Dear Isaiah,Eight months ago, you were just a soldier about to be deployed and I was just a waitress, sneaking you a free pancake and hoping you wouldn’t notice that my gaze was lingering a little too long. But you did notice. We spent one life-changing week together before you left, and we said goodbye on day eight, exchanging addresses at the last minute.I saved every letter you wrote me, your … saved every letter you wrote me, your words quickly becoming my religion.
But you went radio silent on me months ago, and then you had the audacity to walk into my diner yesterday and act like you’d never seen me in your life.
To think … I almost loved you and your beautifully complicated soul.
Almost.
Whatever your reason is—I hope it’s a good one.
Maritza the Waitress
PS – I hate you, and this time … I mean it.
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A Lifetime of Saturdays
My favorite kind of story. Two people who find what they never knew they needed. And in return get everything they never dared to dream of wanting!
The first time they meet, it’s at her job. It’s a little rough but an extra pancake makes it better. And then he’s gone.
But sometimes fate has her own plan. Maritza and Isaiah meet a second time on accident.
She’s a waitress for now as she works to figure out her future.
He’s on leave from the Army set to deploy in a little more than a week.
Both are independent and enjoy being single. She makes him an offer to spend the rest of his time stateside living everyday as if it were a Saturday. Do things together, have fun, live in the moment and not catch feelings. What could go wrong?
If only life ever followed the plan.
Isaiah is closed-off, quiet, complicated but also good and thoughtful. Maritza is strong, beautiful, speaks her mind and demands honesty. I enjoyed watching these two evolve both separately and together. Their story is unique and I loved watching it unfold.
Another pager turner! Pulled a all nighter! I could not put it down. I love Winter’s style of writing I feel like every character is my friend, neighbor, co-work or extended family. 5 star
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It was ok but not all that great.
This book was so good. I loved Isaiah and Maritza! They were absolute perfection.
This was a great book with lots of character development.
I honestly couldn’t put this book down. It was such a different type of story than I’m used to. I loved the angst b/w the hero and heroine. I got angry toward the end because it was like, come on already! My heart hurt for the hero. A definite read!
Writing letters is getting lost in this modern day of social media. There is something about the written word. Paper to pen that is so personal and emotional. It was truly my favorite part of the book.
One pancake.
A week of Saturdays.
Letters.
Love.
“P.S. I could never hate you”
PS I Hate you by Winer Renshaw a five-star read you would struggle to hate. When I read the blurb I thought ohh this sounds good, but it was so much better, it was amazing. Each story this author writes gives us a new characters and no matter how much you read her stories they are all different and have their own set of pitfalls and happily ever after. I loved the premise of this Isaiah and Maritza have a great story meeting and parting and then fate bringing them together, them setting a timeline and no strings, but life getting in the way, it has everything you want from a story as well as being honest. Maritza is hurt and she behaves like we all would and I have, you can’t help yourself sometimes. Thankyou Winter for an honest and fulfilling read.
Emotional and beautiful romantic story.
I was ugly crying reading this one. Don’t ask me why, some themes just do it for me and I can’t stop. There was so much angst. My heart broke for both Isaiah and Maritza. Especially for her when he went radio silent on her. I was wallowing together with her.
The story line is build so perfectly that I was turning the pages to find out what is going to happen next. And there is so much going on. The unexpected events more than once made me cry, smile, laugh and surprised me completely. And the way the journey with the characters ends… you would have never guessed.
I instantly fell in love with both hero and heroine. Even if at the beginning Isaiah doesn’t seem to be the nice one.
It was a great read for me and first of the books from this author I’ve read and for sure I want to read more.
Loved it, really enjoyed the twist in the middle of the book.
Loved it! Unexpected twists!
Enjoyed reading this. The plot twist at the end was a pleasant surprise.
Devoured this book!
Cute characters and a heart warming story.
I really enjoyed reading this book.
good read
Unexpected turn..I couldn’t put it down..
Maritza Claiborne is a waitress. In a restaurant with a strange rule: no customer eats more than a pancake. Isaiah Torres works in the Navy. He’s off duty and all he wants is two pancakes with coffee. Except he walks into the wrong restaurant and stumbles upon a tough-lipped waitress and not even willing to break the rules for someone so rude.
If you have a crush on men plagued by the past, puzzling and slightly troublesome, Isaiah is your man. While Mariza is extremely talkative, a little dumb and almost unfiltered, he is extremely quiet and closed. They are totally opposite. They attract and repel each other in the same intensity. Until a series of events can change their lives.
A clandestine pancake, a fortuitous smile, a car crashed, a show, a ride. And then from all this comes a plan: a week of fun among friends, without sex, without feelings, without romanticism and without lies. But not all of these rules are fulfilled.
Little by little, Isaiah turns out to be a good company, although many aspects of his life be a total mystery to Maritza. The waitress also manages to captivate our fighter and even softens him somewhat hidden and unrelated heart.
But not everything is perfect. At the end of a week, Isaiah returns to service for another six months. And so begin the letters between friends, ending with “I hate you”. A few months, unexpected and dangerous events, painful silences, miscommunication and confusion is armed. Not in a funny way, but in a somewhat uncertain and a bit dramatic way.
A strange reunion eight months later and some secrets partially revealed, make a tremendous confusion in the waitress’s feelings. A letter not sent, the information not so reliable and the anger make Maritza almost unbearable. And when Isaiah really reappears, he just shows the wonderful protagonist that he is.
The book is good? Yes. Is Maritza annoying? Also true. Does Isaiah has a whole aura of mystery who make him interesting, intense, deep? Certainly. And in the end, when the author gives us access to his feelings and the secrets of his past, seeing what he has suffered and who he has become only fills our hearts with love and affection. Such tenderness that you forget how much Mariza was dumb and annoying.
Loved it!
A soldier waiting to leave on his next deployment meets a waitress who wants to get to know him. After a week of Saturday’s, a few kisses and a night together he leaves and they share letters. Circumstances cause him to stop writing her. A chance encounter makes her meet someone close to him and drama ensues. But the end of the book makes me happy! Cute story line! And I have to give thumbs up for Riverside! I grew up there!