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

A moment later, he pulled back, giving me one last soft kiss. Then, I laid my head gently on his chest, feeling safe within his arms. "We'd better go inside before the others start to worry," Derek said, breaking the magic of the moment.


"Or begin to gossip." I laughed, feeling more myself.


"Come on, let's go." Derek laced his fingers within mine, and led me into the cave.


Inside, no one seemed to notice our absence. Lisa and Markesha were doing the dishes in the stream. They were in blue jeans and T-shirts, obviously having changed.


I looked down at my blood-spattered clothes, realizing I never really had time to change. Everything had happened so fast. "Guess I'd better change, too," I said to Derek, remembering the blue jeans and t-shirt I found in the school lockers. But before I could walk away, with a gentle, caring look in his eyes, Derek carefully removed the red bandana tied to my upper arm.


Chapter 26: Strategy, Part 2