Lust vs love

​"e;Love is for the weak, Joseph. Lust is for the powerful."e;​At eighteen, Joseph was a boy looking for a future. But under the cold, expert tutelage of Ms. Finne, he was forged into something else: a predator. Now, Joseph moves through the city with a scoreboard inked onto his hand—twenty-six empty boxes waiting for twenty-six initials.​He doesn't want hearts; he wants trophies.​From the sun-drenched secrets of his childhood home to the high-stakes games of a luxury villa, Joseph is determined to fill every box. But as the ink spreads, the line between the hunter and the hunted begins to blur. With every new initial, Joseph risks losing the one thing he was taught to despise: his soul.​Lust vs. Love: The First Initial is a provocative, dark romance about power, desire, and the dangerous cost of an education in pleasure.