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

"It's time," Derek said with a solemn look on his face, gently touching my shoulder. 


I nodded, reaching for Timmy's hand, hating that Timmy had to witness this, but he was still young enough not to know what was happening. 


Brolin, Trevor and David had just finished digging Brittany's grave. It was hard to believe that Brittany was gone, having died to save us all. And she did it by not taking a life. She was perhaps the bravest of us all. None of us had gotten much sleep after Brittany died, especially Markesha. She spent most of the afternoon crying as Lisa consoled her. 


Derek let Timmy and I go outside first, and then followed staying close behind. Brandon followed us silently, taking in every move that Derek and I made. 


I was going to have to have a talk with him. 


Chapter 45: Captured, Part 1