Theresa Oliver is an author of clean contemporary romance, clean historical romance, young adult, middle grades, and children's picture books. Theresa is the author of the Christmas Cove series, the Whiskey River Brides series with Hot Tree Publishing, and much more. She lives in Florida with her husband, children, a persnickety cat, and a very bossy dog.

In Thou Shalt Not Kill, Catholic high school students are faced with a decision: Do I kill to save my life and the lives of others or not, even at the cost of my own life?

Casey Nichols and her friends are forced to answer this question after finding themselves in the middle of WWIII when their school, their city, and their country are overrun by terrorists. The decisions they make have consequences, but can they live with the choices they make? Derek saves Casey’s life, but will another steal her heart?

In Thou Shalt Not Kill, some will live, some will die ... all choose to fight. When all hell breaks loose, which path will you choose?

Thou Shalt Not Kill

"What the hell is that?" Trevor bellowed, throwing down the shovel, eyeing the blood red bandana tied to the top of my arm.


"Eric's bandana," I replied calmly, my eyes cold.


"Take it off." Anger radiated from Trevor's eyes as he spat the words. Derek stood at his side, ready to intervene if necessary. Everyone's confused eyes were suddenly on me.


My eyes did not waver from Trevor's. "No."


"I said, take it off!" Trevor clenched his fists at his sides as he stepped toward me.


Derek made a move to step between us, confusion coloring his face, too, but he trusted me. I waved him off.


"Look," I said to Trevor, my voice never wavering. "If a fight is what they want, then they just got one."


Chapter 25: Strategy, Part 1