The Mask We Wear is a heart-pounding LGBT thriller that explores the dangerous intersection of forbidden love, deceit, and dark secrets. In the small town of Maplewood, Oliver Matthews, a quiet, introverted high school senior, has always kept his distance from Ethan Harper, the popular jock who's made his life a living nightmare with cruel taunts and bullying. But when an unexpected kiss shatters the tension between them, everything changes.

As Oliver and Ethan begin a secret, intense relationship, they are pulled into a web of lies, manipulation, and danger. Ethan, seemingly cruel and aloof in public, is a completely different person in private — yet he's hiding something far darker than Oliver could have imagined. Behind Ethan's charm lies a family deeply entwined in the criminal underworld, one with ties to the very people who have hurt Oliver in the past.

As Oliver digs deeper into the mystery of Ethan's secret life, he uncovers connections that tie their families together in ways he never expected, including a link to the disappearance of his own brother years earlier. Torn between love and betrayal, Oliver must navigate a treacherous path where nothing is as it seems and every truth is more dangerous than the last. With their lives at risk, both boys must confront their darkest fears and decide if their love is strong enough to survive a deadly game of secrets and lies.

The Mask We Wear is a gripping, emotionally charged tale of identity, trust, and survival, blending the raw intensity of a forbidden romance with the suspense and thrills of a dark mystery.