June Farrow, a paramedic and SAR volunteer is searching the mountains of Wyoming with her 4 year old K-9 Lab. Lacy Matthews and her 3 year old twins have disappeared and they are feared murdered by the cult devotees of Samuel Grayson from Cold Plains, Wyoming. Samuel owns the town and eliminates anyone not marching to his tune. June lost her husband and 3 year old son because of Samuel Grayson and vows to take him down. Working for the EXIT program, a national organization in aiding victims of cults, she has sequestered 8 devotees in a safe house hidden in the wilderness caves. Finding an injured rugged man having amnesia because of a blow to the head, she has no choice but to take his gun and keep him under lock and key at the safe house since he has the noted "D" tattoo on his hip, a branding of the devotees.

June has labeled the fascinating man the "Marlboro" man after his rugged handsomeness. After much self evaluation, Jesse Grainger begins to remember who he is , but not before becoming very close to June. He too has lost a wife and little boy to a fire, with his wife's last request of Jesse to find and rescue her brother from the cult. Will the two be able to save more innocent victims from the cult?

THE PERFECT OUTSIDER is another in the very exciting and interesting addition to the Perfect, Wyoming series. The puppet master is a handsome and suave man intent on keeping "his" town under his control no matter the cost. This series is well written and apparently well researched. Loreth Anne White has made her characters very colorful and exciting people. Suspense and constant activity keeps you on your toes, waiting for the next shoe to fall. I can't wait for the next riveting issue of the town of Cold Plains and their terrifying cult.

Book Summary

"Please help me figure out who I am."

How can she leave him to die? June Farrow works for Cold Plains Search and Rescue as cover for her real mission-helping Devotees escape from Samuel Grayson's evil cult. The rugged man she finds in the woods has no memory, but evidence points to his being one of Grayson's murderous enforcers. Hardwired to save lives, June's only option is to take him to the safe house.

"Jesse" is the name on his belt buckle-that's about the only thing he knows. Now he's being held prisoner by a beautiful stranger. The fierce attraction between them threatens to awaken details from his past. But how can he even trust himself when he might destroy those he's trying to protect?