The Rose of Time

"The Marquis Will Not See You" Diadra, the youngest princess, is sent to marry a marquis famous for his misogyny as a way to get rid of her. She never expected a proper married life from the start, but on the night she arrives alone, she has a strange dream. In a garden where roses bloom in profusion, she is greeted by a boy not yet ten years old. Meeting him in her dreams becomes her nightly joy... [Also published on other sites] *A work that passed the first round of the 9th Net Novel Award