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

Immediately, the men held up their hands. "What's the meaning of this?" the leader demanded.


"What do you think?" Trevor asked, a gleam coming to his eye.


"Out of the car!" Derek yelled, motioning toward the pavement with his gun.


"Okay, okay!" the Caucasian insurgent in the passenger seat quickly agreed, stepping from the car. "Don't shoot!"


Funny how they turned coward when the guns were pointing at them.


But the man driving and the dark-skinned man in the back seat just raised their hands, saying nothing. Their eyes shifted back and forth between us.


"Look out!" I yelled when the insurgent in the back reached behind his head and pulled a pistol from between his shoulder blades and, as if in slow motion, Travis knocked it out of his hands and opened fire, along with the other boys.


Chapter 29: Fighting Back, Part 3