Masks Series

Avari has always been a social outcast, which is just fine by him; he has superhuman abilities and hates people. But his lab partner Chayton keeps being so friendly and Avari can't stop staring at his alluring smile. When he loses control of his abilities, Avari is faced with a startling revelation about himself—one that's both thrilling and dangerous. As Avari seeks to understand Chayton, he finds himself coming out of his shell, and his connection with Chayton grows deeper. Meanwhile, a mysterious adversary appears who may hold answers to who Avari really is. Fueled by his curiosity, Avari continues his path of destruction—but he can't help wonder if his secrets will tear apart his shaky new bond with Chayton. MASKS is a 21k urban fantasy, new adult romance novella centering on a gay protagonist.

Avari Terran wants nothing more than to live as normal of a college life as possible with his boyfriend, Chayton, despite having wings and superpowers, being an ex-supervillain, and dating his former superhero rival. His plans of flying under the radar are jeopardized when a fan of Raven threatens to reveal his identity, unless he agrees to a forced friendship, of all things. Kaiden is over-the-top, hyper, and capricious, and Avari is fed up with him and his blackmail threats from the moment they meet. When strange monsters start appearing in the area that only him and Kaiden can see, blackmail becomes the least of Avari's problems. These monsters seem to have their sights set on him, leaving Avari no choice but to take up his persona as Raven yet again and fight back, along with Kaiden's help. Will his secret identity, and his relationship with Chayton survive through all this? Raven is a urban fantasy supervillain/hero new adult novella with a gay protagonist, and is the second installment in the Masks series.

Keeping his boyfriend and his identities secret, fighting demons, and nearly losing Chayton have made college life bumpy for Avari Terran so far. All he wants now is a quiet and uneventful spring break alone with Chayton. Between Kaiden insisting on continuing to fight the demons, and Chayton insisting on continuing to be Falcon, it doesn't seem that'll happen. When three people from Chayton's past appear, everything is thrown further into chaos. New revelations will threaten to drive Avari and Chayton apart, and neither of them knows if they'll be able to work it out this time. Falcon is the third installment of Amara Lynn's Masks and is the first novel length work in the series.

Life can be a real hot mess for a budding teenage poet. Meet Eric Plath: an ordinary high school boy with an obsession for the color blue, a gay kid surrounded by loving parents and an annoying older sister, a teenager who'd have gone through this dicey life stage without a hitch had it not been for those crummy superheroes and supervillains. This omnibus contains the original three books of a seven-volume superhero comedy series.   Rise of Heroes: Strange things are happening in Vintage City, and sixteen-year-old Eric seems to be right in the middle of them. There's a new villain in town, one with super powers, and he's wreaking havoc everywhere and on Eric's life. The new superhero who springs up to defend Vintage City is almost as bad, making Eric all hot and bothered, enough so that he almost misses the love that's right under his nose. Evolution: While his friends continue to develop their newfound powers, Eric begins to feel the effects of being the odd man out, and work-related stress creeps into Eric's relationship with Peter. To make matters worse, there are the strange headaches, sleepwalking, and nightmares that haunt Eric, as well as the Devil's Trill's call for him to take his place as a supervillain sidekick. Ordinary Champions: As a newly-transformed supervillain sidekick, Eric struggles with his conscience and schemes to turn the tables on the Trill. But his powers deteriorate, growing more and more unstable. He realizes that he doesn't have much time left to set things right on his own, even if it costs him his life.

Curse of Arachnaman follows the events in the first three books in the Masks series. Eric is settling down into a near-normal existence. He's learning to cope with a different kind of closet -- being kept from talking freely about his relationship with Calais and the other superheroes -- as well as an increasingly protective mother, his sister's new squeaky-clean boyfriend, and a bingo-obsessed best friend.   Eric also learns that, sometimes, being an asset to the forces of good means simply being himself. In the meantime, Vintage City is under siege from a new threat, one which is proving to be much more dangerous than all of the other supervillains the heroes have faced combined. Good people find themselves at the mercy of an angry lunatic who will stop at nothing to purge the city of what he sees to be undesirable elements.

In the seventh and final installment of the Masks series, nothing comes easy to sixteen-year-old Eric Plath -- and the Shadow Puppet. On one hand, Eric suffers through the tedium of more homework, more groundings from irate parents, and sudden and inexplicable attention from mutated killer mannequins from the Shadow Puppet's cabal. On the other hand, those evolving mannequins appear to have rattled a supervillain's schemes of terrorizing Vintage City, and no one -- not even the superheroes and the Sentries -- can figure out what's happening. In the middle of this spiraling supervillain craziness are the growing numbers of disappearing teenagers, including Deena Alvarez, Eric's good friend who's in the process of transitioning behind the backs of her disapproving parents and grandparents. And the only clue dropped into Eric's lap makes him an even bigger target to a supervillain who desperately needs it back.

Following the attacks on Vintage City by the Deathtrap Debutantes, life quiets down, and the superheroes are temporarily without work. Unfortunately, unemployed superheroes mean bored superheroes, and with Peter's birthday just around the corner, Eric asks for help in coming up with the most creative gift he can give a boy who's got everything. Tapping into everyone's fondness for computer games, Eric enlists the heroes' help in experimenting with a video game in a desperate bid to amaze Peter with something unique. What they don't expect is a game that's been sabotaged by an old nemesis. Eric and the heroes suddenly find themselves trapped in a horror game, forced to advance against the clock or be stuck in it forever. With three of their friends vanishing from the group, Eric and Ridley are forced to use their wits and their limited abilities to fight their way through monsters that are meant to keep them from finding the others. Outside, Althea as Spirit Wire, along with unexpected allies, scrambles to keep a delicate connection with her friends as she tries to save them all.

Following Arachnaman's bigoted, hateful attacks, life in beleaguered Vintage City finally quiets down, but it doesn't last long. Eric's father begins to show symptoms of extreme fatigue, symptoms that Eric notices in a number of other people he sees elsewhere. Along with the superheroes, he tries to find a common denominator in all this, the surprising result being a new perfume shop that hawks very strong fragrances. A familiar pair of supervillains is suspected, but before the heroes can further investigate the motives behind this threat, people exhibiting symptoms of illness are transformed in the most shocking way, throwing Vintage City in a state of panic. In the meantime, Eric monitors the Unofficial Calais Fan Club, which is now exploding with romantic Mary Sue fanfiction involving Calais as well as curious messages posted by a girl who's apparently wildly in love with the superhero. References to her making "new friends" alert Eric to suspect that she and the current mayhem being inflicted on Vintage City are somehow tied together. The stakes are now raised for Eric, whose father has become a victim to a new crime wave and whose superhero boyfriend might also be under threat. All this, and he's yet to survive school and find a job.

In Masks, Avari and Chayton met, became rivals, friends, and boyfriends. In Raven, Avari found out more about his past, and (begrudgingly) made a new friend. In Falcon, both Avari and Chayton have to deal with the consequences of their actions, and decide how to move forward, and if they will move forward together.   Amara Lynn's Masks series starts off as a villain/hero m/m romance from the point of view of the villain. Over time, Avari becomes an antihero of sorts, makes friends, and opens his heart to love for the first time in both romance and friendship.   The Masks Legacy edition contains the first three Masks books all together, plus six short stories, three of which were previously only available on Amara's Patreon.