Prelude to War

Name: Prelude to War
Rating: 4.32 (521 reviews)

by Christopher Nicole Book 4 in the Arms of War series.

First published 1999

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On holiday with three friends in the mountains, Catherine Ames abruptly finds herself in the middle of an Italian invasion. Plunged into a war she never realised was coming, Catherine and a badly injured Roberta are rescued by the American Clayton Andrews. Angry and keen to strike back, Catherine finds herself agreeing to carry out an arms deal for Clay — and in return, he promises to look after Roberta and get her out of the conflict zone.

Sophie Elligan is a known gun-runner, from a family of gun-runners. She is intelligent, beautiful, and deadly; anyone who gets in her way has a habit of turning up dead. When Catherine comes crashing into her life, Sophie loses everything she holds most dear. With her eye more firmly on the future than ever before, Sophie gathers together a motley crew to retrieve and deliver the armaments Clay needs. The final volume brings the family business to the edge of the Second World War, when private adventure, fascist expansion and the movement of illicit armaments can no longer be separated.