Princess on the Run. Royals in Disguise, #2

Princess Louisa of Aachen-Düren knows that her brother isn't dead. She knows it deep in her heart, no matter what the newspapers say-and she's going to prove it. But when Nik isn't where he should be, she has no choice but to go out and search for him. How hard could it be to travel from Oxford to Dover. on her own. with no money and no means of transportation because her purse and horse have both been stolen? She's never been on her own, but she's not going to let these obstacles stop her.
When she's offered a ride by a handsome nobleman, she makes up a fake identity, certain her bodyguard will be sending men to find her. Samuel, Lord Ranleigh, is off on his very last adventure before settling down and becoming respectable. He briefly stops in Oxford and discovers a clueless, beautiful foreign young woman trying to wheedle her way onto the mail coach. This might be the opportunity he needs to prove to his mother and the world he's responsible.
Ranleigh has no idea what he's getting himself into when he offers the girl a ride. Picking up strangers and stray animals is the least of his worries when men begin to follow them, trying to kidnap Isa. But when bullets begin to fly, he knows he must do everything within his power to protect this beautiful, if not entirely honest, young woman in his care.*Warning:* This book is book 2 in a three book mystery.
Each book has its own happily-ever-after, but the mystery is spread over all three books of the series.   In Lieu of a Princess**, Book 1  Princess on the Run**, Book 2  A Prince Among Spies**, Book 3