Occasion – Spring of promises, Brashear Jean 36

Life has not been very kind to Jezebel. Orphaned at five years old, bounced from family to family, she had to fight to survive. Until now, her best weapon has always been her beauty, especially with men, but more than anything in the world, she's waiting for someone who will see more in her than just a beautiful body: a beating heart, a romantic soul, and treasures of love to give. She is sure she has found this man the evening the painter Gamble Smith knocks on her door for the first time. For her, it's love at first sight. However, Jezebel already knows that he will resist with all his might the happiness she can offer him: since losing his wife in cruel circumstances, Gamble has withdrawn into himself. Worse still, confined to his studio, he has stopped painting, unable to finish his wife's portrait, certain that he can never love again...