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

Then, I let the memories of my family and of Brandon fill my mind as my body wretched with sobs. We'd all been through so much in the past week and I'd lost so much; we all had. How much more could I bear? So I let the tears fall and the memories fill my mind, giving myself over to the outside world that had been waiting to crush me down.


Then, a thought occurred to me. I knew I needed my family and they needed me, so I wiped the tears from my eyes and walked purposefully toward the cave. Ignoring the stares I received from everyone, I walked immediately to the supply cave where the guys had just taken the weapons and ammo, along with the other supplies Mr. McGowan had given us. I grabbed one of the rifles leaning against a wall, walked over to a crate, and flipped it open.


"What do you think you're doing?" Derek asked from behind me. I ignored the familiar flutter mixed with pain within my heart.


Chapter 38: Different Kinds of Love, Part 2