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

We quickly drove down the street and turned the corner toward the woods. We took Clark Road, which took us around the town and into the forest. When we were sure no one was following and in the safety of the woods, we all yelled and cheered with elation.


"Did you see their faces?" Trevor laughed, obviously feeling better. "We definitely caught them by surprise!"


"They didn't even see it coming!" Carlos added, laughing, cradling the M-16 across his lap.


"That's the key," Jada replied. "We need to take them by surprise."


"But we won't have the element of surprise anymore," Derek solemnly added with his eyes fixed on the road ahead, then turned onto Forest Ridge Road, the road which would lead us to the other side of the cave.


"But they won't be expecting us to hit the ammo dump!" Trevor replied, laughing.


"They'll tighten security on everything now," Derek replied. "They'll be expecting it."


Chapter 37: Different Kinds of Love, Part 1