I loved this book! I had never read anything by this author before and it was such a nice fun light read. Highly recommend!

Maren is just over thirty years old and has decided she wants to change her life and leave her job and she even turned down a proposal from her boyfriend. She is ready to start her live over again and make some lifestyle changes. But while on this journey Maren comes across Joe and he is easy to get along with.

2.5 stars rounded up to 3

All in all, this book was cute. An easy read, a good little story filled with heartwarming characters and uncomplicated love. It was a solid three stars for me. My favorite things about this book were excellent communication, and not a ridiculous plot point that tore the mc's apart in the third act. However, it did read a little bland. Sometimes, the MC's felt rather 2D, their attraction stuck on the page and not believable. However, they were still wholesome characters written with good intention.

Definitely recommend if looking for a cute and quick heartwarming romance. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s for this eARC!

I really loved this. I loved that the main character was from Michigan, because I’m from there too, so I could relate to Maren in my own way. Maren and Joe have amazing chemistry, they’re so perfect for each other. Joe has an autistic daughter, and I love that the author chose to include that in this book. It’s shown in such a beautiful way, and made me so happy to bring awareness to it. All the characters were great, even though I didn’t care for Liam, and didn’t like Kiley at all, (who would, after what she did??) this book was so heartwarming, like a breath of fresh air after being stuck inside. It was beautifully written, with a great plot, lovable characters and some good spicy scenes. Overall, fantastic read and very well done.

Awwww this book was so sweet. The cover was gorgeous and it matched the goodness inside. Set in Wisconsin, a beautiful backdrop to a wonderful storyline with relatable main characters. I look forward to reading more from this author.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

Maren quits her job as a park ranger, turns down a proposal, and leaves to claim her inhertiance, a run down bait shop. cute story.

This book literally has me delulu because tell me why I suddenly want to meet a hot single military veteran with two cute kids!? For real though this book had me giddy I devoured it in like 3 hours I couldn’t put it down. I was head over ass in love with this book and will recommend this to everyone! Read this if you love brothers best friend, small town romance, age gap, single dad…then you need to pick up this book!

What a cute romance novel about friends to lovers. I loved Maren and Joe, the supporting cast of characters and the small town in Wisconsin where the story was set. I felt like the character development was real and relatable. I loved feeling at home reading about the fishing the life in Wisconsin.

I just could not love Erin Hahn's writing more. She tells such good stories with such a beautiful eye for character development and place. I feel fully at home in the places and with the people she describes in each of her books, and this one was no different. Maren and Joe were so wonderful, and even though I've never been to Wisconsin, I felt like I understood the feel of where they were. This was also a really special book to me as the parent of an autistic toddler. Parts of the book were really hard to read, but mostly it was wonderful seeing a family like ours on page and seeing how well the people around them loved Lucy.

What a beautiful cover!! Catch & Keep by Erin Hahn is the perfect summer read! Brother’s best friend, small town romance. This one made me laugh and feel all the feels. I will definitely be checking out other books by this author~

Thank you NetGalley & St. Martin’s Press for the ARC copy of this book.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. I loved this book. I have not read anything by Erin Hahn before and this book hooked me right away so I looked up the two books that are companions to this book and devoured them as well. I will definitely be reading more of Erin Hahn in the future.

Brother's best friend is one of my fave tropes, so I was really excited to read this one! And I'm happy to say that it did not disappoint. It was sweet and swoony and all the things I wanted. The premise is great, the setting is described vividly, and it feels like you were dropped in a perfect summer getaway. I love the nuances of all the characters, the neurodivergent representation, and the way you rooted for every single one of them. It was a quick read but one that I really enjoyed!

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Thank you to NetGalley for an eARC of this title. These are my honest thoughts.

i saw this book and the cover immediately hooked me. once i read that it was about fishing, i had to check it out. i did think the stalker was going to turn a little more suspenseful than it was and i found her brother more annoying than necessary, but this was a cute small-town romance with great representation and depth. a great cozy romance to read out by the water!

The simplest way to describe this book is cute and cozy.

We follow the lives of Maren and Joe who have both had troubling past relationships. Maren having just turned down a proposal to her longtime boyfriend and Joe being a divorced single dad of two. They’ve known each other for decades as Joe is Maren’s brothers best friend.

There are so many things I loved about this book. One being the representation of autism in Joe’s daughter, Lucy. The way Lucy is described is very accurate for autism spectrum disorder, and I’m really glad it seems like the author did her research to do the topic justice. Another thing I loved was just the realness of the characters and their development as their own individuals finding themselves, but also finding themselves together. The spicy parts of the book were unmatched as well!

All in all I have zero complaints about this book. I really loved the feel good, happy ending to it. Five stars!!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martins press for the ARC copy of this book!

I have not previously read any other titles by Erin Hahn, but I can say with certainty, I will be after reading Catch and Keep. It was such an adorable, fun, enjoyable story and I found myself not wanting to put the book down. Maren was a strong MFC and the story actually surprised me (in a good way) at several points. I am not into fishing, camping, etc but this had zero impact on my love of the book. Definitely recommend Catch and Keep

What a fitting end to this trilogy that started with 'Built to Last' (Shelby and Cameron) then 'Friends Don't Fall in Love' (Lorelai and Craig). Finally Maren gets her happy ever after.

This book was just a beautiful and sweet romance, calm and gentle like the Wisconsin lake depicted in the story. I adored how Maren and Joe were with each other. Maren seamlessly slotted into family life with him and his children. I also loved her individual relationships with the kids, especially Anders becoming her fishing partner, like she was as a kid to Foss who bequeathed his fishing shack to her. Her brother really annoyed me but I liked that everyone supported Maren in calling him out over his misogynistic attitudes towards her.

I honestly breezed right through this book, I couldn't put it down. I was also thrilled by the many cameo appearances from Shelby, Cameron, Lorelai and Craig, especially the video chat with the guys. Erin Hahn creates such warm and wonderful characters with heartwarming moments, that she will forever be an auto-buy author for me.

Thanks to St. Martin's Griffin and NetGalley for the ARC.

Single-dad trope? Sign me up. This was so cute. I loved Joe and Maren and Ander and Lucy and the beautiful family they made. I adorable kids-bonding scenes with the love interest it just warms my heart so much and it gives me so many of those moments. 10/10 recommended

3.5⭐️

"It seems like Joe and I got our start in the middle and once I stopped freaking out about it being wrong, I realized it felt overwhelmilng right."


Our FMC Maren's longterm boyfriend proposes to her, she panics out and takes a leave of absence to move to Northern Wisconsin, where her family used to spend summers. An old family friend left her a house there, and her brothers best friend Joe now runs the resort. Joe is divorced and raising his two children alone, and Maren's brother warns her to stay away.

This was the main conflict- Maren's brother thinks she is impulsive and irresponsible, and that Joe has too much time on his plate. Maren is only in Wisconsin temporarily at first, and he thinks Joe would be left picking up the pieces when leaves. The thing is, her brother wasn't entirely wrong. Was he a jerk about it? Absolutely. But she did take a leave of absence from her job, move out of her apartment and flee Michigan when her fiance- who she didn't even seem to have serious feelings for- proposed.
To make matters worse, later when her brother finds out her and Joe have been seeing each other and freaks out, she AGAIN up and leaves. She decides to 'give them space' because she doesn't want to come in between their friendship? So she just packs a bag and flies out of state, on Thanksgiving weekend?! Just leaves her family who were there to visit her. Yet again her response to conflict was to just run away from it, and then somehow convince everyone that this was the mature thing to do?! Mind boggling to me

Thank you to Netgalley and publishing team for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

Such a cute and light hearted read! I really enjoyed the interest the main character had in the outdoors and how handy she is. However, the pacing of this book made it difficult for me to get fully invested. The plot felt somewhat slow, then the romance went very quickly, and then the book slowed back down again. I think if the plot had been more steady it would have kept my attention more. With that being said, still a light and easy read that I would recommend.

Do you ever read a book where you can just close your eyes, sigh and imagine yourself there? This is it.

Maren is passed over for a promotion at work and finds out she lost it to none other than her boyfriend (who went behind her back to apply!). He then proceeds to do a very public proposal which ends in Maren fleeing to her comfort place in Northern Wisconsin. She begins fixing up a bait shop/apartment left to her by an old friend while trying to sort out her life. Enter Joe. He is a single dad to two wonderful children and happens to be Maren's older brother's best friend, making him off limits.

I absolutely loved the interactions between Maren and Joe's family. Anders was absolutely precious and I thought that Hahn portrayed Lucy's ASD so well. I was rooting for them all from the very first interaction. The relationship they all formed felt so natural and relatable. There isn't one single thing I would change about their story.

I did not realize that this book was set in the same world as the author's previous books (which I have not read). However, I think it works perfectly as a standalone. It has made me want to pick up the other books because I loved Maren's friends!

Thank you to Netgalley, St. Martin's Press, and Erin Hahn for the chance to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review.