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The Apparent Trap

by Ali Rosen

A workplace romance tangled in family loyalties

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    USA Today bestselling author

    The source describes Ali Rosen as a USA Today bestselling author.

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A workplace romance tangled in family loyalties

A morning-show producer’s private life becomes entwined with her work when her widowed father starts dating the estranged daughter of a colleague. Ezzie and Lee, a chef on the show who recently ghosted her, team up to disrupt the relationship—an arrangement that puts their own unresolved connection in the way. The setup brings workplace romance together with family complications, a covert matchmaking campaign, and the question of whether either can move past unspoken grief. The supplied description also frames the story around a second chance at love, while keeping Ezzie’s ties to her father central to the romantic dilemma.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in workplace romances involving coworkers.
  • Those who enjoy plots built around family entanglements and attempts to interfere in a relationship.
  • Readers looking for a romance that includes second chances and themes of grief.

Themes

Workplace romanceFamily relationshipsSecond chancesGriefRomantic meddling

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Book overview

In a witty workplace romance from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Ali Rosen, two coworkers meddle in an age-gap relationship, only to get caught up in an unexpected one of their own.

Ezzie Halevi's life as a morning show producer is blissfully straightforward. But when sparks fly after accidentally introducing her widowed father to her show's recently hired, much younger coanchor, Ezzie's carefully curated routine starts to unravel. Worse, she discovers her dad's new girlfriend is the estranged daughter of Lee Morgan, the charming chef who leads a weekly cooking segment. The same chef who ghosted Ezzie weeks earlier.

The only reasonable solution? Reluctantly join forces with Lee to break up his daughter and her father before anyone gets hurt.

So Ezzie and Lee begin a secret campaign to tank the burgeoning romance. But soon, their own chemistry starts overshadowing the comically inept schemes.

Except Lee is off-limits, and Ezzie is too entangled in her father's life to risk either of their hearts. Yet beneath the plotting and regret lies something neither expected: a second chance at love--and letting go of unspoken grief that's kept them both stuck.

(c) 2026 by Ali Rosen, all rights reserved.

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