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

"Casey …" he whispered my name then caressed the side of my cheek as he looked at me with bedroom eyes through his eyelashes. Before I could act, his lips gently touched mine. I struggled for a moment, but then something inside of me took over as the kiss grew stronger. He lifted me off the floor as if I were nothing, pulling me into his arms, sliding his arm under my legs and back, cradling me, while never breaking the kiss. He carried me to a wooden locker room bench, laying me across his lap as his hand trailed down the side of my body, stopping at my leg, and then he slipped his hand into the crook of my knee and pulled it up closer to him. Passion enveloped us both as his lips explored and mine responded. Then, his hands moved to the front of my insurgent's uniform to the front buttons …


Chapter 73: Monster, Part 4