The 86th Degree by Barbara Harken

The 86th Degree is a sassy novel of passion, romance, betrayal, and mystery by Barbara Harken, the next "Danielle Steel!"   "The 86th Degree is a love story written with so much emotion that you are infused with empathy.  Denied love and the desire to be loved are parallel with abuse and abusers. Barb weaves passion, romance, and mystery into her novel set in the education field that she knows so well.”   ~ Jeanne Anderson This book is now available on Kindle (click here). Also, see her newest book, Degree of Normal. If we could measure emotional pain in degrees, we would all take action at 100 degrees.  Most of us live at 85 degrees.  The hardest step is the one above the norm. . .the 86th Degree. Amber Helm begins her third year of teaching full of excitement, glad to be back in the comfort zone of the classroom.  At the beginning teacher inservice, she discovers that for several weeks, a former lover from college will be the “Artist in Residence,” the man she walked out on three yea