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

Even with five of us in the jeep, Aiden gunned the engine, peeling out, sending a shower of pebbles behind us.


"So, you from around here?" Aiden smirked, looking in the rearview mirror at me, but Derek answered. I turned my head to look at the rich vegetation, oaks, and maples zooming past.


"I'm from New York," Derek answered him short, eyeing a warning.


"And where are you from?" Aiden asked, looking me directly in the eye when I glanced at him.


"Let's cut the crap!" Derek said before I could answer, his emerald eyes flaring. "The girl's with me, got it?"


"Hey …" Aiden said, smiling, holding up a hand in surrender while keeping the other on the wheel. "I was just making small talk …"


"And don't bother anyone else in our group either," Derek added, his fists balling. I rubbed his arm in a calming motion.


"Whatever you say," Aiden answered, laughing, as he exchanged a look at Chris, his brother, suppressing a laugh in the passenger seat beside him.


Chapter 30: Resistance, Part 1