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, Markesha walked in, standing in the doorway. 


"Good morning, sleepyhead," Pops said, trying to keep the mood light, but knew full well what she had been through. "Go ahead and take a seat and we'll get you a cup of coffee." 


"Thank you," Markesha replied sheepishly, then added, "but I can get it myself … if that's okay?" 


"Help yourself," Pops said, gesturing toward the coffeemaker. "Make yourself at home." Then, Pops snickered. "Besides, around here if you wait to be waited on, you might die of thirst!" 


Everyone laughed as Markesha gave him a weak smile, then poured herself a cup of the black liquid, and took the empty seat next to me. Everyone talked amongst themselves, working out the details of the plan, when I leaned over to Markesha and quietly asked, "Are you okay?" 


Chapter 52: Friend, Part 3