The Wyandotte High Halloween Job

~ J. Tiffany Noore

Steamy Holidays 8

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Rex Byrne only signed up to build a Halloween haunted house. Nobody warned him about the gangsters—or the girls.

It's 1934, and keeping Kansas City out of trouble means turning Wyandotte High into a house of horrors. With a nosy schoolgirl reporter, a shamelessly flirtatious aspiring starlet, and a former teacher who's looking at him very differently these days, Rex has his hands full.
But beneath the gymnasium, a counterfeiting racket is brewing. And when innocent people start taking the blame, Rex and his dangerously distracting companions must turn their Halloween tricks into a trap for real criminals.

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Publisher: Reading at Tiffany’s (https://www.jtiffanynoore.me/)
Genres:
Ensemble HaremLit
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Steamy Holidays
Excerpt:

Rex walked back to the Dracula parlor. He listed things to do to calm down his pecker: coffin hinges needed oil, check the pulley handle… He found Paget bending over the mannequin, rounded butt wiggling, frilly lace exposed. His pecker found a new reason to stand up.

“Rex?” Paget’s voice was breathy. “Could you help me?” Her Hedy Lamarr face had the intended effect. She flowed upright like a dancer. One hand pressed to her chest like her heart was racing. Her blouse had somehow come partially unbuttoned—just the top two, just enough to show the lace edge of her chemise.

“What’s wrong?”

“That mannequin—when it moved earlier, it startled me, and now I can’t stop thinking about it and—” She swayed slightly, a performance so practiced it looked almost real. “I feel strange. Dizzy.”

Rex crossed to her automatically, catching her by the shoulders. Her skin was warm through the thin fabric of her blouse.

“You okay?”

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“I am now…” Her breathing quickened (deliberately), her lips parted (on purpose), and suddenly she was pressing against him with unmistakable intent.

“Paget—”

She pressed her lips against his like she’d seen Greta Garbo do. Her hands slid up his chest—the same spot where Miss Turner’s hand had been—but firmer, more possessive. Her tongue traced his lower lip, her body molding against his. She felt his stiffy against her leg. “Oh Rex…”

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Reviews:Lily Chen on Goodreads wrote:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Wyandotte High Halloween Job is a Depression-era caper that makes a Kansas City furnace room drip with intrigue, hormones, and heart. Set in 1934, it drops nineteen-year-old CCC worker Rex Byrne into a haunted-house project that turns into a high-stakes war between bootleggers, bankers, and one very determined schoolteacher. If you thought J. Tiffany Noore had mastered every flavor—from spacefaring fembots to Persian carpets with wandering tassels—this story spins into a noir-tinted carnival of bad decisions and brave ones. Messy, thrilling, and delightfully overstuffed: exactly the kind of ride Tiffany’s Tiffans show up for.

Liam Ashford on Goodreads wrote:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Wyandotte High Halloween Job is depression-era Kansas City noir where horny teenagers (18+), corrupt principals, bootleg tunnels, and a counterfeiting ring collide. J. Tiffany Noore assembles another wonderful cast: Rex Byrne—ex-student, CCC recruit, and accidental hero—gets caught between a teacher who’s done being Miss Apple-Pie, a wannabe starlet with Hedy Lamarr eyes, and a Black girl reporter who’s got a nose for a story. And the story is one of underground bootlegging and counterfeiting tunnels that run under the high school. Naughty noir!


 

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