, and why people insist on driving ten miles under the speed limit in the fast lane...

Make Peace With Life is officially here!

Today we are excited to announce the official launch of the Make Peace With Life website and podcast.

And yes, we're bringing our unique blend of metaphysical thinking, practical wisdom, humor, positivity, and real-life experiences along for the ride.

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What Is Make Peace With Life?

That's actually a great question.

At its heart, Make Peace With Life is a simple idea:

Life isn't perfect.

It never has been.

It never will be.

But that doesn't mean it can't be amazing.

Somewhere along the way, many of us were convinced that happiness would arrive once everything was perfect.

The perfect job.

The perfect relationship.

The perfect bank account.

The perfect body.

The perfect parking spot directly in front of the store.

Spoiler alert...

Life doesn't work that way.

Instead, we believe that true happiness comes from learning to embrace life's ups, downs, twists, turns, detours, speed bumps, and occasional face-plants with a little more grace, understanding, and humor.

In other words...

We believe in making peace with life.

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We're Metaphysical... But We Don't Take Ourselves Too Seriously

If you've spent any time around the metaphysical community, you've probably noticed there are two extremes.

On one side are people who dismiss everything as nonsense.

On the other side are people who seem convinced that Mercury being in retrograde is responsible for every misplaced sock in the universe.

We like to live somewhere in the middle.

We believe in positive energy.

We believe in personal growth.

We believe in mindfulness, gratitude, and becoming the best version of yourself.

But we also believe that sometimes the universe teaches lessons through missed flights, bad hair days, spilled coffee, and football teams that somehow manage to lose a game they were winning with thirty seconds left.

Life is funny.

And we think personal growth should be allowed to be funny too.

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What You'll Find on the Website

The new website is your home base for everything Make Peace With Life.

Visit us at:

www.makepeacewithlife.com

There you'll find:

• Blog articles filled with positivity, humor, and personal growth
• Travel stories and adventures
• Relationship insights
• Metaphysical discussions
• Inspiration and motivation
• Updates from the Make Peace With Life community
• Merchandise and apparel
• Information about our charitable efforts
• Podcast episodes and announcements
• And plenty more as we continue to grow

Whether you're looking for a little encouragement, a good laugh, or a new perspective, you'll find it there.

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The Make Peace With Life Podcast

The next exciting piece of our journey is the Make Peace With Life Podcast.

The podcast is designed to feel like sitting down with friends who are trying to figure out life right alongside you.

We'll talk about:

• Happiness
• Personal growth
• Relationships
• Travel
• Metaphysics
• Energy
• Motivation
• Everyday life experiences
• And whatever else life decides to throw our way

Some episodes will make you think.

Some will make you laugh.

Hopefully many will do both.

You can find the podcast on:

• YouTube
• Spotify
• Amazon Podcasts

And if you forget where to find it...

Don't worry.

All the links and information are available directly on our website.

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More Than a Website. More Than a Podcast.

The thing we're most excited about isn't the website.

It isn't the podcast.

It isn't even the shirts.

It's the community.

Because Make Peace With Life was never intended to be just a brand.

It's a movement.

A movement of people choosing positivity.

Choosing growth.

Choosing kindness.

Choosing laughter.

Choosing to move forward even when life gets messy.

And let's be honest...

Life gets messy for all of us.

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Join Us

As we launch this next chapter, we'd love for you to come along for the journey.

Visit the website.

Listen to the podcast.

Read the blog.

Join the conversation.

Share your stories.

Pick up a shirt if you feel inspired.

Most importantly, become part of a community that believes happiness isn't something you find someday.

It's something you create every day.

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Welcome to Make Peace With Life

Whether you've been following us from the beginning or you're just discovering us today...

Welcome.

We're excited you're here.

Together we'll explore life, laugh at ourselves a little more often, share some positive energy, and discover new ways to find happiness in an imperfect world.

Because life doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful.

Sometimes all it takes is a new perspective.

And that's exactly what we're here to help you find.

Welcome to Make Peace With Life.

    

The Algorithm of Us

Maya Lin believes in data—not destiny. As the lead algorithm engineer behind HeartSpark, the world’s most successful dating app, her entire job revolves around proving that love can be measured, calculated, and optimized. But after a humiliating breakup goes viral, her company’s reputation—and her confidence—take a devastating hit, leaving Maya convinced that love, at least for her, is something better solved with science than trust. Enter Eli Torres, charismatic host of the internet’s favorite podcast, The Anti-Love Experiment. His mission? Prove dating apps manipulate emotions and ruin authentic relationships. And HeartSpark is his No. 1 target. When Eli launches a public challenge encouraging listeners to date without algorithms, HeartSpark panics. To repair the company’s reputation, Maya is forced to work closely with Eli—publicly and professionally—putting the face behind the algorithm directly in the path of its loudest critic. What begins as damage control quickly becomes something more personal, especially as Maya starts to realize she may have miscalculated him—and love itself. Only one problem: Maya didn’t expect Eli to be funny. Or thoughtful. Or devastatingly sincere. Or someone she could fall for—fast, when falling is the one variable she’s sworn never to risk again. As they navigate bookstore meet-cutes, awkward “old-fashioned” dates, and viral challenge videos, the chemistry between them becomes impossible to ignore. But the closer they get, the heavier Maya’s secret becomes… and the more terrifying the idea of losing Eli feels, because when he fully understands who she is and what she represents, the fallout threatens everything—her career, his platform, and the fragile belief that love might be more than data after all. In a world where love is automated, what happens when two people choose to follow their hearts instead? Perfect for fans of The Love Hypothesis, The Soulmate Equation, and The Unhoneymooners, The Algorithm of Us is a hilarious, heart-squeezing, slow-burn romance about modern dating, second chances, and the magic that can’t be calculated.

Click here to get The Algorithm of Us

on Amazon Paperback

Click here to get The Algorithm of Us

on Amazon Kindle

  

A Little Gift from Us to You… FREE May 29 – June 2, 2026

What if the meaning of life isn’t something you chase down like a runaway shopping cart… but something you slowly learn to make peace with?

From May 29 through June 2, 2026, you can download Making Peace With Life FREE on Kindle, and step into a journey that’s equal parts honest, thoughtful, a little metaphysical, and just enough humor to keep you from taking everything too seriously. In this book, Dr. Rob Alex explores the full spectrum of life—the highs, the lows, and all the wonderfully confusing middle parts in between. It’s not about finding a finish line (because spoiler alert: there really isn’t one), but about understanding how every moment—good, bad, and “what just happened?”—fits into something bigger. You’ll dive into ideas about energy, connection, purpose, and why your life is both incredibly small in the grand scheme… and somehow still massively important at the same time. It’s like getting cosmic perspective with a side of “you’ve got this.”

And just when you thought the excitement stopped there… it doesn’t.

The MakePeaceWithLife.com website officially launches on June 1, 2026, along with the very first Make Peace With Life Podcast. So while you’re downloading the book and starting your journey, we’re rolling out a full experience to go along with it. Think of it as the universe saying, “Alright… let’s do this together.” So grab your free copy, take a breath, and get ready—because this is more than a book launch… it’s the beginning of something bigger.

Click here to get your FREE Kindle Copy of the Book

And make sure to visit

MakePeaceWithLife.com