White Sanity

Content Note

Dear Reader,

Before you proceed, I thank you for choosing to spend your time with this story. Whether you found the book by chance, through a recommendation, or because you were searching for your next romance, I truly appreciate that you’re here.

This novel is intended for mature readers (18+).

Within these pages are themes that may be difficult or emotional for some readers. While White Sanity is, at its core, an enemies-to-lovers romance, it also explores the long-lasting effects of trauma and the tiresome journey toward healing.

This story contains depictions or discussions of:

Domestic Violence

Child abuse and neglect

Alcoholism

Emotional and psychological abuse

Anxiety and panic responses

Depression

Bullying

Grief and loss

Family conflict

Strong language

Explicit sexual content

Some scenes may be intense or emotionally challenging. Although these experiences are fictional, they reflect struggles that many people face in real life.

My intention has never been to romanticize abuse or trauma. Instead, I wanted to tell a story about people learning that their past does not have to define their future.

Healing is not linear.

Love is not perfect.

People make mistakes

Sometimes they hurt one another before they understand how to love each other.

The relationships in this novel are imperfect because the characters themselves are imperfect. They carry emotional baggage, insecurities, fears, and wounds that influence the choices they make throughout the story.

If at any point you feel overwhelmed while reading, please remember that it’s okay to pause. Stories will always be here when you’re ready to return.

Above all, I hope readers finish this novel feeling hopeful.

I hope you laugh.

I hope you cry.

I hope you fall in love with these characters as much as I have.

Thank you for giving White Sanity a chance

With love,

D. Martinez

Before You Begin:

White Sanity is more than a single love story.

It is the beginning of The Day We Met, a series that follows one family through heartbreak, healing, forgiveness, and the unexpected ways love finds us when we least expect it.

Every book in this series centers on a different sibling, each carrying their own burdens, dreams, and scars. While every novel tells a complete story on its own, together they reveal the journey of a family learning that even after unimaginable pain, hope can still exist.

You’ll meet characters who make impossible choices, who protect the people they love at the cost of themselves, and who discover that healing rarely happens overnight. Some relationships will test your patience. Others will steal your heart. Not every character will make the right choice, but every one of them has a story worth telling.

Although White Sanity is Anastasia’s story, the people surrounding her are just as important. Every conversation, every memory, every difficult moment becomes part of something much larger than a single romance. As the series continues, familiar faces will return, unanswered questions will find their answers, and moments that seem small now may carry a much deeper meaning later.

If you’re someone who enjoys character-driven stories, slow-burning romance, emotional family dynamics, found family, and watching characters grow over time, I hope this series becomes a place you’ll want to revisit.

Thank you for taking the first step into this world. Whether you read one chapter or stay until the very last book, I’m grateful you’re here.

This is only the beginning.

Welcome to The Day We Met.

There is something beautiful about winter.

Most people see the snow

They see quiet mornings, soft, pure white landscapes, frozen lakes, and peaceful nights.

But winter can also hide footprints.

It can bury memories.

It can make the world look beautiful while pain quietly exists beneath the surface.

The contrast became the inspiration for White Sanity.

Before you step into Anastasia’s world, I’d like you to meet the people whose lives shape this story.

Anastasia Novikova

Nineteen years old.

Quiet doesn’t always mean weak.

Anastasia carries the weight of everyone she loves on her shoulders, even when it threatens to break her. She is fiercely protective and stubborn when it matters most. Having survived for so long, she has forgotten what it feels like to simply live.

Her heart has learned to expect disappointment

Trust doesn’t come easily.

Neither does love.

Theo Vasilyevna Petrov

Twenty-one years old.

Confident

Popular

Charming

A player, according to nearly everyone who knows him.

Theo has never had trouble getting attention, but keeping people at a distance has always been easier than letting them in. What appears as his sarcasm and effortless confidence conceals someone who hides more than he admits.

Meeting Anastasia wasn’t part of his plan.

Neither was caring about her.

Read Along Playlist

Music has always been a huge inspiration while writing this story. If you’d like to experience the same atmosphere I imagined while creating these chapters, here’s a playlist to listen to as you read.

Headlock - Imogen Heap

The song that inspired the feeling of White Sanity.

Other songs that capture this story:

Another Love - Tom Odell

Saturn - SZA

I Found - Amber Run

Cigarettes Out The Window - TV Girl

Ceilings - Lizzy McAlpine

All I Want - Kodaline

Youth - Daughter

The Night We Met - Lord Huron

Anchor - Novo Amor

Roslyn - Bon Iver & St. Vincent

Thank you for choosing White Sanity.

I hope these characters find a place in your heart.

One Last Thing...

Stories have a funny way of finding us at exactly the right time.

Maybe you’re reading this because you love slow-burn romance. Maybe you’re here for the enemies-to-lovers tension, the family drama, or simply because the cover caught your eye.

Whatever brought you here, I hope White Sanity gives you something to hold on to long after you’ve finished reading. I hope it makes you laugh, cry, smile, and maybe even see pieces of yourself in these characters.

So get comfortable, press play on the playlist if you’d like, and let the snow fall.

Your journey begins now.