Maren's love life is not good. Her boyfriend took her promotion and then decided to propose to her. As a result, she runs away to the lake where she grew up, where she has inherited a bait shop. Josiah, her brother's best friend, lives at the lake and runs his family resort. Recently divorced, he has his hands full with his two children.
Maren fits right in with Josiah and his family, and before they know it, they realize they have caught feelings. Can they overcome their past and prove to their families that what they have is real?
This book was a bit slow at times, but I really loved the plot and the relationship between Maren and Josiah was HOT!

Wow this was a hard book to rate because I really enjoyed it. I loved the vibes of the outdoorsy fishing girl. The single dad of a boy who likes pink and paints his nails, and a girl who has sensory issues and is autistic. I was rooting for them so hard.

It did feature two other couples who I can only assume were characters from previous books by this author.

Butttttt let’s talk about the heroines brother, Liam. He was verbally abusive to his sister. They’re allegedly best friends. His family doesn’t do NEARLY enough reacting to Liam’s INSANE verbal spewing to the heroine. IMO he either needed to be pulled back in how hard he came for his sister in literally every scene together, or he couldn’t be forgiven with a single apology. I wanted to punch him in the face, personally. Was that ever on the table? Bc it seems like it should’ve been.

Really enjoyed this book a lot!

3.75-4 stars
Steam level 3.5

Thank you netgalley for the ARC!

I absolutely adored this book! I loved the characters and Maren's relationship with Josiah's kids (especially with sweet Lucy). I really wished Maren stood up for herself more with her brother, but it made it that much better when Joe did in the end. This was my first book by Erin Hahn, and I was not disappointed!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC!

This author just keeps getting better! I appreciated the way issues were portrayed and dealt with. Loved getting away and falling in love at the lake!

<i> Thank you to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for providing this advance reader's copy for an honest review. </i>

Thank you for the ARC!
4.5stars, rouded to 5!

This was my first Erin Hahn book! Consider me a fan. I didn't realize this was part of series, so I will need to add her other books to my tbr. I can't wait to read more about Maren's besties. IMO this book can be read as a standalone, though.

There was so much LOVE in this book. Love for Maren, Josiah, and Josiah's kids. It really embraced themes of unconditional love, self love, and growth. It just made me feel good while I read it and was such a fresh take on contemporary romance. This single parent trope was done so well. Maren and such a lovely connection with Josiah's kids, and the autism rep gave this book a special place in my heart. This book and it's characters felt so real - the perfect balance of plot, spice, and overall vibes.

Tropes:
Single Dad
Brother's Best Friend
Friends to Lovers
Age Gap
Slow Burn

Love a friends to lovers story! Cozy and a little spice with fun characters who made me root for them.

Thank you for the ARC!

I absolutely devoured this book.

Erin Hahn is a new to me author and I can't wait to read her backlist.

Catch and Keep follows Maren, who is small YouTube celebrity for documenting how she catches musky. Due to unsettling events, she decides to head to her whole old stomping ground up in Wisconsin. This is where she runs into her brother's best friend and co-owner of Cole's Resort, Josiah "Joe" Cole. Joe is a single dad with two kids and is working to take over the family business. They didn't realize how much they needed each other until the meet up again.

This a slow burn. They both have an already built in friendship, but to see it grow into something more, was fun to read.

The only reason, I am giving it 4.5 stars, is because of the conflict. While reading, I had a feeling one was going to be over the other, but not the one I wanted to be was the main conflict. I am a dark romance girly so this shouldn't have surprised me as much as it did.

Overall, I am a sucker for brother's best friend/sibling's best friend trope and this did not disappoint.

This was such a cute romance read and my first book by Erin. I loves the main characters and Joe’s kids are so so sweet! I rooted for the couple the whole book and might have shed a tear or two at the end. What a sweet, quick read. The characters were all so great and the writing good as well! Will be looking for more books by Erin.

This book was the first I have ever read from Erin Hahn, but after reading it I would definitely read her other books! It was a cute, contemporary romance with a unique fishing back story and setting. While I personally have never fished a day in my life, that didn’t stop me from enjoying this book. While some of the plot and tropes felt more basic and read like something I have seen before there is one amazing thing about this book. The inclusivity is worked into almost every chapter, and it’s obvious the author spent time putting thought and care into the characters especially Lucy (who was my favorite). I really appreciate the author trying to make this book feel like real life and be inclusive. With that being said, it wasn’t my favorite book, but I would recommend it (especially to those who do fish as I think they will enjoy it more)! Thank you to NetGalley, the Publisher, and Erin Hahn for the opportunity to read this ARC!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This was my first Erin Hahn book. I thoroughly enjoyed the romance in this book. Both of the main characters were lovable and the small town setting was icing on the cake.
The only problem I had with this book which is why it is getting 3 stars is that I felt like in the first 100 pages we are told all of these problems that Joe and Maren are facing. To me, there were too many subplots in this book for how short it is. By the end of the book, it seemed like things were a bit rushed to find a happy ending and all of the subplots were quickly resolved.
Besides that, I thoroughly enjoyed the book and would love to read one of the other books about Maren's friends.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
This was my first book by Erin Hahn and I can honestly say it won’t be my last! Loved this book it was just a cute read! I’m a sucker for a slow burn and loved every character in this book (did I mention there’s a dog?!) so if you love
-Small Town Romance
-Older brother’s best friend
-Age gap
-Single dad with two kids
-Friends to lovers
This book is for you!

WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN?! Talk about the ultimate cozy romance. Joe and Maren are EVERYTHING and I desperately didn’t want this book to end. Maren retreats to her childhood home away from home in Wisconsin after a proposal gone wrong. Of course hottie Joe - her brother’s childhood best friend nonetheless - is there waiting. He’s a divorced single dad and needless to say he does the most for his two kids. From the family dynamic, to Maren’s relationship with Joe’s autistic daughter, I was fully invested in every moment. I loved how both Maren and Joe’s lives were messy but they still fit perfectly together. I can’t say enough good things about this book - it was funny, light, heartwarming, sweet and just everything I needed and more! Thank you so much to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC!

I absolutely adored this book! The setting of this book is a resort in Northern Wisconsin, which is were I grew up so it made it feel more relatable for me. Maren's boyfriend of a year proposes to her and she literally gets scared off and runs back to Wisconsin to the place she loves most. Right away she reunites with her older brother's best friend, Joe. Joe's a single dad running the resort that belongs to his parents. His family is like a second family to Maren so everything falls into place and they strike up a friendship and relive childhood memories. Despite her brother, Liam, warning them both to steer clear of each other they inevitably start to fall for each other. Maren loves fishing and is back to rehab the old bait shop her mentor left to her. He taught her everything she knows about fishing and she was "Muskie Maren" on YouTube and while she was successful, she had an over the top creepy fan, Bryce, that ultimately caused her to shut it down and keep her life as private as possible so he couldn't find her. Bryce now owns the hardware store and upon seeing him she felt all of those uncomfortable feelings about him come back so she decided to steer clear. When Bryce was mentioned in the book he appears to be a super fan stalker and I thought for sure that he was going to do something to try to hurt Maren or keep her all to himself. But nothing like that happened. I'm not sure he was a necessary character since nothing every really came of him. This is the best I've read in awhile and I'm thankful for NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC of this book. I will definitely be purchasing it when it's available!

I absolutely loved this book!! I loved the characters, and I felt the autistic representation of the MMC's daughter was well done. I enjoyed the romance as well! Overall, this was a well written quick read!

Easy to get into. It has great characters and a beautiful setting. I thought it flowed well. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

I've always loved Erin Hahn's writing and Catch and Keep is Erin Hahn at her best. Maren and Joe were everything that I hoped for in this friends-to-lovers, single dad romance. Maren was a favorite in Built to Last and Friends Don't Fall in Love and her journey to her own HEA was worth the wait.

Catch and Keep was a cute story set in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. The sweet romance follows a newly single women on her quest to escape a recent breakup. She returns to an area she loved as a child and finds herself intertwined with a friend from the past who happens to be a single dad of two children.

The book tackles the triumphs and struggles of a single dad raising a child with autism which was wonderful to see written in a storyline. I enjoyed how the characters developed and grew together to create something special full of love and understanding.

This book is a perfect summer read full of fun and adventure. It makes you want to run off to the woods and escape all your worries.

This was my first book my Erin and I absolutely loved it, a super cute slow burn and best friends brother contemporary romance novel. All the characters were loveable and you were rooting for the two main love interests.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an arc of this book

This book was so refreshing with characters that you root for and want to win. I read it after reading a particularly emotional book and helped cure my book hangover. I thought it was a good representation of how a couple needs to stick up for one another

This book was very sweet in a way that wasn’t shoved down your throat. I appreciate that both the FMC and MMC are actually mature enough to communicate despite not everyone else around them being able to do so. I am always a sucker for a brother’s best friend romance and I think this one was one I would definitely recommend! I will say that had I not received the arc from NetGalley, I probably wouldn’t have picked this up but I am looking forward to reading more from this author!