All sixteen-year-old Grace Granville has ever wanted is to become a successful dress designer. She dreams of owning her own fashion house and spends her spare time sketching outfits. Her father, Lord Granville, sees this as a frivolous activity and arranges suitors for a marriage of his choosing.Grace is about to leave Greenemere, a boarding school in Brighton. She's blissfully unaware of her father's plans when embarking on a new adventure. The quest includes a trip to Bolton's Palais where she meets coal miner, Jack Gilmore and Grace's life is never the same again. Is Grace strong enough to defy Lord Granville's wishes and find true love? Will she become a successful fashion designer? Where will she turn for help?House of Grace is the first book in the historical fiction family saga trilogy.If you like Mr Selfridge and House of Eliott then you'll love this riches to rags 1950s/60s saga. Delve into House of Grace and follow Grace Granville as she struggles with family conflict, poverty and tragedy.