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

Carl was sitting on the other side of Chris, not saying anything, and the rest of the gang was already sitting around the fire, which was already blazing, glowing yellow, orange, and red.


"What took you so long?" Aiden asked, looking at me, and laughed, as Chris punched him on the arm. Aiden shoved him off the log. I had the feeling that I was missing an inside joke.


I laughed and casually hurried across the field to Timmy. Brandon walked slowly across to us and sat down on the log next to ours. He eyed Aiden and me, but said nothing. Man, how I wished for the old days … in more ways than one. I laughed without humor. 


"What's so funny?" Aiden asked, looking over at Timmy. 


I looked into the fire as Timmy laid his head on my shoulder. "Nothing. I was just thinking that here I am just sixteen years old and reminiscing about the old days. Strange," I said as I slipped my arm around Timmy. 


Chapter 55: Truth, Part 3