Author bridges 'disconnect' of what people practice, preach

LONGWOOD, Fla. - Nikki O'Baire spent years running into the arms of uncommitted lovers and unfaithful husbands, into the trap of drug abuse and alcoholism, away from the mob and toward a dream of stardom. Being devoured a little at a time by every person she dared to trust, she finally ran into the arms of the one who could restore her life.