The summer is over and Rose Wood leaves the Wood Briar Hotel for school. Missing the summer buzz and her freedom, and with several weeks passing by quietly since her magical adventure with the Great Gray Horse, she worries that her mission as the messenger of this ancient, brave steed is over.

But when the mysterious composer, Mr Vingo, returns to the hotel, Favour, the Great Gray Horse reappears and Rose is summoned for another mission. This time she travels to an abandoned house in a town nearby where a forlorn family tries to survive their hardships. Will Rose and Favour be able to help them? Will Rose resist the temptation to share her secret with her friends, Abigail and Ben? She can only stay the messenger of the horse if she is brave and works undiscovered…

The Ballad of Favour, is the second book in the four-part fantasy adventures series about Rose and the magical Great Grey Horse.