Ariana Crosby's best friend was her forty-five tied low on her left hip. But the southern belle discovers life ain't like in her famous daddy's stories. The gentler sex aren't welcome into the masculine world of gunfighters. The lady knows that those who live by the gun never retire, they die. Somehow she must find a way, to survive and to be with the man she loves, handsome fellow gunhawk Nick Masters. Enjoy all this in a new version of the old western dime novel-chic/lit story. (R)