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 were almost at the cave when Brolin softly said, "Let me go in first." Then, he looked at Brandon. "You might take them by surprise." 


"There's more of you?" Brandon asked, looking at me, clearly amazed. 


"Yeah," I replied. "There were nine of us that got out, then we found Lisa, but that's another story."


"Ah," Brandon replied, smiling, as his curly brown hair fell lazily over one eye. "I definitely sense there's more that you're not telling me," Brandon replied, unknowingly referring to the story of Eric. Funny how Brandon always seemed to be able to read my mind. 


"There is," I replied, slinging my M-16 onto my back. "But you're not going to hear it tonight. You need some rest." 


"You could rest with me," Brandon mischievously replied. I knew he was joking, but I also knew he would jump at the chance if I took him up on his offer. 


Chapter 42: The Greatest Gift, Part 2