Dear Autumn

by Danielle Keil

Everyone at Ryder High knows what it means to have a teal envelope taped to their locker on the first day of the month.

Autumn Avery-Romero is all sorts of confused.

First, her brother asks her to go on a pretend date with his best friend. Autumn owes her brother a favor, so she reluctantly agrees.

The next day, she finds out via the coveted teal envelope that she has a Secret Admirer.

There’s one big problem—she can’t be seen pretending to date someone and have a secret admirer. So she doesn’t tell anyone about the secret admirer. Soon, he’s sending her puzzle boxes to solve to get the clue inside.

But pretending to date someone isn’t as easy as she thought. Autumn’s feelings for her brother’s friend soon get as puzzling as the boxes she’s been solving.

She can only pick one—will she quit the game for her pretend boyfriend, or continue on to the last box from her admirer?

155 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 31, 2025

About the author

Danielle Keil grew up and spent the majority of her life in the Chicagoland area. A recent transplant, she is enjoying the Mississippi life, especially the pool in her backyard.
Danielle is happily married for over 10 years, and has two young children, a daughter and a son, who are exact replicas of her and her husband.

Danielle's love language is gifts, her Ennegram is a 9w1, and she loves everything purple.
The way to her heart is through coffee, chocolate and tacos (extra guac).

Reviews

[Deanna Hopping]

Summer is over, school is back in session, and a new secret admirer has been chosen, but with a twist only the girl, her bestie, the people in charge and the guy know that it's still happening. when Autumn found the famous teal envelope in her locker, after she told her brother she would do him a favor and go on a few dates with his best friend so that his ex-girlfriend gets the hint that he was in fact over the relationship. So, the secret admirer agreed to the terms and that makes it extra secret for the month, discreate clues, and the guy knowing what he is seeing isn't actually real. How will everyone react when the cat is out of the bag that the month wasn't skipped and it was still going on without anyone knowing, and at the end of the month will Autumn have to make a choice between her brothers' friend if she starts catching feelings or her admirer? this is an interesting month at Ryder High and I'm all for it. I love being back at Ryder High it's like being home.

[Amanda Davanzati · Rating 5 out of 5]

freaking love it!

I can’t help but keep falling in love with this series! This book definitely made me love Autumn more. It was just so cute and so perfect for a high school setting. Between fun sibling antics to swoony cuteness, this book is definitely worth the read!

I highly recommend reading this book no matter why age you are! I can’t want for more from Danielle Keil

[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume of the Love Notes series was so swoorn worthy! I love how uniquely the story played out. Autumn's romance was just so cute. I also loved the conflict and angst that appeared at the end of the story, as well as how everything resolved. I have a huge smile on my face after finishing!