This was such a great book! Amy Lea has definitely become one of my favorite authors and I always get excited when I see she has a new book coming out! When reading this book I felt like I was in the small coastal Canadian town with the characters. It did take me a little bit to get into the book, but after that I was hooked! There’s so many great tropes in this book too! There’s grumpy x sunshine, fake engagement, and opposites attract. If you haven’t read this book yet and you’re a fan of mild open door romances, I recommend checking this book out!

Thank you Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I have read the previous books in this series and I was so excited to read this arc. Lea is a brilliant romcom writer that writes such realistic stories. I loved the MCs so much and the story was so sweet. I love me a HEA!

It took me just over halfway to really get on board with this one but overall a pretty solid read! I think probably #2 in my ranking of Amy Lea's INFLUENCER series. I definitely know which customers to recommend this to at work. ◡̈

Amy Lea is back with the third book in the influencer series, the Catch! Melanie is a Boston based influencer who finds herself in rural, coastal Canada after a snafu with her reservation at a new resort is mixed up. She finds the only available room at a run down bed and breakfast and much is operated by the world’s grumpiest, yet handsome Canadian.

Melanie decides to make lemonade out of lemons and salvage what she can from her trip. She convinces Evan to take her in a boat trip so she can get some content photos, but she moves boating equipment so she can get better photos and Evan has an accident. In the hospital, Melanie can’t see Evan unless she’s family and she tells everyone she’s his fiancée. Evan and Melanie decide to work together for one week to help Evan’s family and he agrees to help her with content.

I enjoyed this fish out of water story! I find myself much like Melanie who needs creature comforts in nature. I enjoyed all the Canadian parts of the book such as Evan sharing poutine with Mel. I enjoyed the big city girl in small town. This had the perfect amount of spice for me too!

Thank you @amyleabooks @berkleypub and @prhaudio for my gifted book. The Catch is out now!

Short synopsis: Mel (a beauty and lifestyle influencer) gets a sponsorship to travel to Nova Scotia to review a hotel, but there’s a misunderstanding in the travel dates and she ends up staying at an Inn in small town Coral Cove with the grumpy Evan.

My thoughts: I’ve really enjoyed this influencer series and I’m sad to see it come to an end. These friends were so sweet and supportive of each other and I really liked seeing them pop up in each others stories.

I’ve always been a fan of Grumpy/Sunshine, and this is fun because it’s also Opposites attract! She’s always dressed to the nines with fake lashes, and Evan wears plaid everything. I liked watching them compromise and find similarities in each other.

The small fishing town was such a fun location, and the people including Evan’s family was so loving and supportive.

Read if you love:
- Fake fiancé
- Grumpy/Sunshine and opposites attract
- Small town
- Family bonds
- Influencers and social media

The Catch is the last book in the "Influencer series" from Amy Lea. In this one we follow Melanie as she heads up to Halifax to a resort for work. After a mix up with the dates she flies in a week to early and ends up in small town Nova Scotia at a small family inn where she is not wanted. Enter Evan, grumpy fisherman and owner of the inn, after a whale watching trip goes wrong, Melanie pretends to be his fiance and they spend the next week trying to convince Evan's family of their relationship. A lot of will-they won't-they in this book along with two great characters who I'm so happy we get to see their happily ever after. I really enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading more from Amy Lea.

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review.

This is the last book in Amy Lea’s Influencer series. This book was cute and fine, but ultimately not my favorite in the series. This is a story that has been done so many times, and I think the issue with that is that romance authors have to then make it their own with soft moments, banter, chemistry, and more. And this book just did not have that for me. Like I have said about other books, this might have been a timing issue in that maybe I just read this at the wrong time in my life, but nothing in this book really sparked a lot of interest for me. I think that Amy Lea is a good writer, so I have no problem there, I just didn’t connect to the love story and Melanie. I will admit, social media influencer stories are rough for me, and not much in this book made me really like her and connect to her story. I did read the other two books in this series, and I did like them much more than this book.

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The final installment in Lea’s 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 series does not disappoint!⁣
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Mel & Evan might just be my favorite couple in the series. I adored their story and loved seeing their beautiful slow, slow burn. 🔥⁣
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It’s also been super fun reading about down-to-earth influencers because they’re incredibly relatable to me as a Bookstagrammer. (If you missed it, book 2 is actually about a Bookstagrammer!) The stories serve as a nice reminder that it isn’t always rainbows and daisies behind the cameras and the filters. 🤳🏼⁣
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But more than that, I think Lea just straight up writes great romances. The men are so sweet and tender under their rough exteriors, and the women are fabulous warriors learning how to let down their walls and allow someone to love them. 🥹 It’s beautiful.⁣
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I’ve absolutely loved this 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 series journey and can’t wait to read more by Lea!⁣
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Thank you so much to @berkleyromance for my advance galley copy!

While this wasn't my all time favorite of Amy Lea's (it's still Set on You!), I did love the charm of The Catch!! This is the perfect book for you if you love Amy Lea's books and also The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker! It's the perfect blend or combination of the two!! I loved the secondary plotlines as well!

This is an enemies to lovers, opposites attract, big city girl gets stuck in a small town story! Melanie is an influencer that is trying to stay relevant. She has a brother that she’s always worried about. When she gets a Dm asking if she wanted to go to a resort in Canada, she take it. There’s a scheduling mix up though and the only hotel she can find is in a nearby small town. At this hotel she make an immediate enemy, finds herself in a fake relationship and eventually falls in love and uses her social media skills to help a small business.

This was a cute read!

Amy Lea's Influencer series is one of my favorite rom com series because all of the books in it are soo good, and this is no exception! I loved this - it had the same vibes as It Happened One Summer which is one of my favorite books ever, so I was hooked from the beginning reading this. Mel and Evan were so fun and I loved their story from start to finish.

i’m a huge fan of amy lea! her books are just quick easy and fun and this was nothing short of that. i love a grumpy sunshine trope so i knew this was going to hit just right! and it did

The Catch was such an adorable grumpy sunshine romance from Amy Lea!! It reminded me so much of why I fell in love with her storytelling when I first read Set On You two years ago. Mel and Evan were so cute together and I loved watching Evan quickly fall head over heels for Mel. I really appreciated that Mel stood her ground and was unapologetic about being "high maintenance," and I loved that Evan loved her even more for it too! It's very bittersweet that this is the last of Amy's influencer romance series, but I'm sooo excited for her bodyguard romance releasing next year!

I had to jump on this one knowing it takes place in my home province, while not all the Nova Scotia references were entirely accurate.. ordering a donair and chowder.. i almost threw up in my mouth thinking about this meal. These two items should never and will never go together.
The plaid clothes references were laughable (we wear more than plaid and we dont wear it to bars) and screech is a Newfoundland rum and not usually drank in Nova Scotia.
I knew I was going to be super picky reading this book, but it was just that good that the poor references didnt downgrade it they were just funny.
Cant wait to see what Amy comes up with next!

Ol’ Momma Nature has been teasing my part of flyover country with near 80 degree temperatures some days (followed by snow and single digits the next, but we’ll pretend those aren’t happening). When those hints of springtime occur my TBR immediately turns toward beachy reads like Elin Hilderbrand or rom coms.

I actually knew this was about an influencer who would fall for some gruff and grumbly lobsterman and I’m happy to report if you’re thinking about picking this one up because it reminds you somewhat of It Happened One Summer, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. The bit of blurb I read had me thinking this was going to be a grumpy/sunshine, but it turned out it was more of a fake dating (or engagement, as the case was here) trope instead with teeny little shoutouts to favorites romcom movies, along with some Hallmarky good vibes about a small town where everyone knows/likes each other and a dilapidated B&B with plenty of potential. Per usual, I skimmed all the smexuals because I really have to be in the mood to get down with the dirty talk and I could have really lived without the brother subplot, but all in all this was a cute one.

And if you’re REALLY looking for some fun – try Woke Up Like This by this author. Oh be still my 13 Going on 30 ever loving heart!

3.5 Stars

This was such an enjoyable read! I love books that are set in Canada, so this one was a must read for me. Amy Lea writes the best banter and humour in books, and this one was no different. I definitely laughed out loud a couple of times, and I was just overall really entertained when reading this. Can highly recommend!

I loved this book so much !!! It’s such a comfort read and I loved the romance between Evan and Melanie. I loved the setting in Cora’s cove Canada and the small town fisherman vibe. I loved how Evan and Melanie meet and the fake engagement between them. I also loved how Melanie finds herself a new family with Evan family. I loved reading about all of them. I loved the family inn and how they all come together to restore it. I loved how caring Evan was with his flannel shirt and his singing. He was there for Melanie from being her photographer to killing any bugs in her shower. I swooned when he spent an hour finding fake lashes for her. This book was so much fun to read and I’m kind of sad the series is over.

Amy Lea knows how to write a FUN BOOK! I loved her previous books and this one was everything and more! Love love love!

Mel,a fashion and lifestyle influencer, is offered a trip to a resort in Nova Scotia, but when the resort has a mix up with the dates, everything goes wrong. She finds herself at the only place in town with room, an old Inn that is in major need of renovations, and according to the man there, is actually closed. That man, Evan, is a fisherman, struggling with grief over the loss of his cousin and fighting to keep his family’s Inn running. Evan and Mel could not be more different, but as they spend more time together the attraction is undeniable.

This couple was the definition of grumpy vs. sunshine and I love a fake engagement moment. Although they went from not getting along to insta-love a little too quickly in my opinion, I was able to get past that because I loved watching Evan and Mel open up to each other. Evan’s family also quickly found a special place in my heart. Over the course of this series, I have come to love Amy Lea’s writing - the chemistry, her characters, and the sprinkles of humor throughout have all made this series so fun to read and I’m sad to see it end.

Thank you to Berkley Publishing and NetGalley for the advance copy.

I've enjoyed all the previous books in this series. This one is about a lifestyle influencer. So far she's taking a collab with a resort in Canada and it's not going well so far. But she's meet a very grumpy lumbersexual so far and I can see him warming up.
Though this is just from her pov so I know what she is holding close to her chest. Really enjoyed this one! Loved the chemistry and the scenery