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

A moment later, the jeep turned off the main road. We looked both ways and no one was coming, so we followed. The road was bumpy and wound its way through the forest, thankful that Aiden and Chris happened to find us. Now I knew the others would be safe. It was still pitch black out so I knew we had plenty of time to get everyone. 


Within minutes, we pulled in front of the familiar farmhouse. It didn't look imposing from the outside, but the inside looked like a lodge. Pops stepped onto the dark front porch into the headlight of the other jeep, holding a shotgun. One of the boys in the backseat of Aiden's jeep gave a whistle that sounded like a bird call, and Pops immediately lowered his weapon. 


I reached for Timmy in the floorboards as Brolin pulled our jeep to a stop. I swung him into my arms and cradled him to my chest. Within a second, Aiden was at my side beside the jeep. "Who do we have here?" he asked in a loud voice. 


Chapter 49: Escape, Part 3