Dear Penelope

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.

Penelope Monroe is no stranger to the secret admirer game. As an employee of the Dairy Bar, it’s her duty to make sure every participant comes into the shop at least once to work on a clue.

Or so her predecessor, Josh, demands.

Little does he know, it’s her turn for the teal envelope and to write her name on the white board.

Her admirer knows her love for video games. His clues come in form of a private room within the game, where she has to defeat the zombies in order to unlock information about him.

Penelope is suspicious—everyone in the game is anonymous, but one has to be behind it all.

Can she unlock the clues needed to unmask her admirer, or will it be game over?

Kindle Edition

Published December 1, 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

[Katrina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved Pen 😁 She’s fun and a bit of a space cadet. And her admirer is great too. The clues were a good idea, I just don’t know how he would be able to pull it off. But still, it’s a fun idea. I thought the book was a bit random or something. Like it has scenes that seemed to be filler because they didn’t have much to do with anything. I also thought it was odd that it was December but Christmas was not part of the story. Other than maybe to show that Pen is helpful or something. But I loved the characters and the clues. It just didn’t engage me like some of the other stories in this series.

[Andrea Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't believe season 2 is already over! Love this series, and all the adorable characters in it. <3

Penelope was such a fun heroine, I love her relationship with her grandma and it was nice to get a gamer girl! Those clues were so fun! Also ... my heart will never not belong to Dairy Bar and all the employees. I wish I could stop by for a treat constantly.

This secret admirer pair was just a wonderful way to finish out the season.

[Liddy Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book!

This book was amazing but I’m sad it’s the last one. All throughout the book it was pretty obvious that Sammie and Knox need a book you could totally feel the chemistry between them! The whole saying opposites attract totally describes those two!! I’m very happy Milo got to have a story he was one of my top favorite characters!

[Tralynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the gaming aspect of this story. The story was so cute I loved they were rivals in life but she still cared when he was having a hard time. It really shows the heart of the characters. My only complaint was I wanted a story for Knox he was my favorite side character

[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fantastic finish to the season. I was so happy to find out that Penelope was the last heroine! She deserved it! I love a gamer FMC, and the dynamics around that and the method of clues was so delightful and fun! Her dynamics with her friends and grandma made me smile too! And the end and the admirer part made me so so happy! ♥ Lovely finish! I greatly enjoyed all of season 2!

[Deanna Hopping · Rating 5 out of 5]

Welcome to the Dairy Bar has been just as big of a staple in our beloved story just as much as the famous teal envelope. But now our favorite ice cream scooper (sorry Josh) is the it girl, keeping our sweet tooth happy and keeping Josh's streak alive Penelope seems to do it all. But now we get to see more than just her work life and see clues on a fun way. Our girl is a gamer and his getting the clues after winning in a private room in her favorite game, her guy is a gamer and a great coder but he's had to work extra hard cuz our girl knows the cheat codes so to make it a bit harder he had a lot of work to do to block them. is he up for the challenge and can he win our girl's heart or will he lose all his lives in the process.