Girdle of Amber — Margaret Abbey

Wealthy heiress to Birlstone castle, Lady Alys possessed a rare and golden beauty, hidden since childhood by the mark of her father's wrath. When Prince John approved her marriage to handsome Baron Geoffrey de Courcelles, the young groom showered Alys with lavish gifts and freed her from the single blemish that denied her loveliness. Yet Geoffrey remained strangely cold and aloof, his only kiss the customary kiss of the marriage ceremony. Then a rival suitor publicly insulted Geoffrey, and Alys was plunged into a drama of rebellion, secret treachery and awakening desire.