Reign Evermore: Once Upon A Lottery

Hi there, dear reader.

First, let me thank you for picking up Once Upon A Lottery. Stories are living things—they don’t exist without someone to tell them and someone to listen. So the fact that you’re here, turning these pages, already makes this book a shared journey between us.

This story has been growing in me for a long time. I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of fate—how one unexpected moment can change everything. What if your whole life could shift with the draw of a name? What if destiny didn’t care about wealth, titles, or bloodlines, but about the courage of an ordinary girl? That was the seed that grew into Everleigh’s tale.

Everleigh begins this story with very little: no status, no resources, no claim to glory. She comes from the fringes of her kingdom, where survival matters more than shining gowns or polished manners. She’s not the kind of girl anyone would expect to see inside a palace—yet fate has a way of turning expectations upside down.

When the kingdom announces a lottery to find a future princess, it isn’t just about dresses, dances, or charm. It’s about power. It’s about alliances. It’s about turning young women into pieces on a political chessboard. Everleigh never wanted to be part of that game—but once her name is called, she can’t step back. The world she enters is dazzling and cruel in equal measure, filled with girls who will stop at nothing to rise above their rivals. And among them is Everleigh’s fiercest enemy: a noble-born girl named Krystal, who sees Everleigh as a threat the moment she steps through the palace gates.

But this isn’t just a story of rivalry—it’s also a story of love. At the heart of Everleigh’s journey is Rowan, her childhood friend who has been her anchor for years. He’s witty, loyal, a little infuriating at times, but he’s also hiding a secret that could unravel everything she thinks she knows about him—and about herself.

Once Upon A Lottery is about first love, yes, but also about trust, courage, and discovering that sometimes the very things that make us different are the things that make us strong. It’s about what happens when an ordinary girl is thrust into extraordinary circumstances, and how every choice she makes will shape not only her own future, but perhaps the fate of the entire kingdom.

This is the first book in the Reign Evermore series, and while it begins with hope, wonder, and the sparkle of something new, I promise you that the road ahead will be filled with trials, triumphs, heartbreak, and unexpected twists. Everleigh’s journey is just beginning, and I cannot wait for you to walk beside her as she learns what it truly means to take control of her destiny.

So thank you, again, for stepping into this story with me. Get comfortable, lose yourself in the palace halls, and prepare for secrets, schemes, and the kind of love that only comes once in a lifetime.

The lottery has begun. Are you ready?

— K. Lyn Leigh