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

Soon, the road curved around and we came to a stop light joining the main road going through town. Across the street was Mr. McGowan's little store, but I revealed nothing. Jada didn't say anything, either, protecting him, as well. 


Within a few minutes, we turned down the road leading to our school, Our Lady of the Holy Cross High School that had been defiled and turned into a concentration camp. "Are you ready?" Aiden asked, looking at me over his sunglasses. 


"As ready as I'm going to be," I said, raising the rifle to my lap.


"Hey, point that thing toward the floor," Aiden ordered, gently pushing the barrel away from him. 


In the backseat, Brandon laughed and Aiden gave him a dirty look in the rearview mirror. 


"Look, everyone," Aiden said, "follow my lead." 


Chapter 58: Rescue, Part 3