Four girlfriends go on a European cruise never imaging playing their childhood game could be what saves their lives.
A novel by Marilyn L. Hart
Some warnings come quietly — a feeling in your gut, a whisper in your heart, a sign you tell yourself means nothing.
Four best friends have spent fifty years laughing together, crying together, and talking each other into (and out of) just about everything. So when the chance comes to celebrate their 50th birthdays on a dream European cruise, nothing is going to stop them. Not their husbands’ worries. Not their own nagging doubts. Not even the signs they probably should have paid attention to.
What starts as the trip of a lifetime quickly turns into something none of them could have imagined. Thousands of miles from home, with danger closing in, these four women discover that the childhood game they played together in simpler times holds the key to everything — including whether they make it home at all.
Part friendship story, part adventure, part love letter to the women who hold each other up through every season of life — I Saw The Signs I Just Ignored Them is a reminder that God places people in our lives for a reason, and that sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is trust the women beside you.
Because some friendships aren’t just for good times. Some friendships are meant to save your life.
✝️ A Note From My Heart
Sweet friend, this story was born out of something I think every woman understands — that moment when you looked back and realized the signs were there all along. Maybe it was a relationship that didn’t serve you. Maybe it was a job, a decision, a path you took even though something deep inside you was whispering “wait.” We’ve all been there. We saw the signs. We just ignored them.
But here’s what I love about these four women — even when they ignored every warning, God didn’t abandon them. He had already placed exactly the right people beside them. That’s how He works, sweet friend. He knows we’re going to miss the signs sometimes. So He gives us each other.
I wrote this book as a celebration of female friendship — the kind that goes back decades, that survives disagreements and distance and life getting in the way. The kind where you can pick up right where you left off. The kind that shows up when everything falls apart.
If you have a friend like that in your life, this book is for both of you. Maybe read it together. And if you’re still waiting for that kind of friendship, I want you to know — God sees that longing in your heart, and He is faithful.
You are never alone, sweet friend. Never.
With love and faith always, Marilyn 🌿