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, we turned and walked toward the cave as Derek placed a guiding hand on the small of my back and I was just too tired to pull away. When we entered, Brandon was leaning against a cave wall, his eyes fuming. I tried to give him a smile, but he just stared at me. The heck with it, I thought to myself. I have to get some sleep. I shook my head, too tired to deal with all this testosterone flying around at the moment. 


Chapter 44: The Greatest Gift, Part 4