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

"Let's go!" Derek yelled over his shoulder just as more insurgents ran out of the school into the courtyard, and then lined up along the fence row. It would be a matter of minutes before they would come around the fence into the woods after us. 


Lined up along the fence row, the insurgents were easy targets, so I couldn't resist taking down a few more, when Derek gently tugged at my arm. 


"Let's get Timmy and get out of here," Derek said, looking into my eyes. 


I nodded, and turned away, not able to meet his gaze. 


"Go with him to the cave and we'll cover you," Derek said, as he leveled his rifle at the wall of insurgents. 


I nodded, not saying a word, then quickly retreated and headed toward Timmy, still sleeping under the tree with Brandon and Stacey, Trevor's sister, by his side. Brandon was armed with nothing more than a knife, but I knew he would give his life to protect Timmy for me. He already proved it at the school. 


Chapter 41: The Greatest Gift, Part 1