Erin Hahn is an autobuy author for me. I have loved everything she has written. While the plot is predictable in some ways, the execution makes Catch and Keep truly special. Hahn's writing style is witty and heartfelt, making it easy to fall in love with the characters and their world. The small-town setting is beautifully described, evoking a sense of nostalgia and peace.

Catch and Keep is the perfect book for you if you're looking for a feel-good romance that will leave you smiling. It reminds you that love, like fishing, takes patience, perseverance, and a little bit of luck.

Arc received from the publisher; all thoughts and opinions are my own.

I am SUCH a big fan of Erin Hahn, and I've been looking forward to the next book in this series like it's my job. I LOVED this series and I looove this book!

Catch and Keep is a realistic portrayal of parenting in the 21st century and dating. This love story features two people connecting after years apart, and whole life lived in-between. The setting gives off a strong sense of place and home. The reader experiences the breeze of the lake, the sounds of nature and your toes in the sand. Welcome to the Midwest.

Catch and Keep is heartwarming romance with two people finding each other when they need each other the most for a true love.

Thank you, St. Martin's Press | St. Martin's Griffin

This was an easy, enjoyable read. There were several great tropes too.

Maren turned down the proposal of her boyfriend, left her job, and came back to her happy place on a lake in Wisconsin. She grew up spending the summers here fishing and being outdoors and can't wait to return to the slower pace of life. Joe, her older brother's best friend, still lives here and has taken over his parents' resort. He has two kids and is doing his best to balance all the things. Maren and Joe hit it off but they don't know if they can make it work with all the factors they have to consider.

This book was just a sweet story of two childhood friends falling in love. Joe and Maren were both great, likable characters. I liked the single dad trope a lot. Joe's kids were a great addition to the book without taking up all the page space. The best friend brother's trope is usually one I enjoy but it felt a little heavy handed here. The brother was a jerk, but he somewhat redeemed himself at the end.

Overall this was just a cute, easy read, without a lot of drama or angst. I also enjoyed the first book in this connected trio, but I missed the second so I'll have to go back and read that story.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Griffin for the ebook in exchange for my honest review.

Erin Hahn writes in such a way that you feel you are *IN* the story.

A heartwarming story that is a slow burn brother's best friend trope. He's a divorced single parent with a child on the spectrum (which by the way was so well done) and she is figuring out who she is after a big life change.

I adored every single thing about this one.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an eARC of this gem!

The fourth in Erin Hahn’s series (following Shelby and Cameron - child stars turned home reno tv stars - and Lorelei and Craig - country star and brilliant producer, and young country stars Annie and Clay), we head up to the Wisconsin Northwoods to spend lazy days fishing on the lake with Maren and Joe. Maren - fresh off a breakup with her boyfriend whose public proposal went hilariously wrong – takes a leave from her job and goes up to the Northwoods where she spent her summers to clean out the bait shop and apartment left to her by her fishing mentor. There – two adorable kids in tow - is her brother’s best friend, Joe.

There are a lot of layers here - Maren’s stalker from the time she was a minor online star for the videos of her fishing – reemerges. Her older brother is an idiot (is there nothing more patronizing than a couple thinking they can’t be together because the one is the best friend of the other’s brother? Plus, he talked down to her in ways that were unacceptable. I wish she’d had the guts to stand up to him before Joe helped her do it.) Joe has his own difficulties putting his foot down with his flighty ex, who essentially abandoned her kids when she couldn’t handle having an autistic daughter - kids who Maren of course instinctively knows how to parent and who instantly love her.

Given the challenges on paper, everything just sort of falls into place for these two, their problems less obstacles and more gentle curves for them to navigate around. Sweet, wholesome, enjoyable.

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 💫 3.5 stars rounded down.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Griffin for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Catch and Keep is such a cozy, heartwarming romance set in a beautiful place, the lake. I wanted to read this book because of the setting and the single dad premise. More lake books please. I really enjoyed my time there while reading.
Maren, our main character, goes through an emotionally embarrassing moment when her boyfriend proposes to her in front of all of her friends and family - and she says NO! However, it all leads her to Joe and his kids!
Somehow Erin Hahn managed to write a cute yet sexy story that is wholesome too! I highly recommend picking this one up. Now I’m excited to read more of her books and this series!
Thanks St. Martin for the advanced reading copy, I adore your romances!

Thanks to everyone for this early copy of Catch and Keep.

If you love single and older brothers best friend, you love this book. Both main characters were super loveable, and it was a nice slow burn of a story. I found that I enjoyed the banter and that some heavier topics were touched on.

I enjoyed this one! I loved that it was set in Wisconsin and on a resort with fishing and all the outdoor activities. Maren is an outdoorsy girl that just broke up with her boyfriend after an unbecoming public proposal. She moves to Wisconsin and takes over the bait shop she inherited, living on her brother's best friend's family resort. Joe and Maren both feel very mature and easily feel like real people I would know. I loved that Maren welcomed Joe's kids so openly and felt the autism representation was done well. This was my first by Erin and I'm excited to go back and read the others in this series! Thank you SMP romance for the eARC.

Can a book heal you, and make you believe in people more? I think Erin Hahn's books can. I just laughed so much, and was so heartened by Catch and Keep. It's the perfect took to cozy up to. Maren is 34 years old, and has just left her job and potential fiancee (until she said "no" to him, resoundingly) to return to the lake where she grew up fishing. Her brother Liam treats Maren like she's an irresponsible child, but she is brave and smart, and knows that she needs the time at the lake to fix a cabin that's been left to her, and to also find her own way. This is very much a journey of self discovery and a love story at the same time. Maren reunites with Joe, whose family she grew up with, and who owns the nearby resort. Joe is also getting over heartbreak, and raising his two kids on his own. It's so easy to see why Maren falls in love with Joe and his children. They support each other, have a lot of fun together, and of course, have great chemistry. The only part of the book that I didn't like was Liam's high handedness about Maren's decisions, and his anger that she would hook up with his best friend Joe. I really wanted to slap Liam, but luckily Joe and Maren both stood up to him. Oh! And there really are fun and sweet side characters in this book as well (Maren's best friends are from Hahn's other books, so it's a good reason to read up on her). I think what I appreciated the most about this book is that the people and problems felt real while also dreamy at the same time. Lord send me a hot, competent man, ex-Marine, great divorced Dad to an idyllic lake. This has everything you could possible want from a Romance novel.

Thank you NetGalley for the free digital ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-arc!!

I really enjoyed this one! It was so unique and so well written!

Maren has just returned to a place she knows as home after rejecting the proposal of her boyfriend. The surprise public proposal showed Maren that he definitely didn’t know much about her or what she would like, otherwise he wouldn’t have proposed in public. In fact, the proposal was so overwhelming that Maren threw up, and then left the area for the foreseeable future.

While Maren is in town, she’s does have a purpose: she’s inherited a home/former store from a beloved family friend, and she’s determined to fix it up. She’s also happy to be back where she developed her love for fishing, a passion she still has to this day. Maren knows her stay here is temporary, but things get complicated as she starts spending more time with Josiah Cole. At first, the family hires her as a guide for fishing charters, but Maren’s involvement with Joe becomes much more personal as she begins helping out with his kids. A single dad, Joe is doing a pretty good job raising his children, but sometimes things can get out of hand. His daughter, Lucy, is autistic, and Joe does his very best to do what will help her and accommodate her needs. Doing this with two kids all on his own can be a handful sometimes, which is why Maren starts spending more time with the family, especially as the kids take to her more and more. If that already didn’t sound like a complicated situation, guess what! Joe is best friends with Maren’s brother, who would not be happy about all the time they’ve been spending together.

As Maren gets closer to Joe and his kids and starts to figure out what she wants in the future, Joe is falling hard for Maren. But both have a lot at stake, and there’s many reasons why this relationship could be doomed from the start.

I thought this book was really good! I had never read a book where fishing was so prominent of a topic, but this one did it so well! Even the title is a fishing reference, which is so cute. I also appreciated the research and details the author put into Lucy’s character. I’m glad that Lucy was such a big part of this story, and I think it’s important to have inclusive books that discuss Autism, because there’s a chance that if you haven’t been touched personally by it, you may have some misconceptions. Also, the kids’ mother drove me insane!! But unfortunately there really are people like that who just deny what their children need and only see what they want to see.

Anyway, I definitely recommend this one and I would be interested in reading others by Erin!

Maren is 33 years old and has just been proposed to by her boyfriend, a proposal she turns down, and picks up her entire life and runs away back to the place she spent so much time in growing up in Northern Wisconsin. She has always loved fishing, and her late mentor left her his waterfront property and bait shop to Maren after his passing and it is where she escapes to now.

Josiah has been divorced for 2 years now and has full custody of his 2 kids. He wasn't always the best husband to his ex wife, but he is an excellent father, and son. He runs the resort his parents own, and when Maren shows up back in town he can't help but notice how his best friend's little sister has grown up into a beautiful woman.

From the minute she is back they fit in each other's lives so easily. His kids adore Maren, and Maren is exactly what Josiah didn't know he needed in his life. But will they take things too fast and burn out before they are really able to build something?

Honestly Erin Hahn is such a brilliant romance author. She has this talent for writing stories that are so relevant and handle hard topics, while being so witty, funny, and romantic. All of her characters feel so real and relatable, and her writing feels so healing and always fills a hole in my soul with its authenticity and soul.

I LOVED Catch and Keep!
I read the book in one day…..I didn’t want to put it down.
The love story is pure and authentic in every way.
The characters are so engaging and relatable.
The spice level was perfect.
The sweet moments pulled on my heartstrings in so many ways.
And, the heartbreaking moments definitely broke my heart.
Are you looking for a book that will give you all the feels? You need Catch and Keep on your TBR list!
I am looking forward to reading more books written by author Erin Hahn.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read this book for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Erin Hahn hooked me quickly with this delightful novel. In a series of quick decisions Maren Laughlin turns down her boyfriend’s proposal, takes a leave of absence from her career as a park ranger and returns to Northern Wisconsin where she spent her childhood. She has inherited a rundown waterfront bait shop from an older man who helped her learn to love fishing. While cleaning out the property she runs into Josiah Cole. He is her older brother’s best friend and is now a single dad and manages his family's vacation lodge and cabins.

Of course she had a bit of a crush on him growing up, although he was too old to notice her then. But he notices her now. She and her wonderful dog Rogers are welcomed back by his parents and his two children warm up to her as well. There are some of the, I can’t go there with my best friend's sister, but they are going there. Since she is spending months of time it all feels organic. They know each other's backgrounds generally but they still need to discuss current lives and failures of relationships. He has extra guilt as he was away in the marines as his marriage floundered. I thought the pair were fun together. I loved her interaction with the kids and the realistic depiction of a child on the autism spectrum.

This is a stand alone novel and I am not sure why it is not called a series. I’ve read previously, Friends Don’t Fall in Love (Oct 2023) and Built to Last (Oct 2022). All three of the female MC’s are friends after meeting in a therapist's waiting room. And the two couples from the previous book make appearances in this book. Regardless of how it is marketed, this is my favorite of the three and I enjoyed the others. (4.5 Stars)

Book starts with her being 13 and having a crush on brothers best friend being 18, then later brother best friend is remembering how she was attractive etc, which seems creepy because it only talked about when she was a child, seems pervy. DNF'D.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for this arc. This was cute up to the point where it wasn‘t anymore. I got bored with the story and I thats entirely my fault but I don‘t want to force myself to read books I don‘t enjoy. But If you‘re looking for a single parent, friends to lovers story check this one out!

After turning down her boyfriend's wedding proposal and walking away from her decade-long career as a park ranger, Maren Laughlin returns to her childhood home in Northern Wisconsin to accept her inheritance: a decrepit bait shop. After letting others dictate her life, Maren is finally ready to make her own decisions. As she renovates the bait shop and tries to figure out her next step, Josiah Cole, her brother's best friend and resort owner, is there to help. Things between Maren and Josiah come so easily, and before they know it, they've both caught feelings for one another. But is this relationship a keeper? Or will they repeat their past mistakes?

This is the third and final book in this cozy romance series. But if you haven't read the other two, which I highly recommend, you can read this as a standalone. I've loved all three books, but this one is definitely my favorite. Set in Northern Wisconsin, it's the perfect romance for the fall.

Even though this is a cozy romance, the two leads deal with some real-life issues. Maren is feeling the pressure from her family -- mainly her older brother, to finally commit to something in her life. The only trouble is that Maren doesn't know what she really wants. On the other hand, Josiah is a single dad doing his best to juggle his parental duties, including navigating the challenges that his younger autistic daughter faces and running a business. Even though Josiah wishes his ex-wife was part of their children's lives, he finally feels like he and the children have figured out a routine that works for them. But of course, when Maren and her dog reconnect with Josiah and his children, their best-laid plans go right out the door.

This romance is sweet and emotional and has some great banter. I think it's one of the best single-dad portrayals I've read in romance. Outside of the romance, Erin does a great job of capturing female friendship and family dynamics.

It was an adorable romance that I couldn't put down, and I can't recommend it enough!

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an arc of this book in exchange for my honest review

This book was not what I thought it was going to be.
It was even better.
I am here for the single dad trope. Seeing how much Joe LOVES his kids fully, even knowing Lucy needs a little extra attention, was amazing.
Maren and Joe were great together. I loved seeing Maren naturally slotting in to Joe's life, messy mornings and all. Those are the best kinds of relationships. And there is no third act breakup!!!!
And Maren's friendship with Shelby and Lorelai was funny and just how real friendships are. Their banter was top notch.
Maren's brother, Liam, who also happens to be Joe's best friend, was nasty at some points, but I am SO SO SO glad Maren AND Joe stood up to him. And that Liam saw he was the problem and course corrected. His apology to both of them was sincere, and I am so happy for all of them.
Honestly, his ex can kick rocks. I'd love to shut her in a dark room with the window open on a freezing night. I really just want to throttle her.
Overall, I really enjoyed the story. I didn't realize it was third in the series (Shelby's book is first, then Lorelai's, then Maren's.) I have read Built to Last, which is Shelby's book. Off to read Lorelai's.
4.5/5 stars rounded down.

I really wish this was advertised as the series it truly is. The marketing for this is all wrong and that's a shame.

I started with this book and it was amazing! I loved the characters, the growth, the mystery and overall just the world building. The friendships were strong. But I couldn't help but notice as I was reading that something felt off about this- it was as if I started reading a story several chapters in so I went to reviews to find out if I was missing something. Lo and Behold there are 2 other books before this and it's never mentioned.

I read this and then backtracked and read book book one( Built to Last) and book two (Friends don't fall in love). Admittedly, book 3 is superior as the story just grows and the friend group bonds. I didn't think I'd enjoy a story about fishing so much, but Maren, the FMC just has that way of reeling you in. Yeah yeah, a fishing joke- I couldn't help it.

This has it all, some romance, some mystery, some strong family and friend bonding. Josiah (Joe) is friends with Maren's brother. He is discharged from the military and trying to raise two little kids on his own, one with autism. The mom walked away when she couldn't handle the small town life and the autism struggles leaving Joe to do it all- and he is one hell of a man and father and son. Maren has a calming aura to her and is able to become friends with the young kids and also see Joe needs help. Sure, there is a little drama with the ex for a bit, but it was portrayed how it can often be in real life. This story is so beautifully written in the way that it showcased disorders in a positive light while also admitting that it can be a struggle. The representation was so spot on.

Many thanks to Netgalley, author and publisher for the opportunity to voluntarily read and review early.

𝗠𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4⭐️
CATCH & KEEP
🤍𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: contemporary romance
📖 320 pages
𝗘𝗺𝗼𝗷𝗶𝘀: 🎣🐠🐕🍁♥️🚤👀🔧🌶️🎤🔥🥹

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲:
◽️ single dad
◽️ brothers best friend/ forbidden attraction
◽️ friends to lovers
◽️ dual POV
◽️ small town romance

🩵𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲🩵

Thank you @stmartinspress @netgalley @erinhahn_author for the #gifted copy!

CATCH & KEEP is a delightful contemporary romance that captured my heart from the start. Set against the cozy, picturesque backdrop of a WI autumn that rolls into Christmas, this story is perfect for curling up with as the weather cools. EH does a fantastic job setting the scene, creating a warm & inviting atmosphere that’s easy to get lost in.

The characters are charming & well-developed, making it easy to root for them! The book offers everything you want in a small-town romance: new beginnings, the comfort of found family, undeniable chemistry, & just a touch of suspense with a creepy stalker thrown into the mix.

If you’re in the mood for a heartwarming, bingeable read with a mix of sweet & steamy moments, I highly recommend this one. It’s an easy read that delivers all the feels & makes a great companion for fall 🤗 .

𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁: Maren Laughlin returns to Northern WI after rejecting her boyfriend’s proposal & leaving her job as a park ranger. She inherits a run-down waterfront bait shop & is determined to take control of her life, despite doubts from those around her. Resort owner Josiah Cole, a single dad with 2 kids, supports Maren’s newfound independence. As they grow closer, their relationship becomes effortless, but they wonder if it’s too good to be true. Together, they must figure out if their easy connection is genuine love & if it can last.