Welcome to The House of Serendipity, home of friendship, fashion and adventure! A gorgeously glamorous series filled with 1920s period detail, perfect for fans of Katherine Woodfine and Robin Stevens. When seamstress Myrtle is employed as a maid at the grand Serendipity House, she doesn't expect to be enlisted by young Lady Sylvia to fix a debutante dress disaster. But the girls' individual talents for dressmaking and design are the perfect partnership, resulting in a spectacular gown and an unlikely friendship. Soon the designer duo are in huge demand with London's debutantes, as they transform not only the styles of the girls they dress, but their destinies as well. CA they change their own destinies too, as they become the sensation of the season?
Lucy Ivison co-wrote YA novels Lobsters, Never Evers and Freshers while working as the librarian at a central London girls' school. The House of Serendipity is her first series as a solo author and for younger readers, putting her experience with tween girls to good use by focusing on what she knows they love: fashion, adventure and friendship.