Tuesday, September 16, 2025

No Time Off by Julie Moffett [Review]

No Time Off (Lexi Carmichael Mystery #15) by Julie Moffett
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: June 18, 2025

Lexi Carmichael Mystery
0.5. No Money Down
1. No One Lives Twice
2. No One to Trust
3. No Place Like Rome
4. No Biz Like Showbiz
5. No Test for the Wicked
6. No Woman Left Behind
7. No Room For Error
8. No Strings Attached
9. No Living Soul
10. No Regrets
11. No Stone Unturned
12. No Questions Asked
13. No Escape
14. No Vow Broken
15. No Time Off - Paperback | Kindle

Julie Moffett
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
They finally tied the knot but can’t free themselves from Lexi’s little black cloud of trouble. Will they ever get time off from saving the world, even on their honeymoon?

Geek girl Lexi Carmichael and her new husband, Slash, are finally setting off on their honeymoon for some well-deserved rest after a super stressful, high-profile wedding that launched them into a media firestorm of attention and paparazzi. What’s an ultra-private power couple to do? Will Slash and Lexi be able to secure the honeymoon of their dreams or will trouble show up in a suitcase full of danger?


After careful and extensive planning, Slash and I are finally headed far away from the prying eyes of the paparazzi and toward the honeymoon of our dreams—and by “dreams,” I mean uninterrupted napping, adult beverages, zero rabid animals, and no weapons pointed in our direction.

After a wedding that involved way too many guns, dangerous drones, and more drama than a reality show reunion, we needed some serious R&R. So, like the super geeks we are, we plotted our honeymoon options in an elaborate spreadsheet to produce an optimum, trouble-free, and relaxing itinerary, as far from turmoil as possible.

But trouble sticks to us like cookie crumbs on a keyboard. What was supposed to be a tranquil escape quickly escalates into a series of events beyond our control, dragging us into danger once again. Then, as if marriage wasn’t complicated enough, the bad guys have us on the run for our lives, and Slash disappears, while we’re just trying to figure out what it really means to be husband and wife.

All we wanted was a little peace and quiet for our honeymoon, and yet the universe keeps sending us trouble. Will we ever get time off from cloak-and-dagger escapades? Or will our dream honeymoon end with us once again saving the world, but this time in matching “Just Married!” T-shirts?
Thoughts on No Time Off: Lexi and Slash can't shake the excitement (read: danger) that follows them wherever they go. Their wedding is something talked about in hushed tones (thanks to the exploding drones and high profile guest list) and they are DETERMINED to have a romantic and restful honeymoon.

You know, if they can keep Lexi's little black cloud battened down for a few weeks.

HA. The joke's on them with that one. Slash has fully accepted Lexi's penchant for falling into dangerous situations, but this one isn't her fault. They left the destination of their honeymoon up to chance and somehow they still found themselves in the middle of a political coup that had them dealing with some loose ends from a previous little black cloud encounter. In other words, these two were once again forced to apply their big brains to a situation to make sure it didn't escalate into something that could have long-term, global implications.

On a little island nation, there's a political coup taking place. Lexi and Slash are in the right place at the right time to stop the prime minister from being assassinated and things moved forward from there. Suddenly they're on the run, engaging in some potentially dangerous surveillance, and roping their crew back in the States to help them stop this situation before it reaches a tipping point there's no coming back from.

To say Lexi and Slash have an exciting honeymoon might be understating things. That said, I don't know if being hunted and declared enemies of the state were exactly what they were planning when they booked this trip. But they're both smart and wily and they're not going to let a little thing like a political crew stop them from enjoying the start of their life together. *thumbs up*

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