{"product_id":"i-thought-it-was-a-dayna-mason-9780997893854","title":"I Thought It Was A Sign: A Novella","description":"5 Star Review - Readers' FavoriteSometimes the life you're looking for is already looking for you. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet Anelie: \u003c\/b\u003eA woman in midlife, tired of mistaking red flags for soulmates. She didn't leave because she stopped loving him. She left because she finally noticed she was never in the part of the story where love lived. The red flags weren't subtle-she just kept squinting and calling it potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything changes when she boards a train to Mystic, Connecticut, to stay with a man she's never met in person-one who pairs wine with wisdom the way Socrates might have, if he'd been a sommelier. He doesn't advise. He simply leaves room for her to get there on her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet Mystic: \u003c\/b\u003eNot magic. Just strangely well-timed. The kind of town where the right person sits down beside you before you knew you needed to talk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Mystic, Anelie meets a coffee shop owner who gives her a gift-and waits. And a barista who believes even burnt toast is a sign and keeps roping Anelie into the conversation. It's disarming how often she's right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a trip to escape becomes something else entirely. Slowly, Anelie begins to see the pattern she's been missing her whole life: the signs were never about direction. They were about trust. And sometimes life give you something better than you even knew to ask for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Thought It Was a Sign\u003c\/i\u003e is an uplifting, quietly funny, and deeply relatable story for every woman who's ever lost herself trying to keep someone else. It's about what unfolds when you finally stop arguing with what you already know-and discovering sometimes the life you've been seeking has been quietly waiting for you all along.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflective, small-town fiction with subtle magic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStories of midlife awakening and friendship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHopeful fiction where love doesn't require a romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I think it's the best thing Dayna Mason has ever written. I could easily see it adapted for film or television. I especially loved the subtle touch of magic and that the story's resolution wasn't another romance.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Tracy Contreras, writer and artist, Seattle, WA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"With a great setting and philosophical conversations, this book is brimming with encouragement, and impossible to put down.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Readers' Favorite, 5 Star Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I Thought It Was a Sign will resonate deeply with women who have lost themselves in relationships just to maintain them, and reveal why they were more than enough all along.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Ms. Stephanie Larkin, author of Displaced: A Memoir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dayna Mason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0997893850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997893854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seattle Indie Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d","brand":"Dayna Mason","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48114137235711,"sku":"9780997893854","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c390172c-8d47-4331-b53b-7b147eee503b.jpg?v=1769619342","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-thought-it-was-a-dayna-mason-9780997893854","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}