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Packing my whole life into two suitcases was the easy part

The airline charged me €140 for two extra kilos but somehow, my emotional baggage flew for free

The regrets.
The unfinished conversations.
The men I should have blocked.
The dreams I had outgrown but continued carrying.

Where Magnolia Grows is an international story about leaving home, pursuing ambition, falling in love and discovering that the heaviest things we carry are rarely inside our luggage.

If you had to pack your emotional suitcase today, what would you finally leave behind?

Save this for the moment you are ready to travel lighter.

#WhereMagnoliaGrows #Bookstagram #WomensFiction #EmotionalReads #InternationalRomance #BooksThatMakeYouFeel #follow4followback #romance by @valentinavandersterren

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2 months ago

Soft heart. Strong boundaries. A little time for yourself. 💚

Preferably with a Florence view and a glass of wine. 🍷

But you don’t need an Italian escape to start making room for your own needs. It can begin with an honest “I’d rather not,” asking for what you want, or giving yourself time before agreeing.

📖 The Good Kind of Bitch
How to Stay Loving Without Shrinking Yourself
By Valentina Van Der Sterren.

For the woman who wants to love deeply without always putting herself last. Add it to your reading list.

What have you finally stopped saying yes to? ✨

#Bookstagram #BooksForWomen #SelfWorth #HealthyBoundaries #TheGoodKindOfBitch taken in Firenze, Italy by @valentinavandersterren

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17 hours ago

bookshelf for your romantic side… and the side that’s done accepting crumbs. 💕📚

You can love the butterflies and still want consistency. Enjoy flirting and still have boundaries. Want a future together and actually ask where things are going.

These six books explore dating, confidence, texting, self-worth and commitment with your standards firmly on the shelf. 😉

Save this for your next book browse, or send it to the friend who needs to stop writing his replies for him.

Available on Amazon. Which would you read first?

#DatingAdviceForWomen #Bookstagram #SelfWorth #DatingConfidence #RelationshipBooks by @valentinavandersterren

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9 days ago

A new country. A PhD. Absolutely the wrong clothes for Dutch weather. 🌸

Valentina arrives in Amsterdam ready to build her future. Then she meets Wim—with unruly curls, Dutch charm and a magnolia blossom.

What follows is a story of love, ambition, distance and finding your place when your heart and your plans pull in different directions.

📖 Where Magnolia Grows
One woman. Two countries. Eighteen songs.

For every woman who’s wanted a great love story without giving up the life she dreams of. ✨

What song takes you straight back to someone? 🎧

#WhereMagnoliaGrows #Bookstagram #WomensFiction #BookLovers #Amsterdam BookVibes by @valentinavandersterren

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13 days ago

Do not call yourself weak simply because part of you still hopes.

Hope is human 💕

It remembers the promises, replays the beautiful moments and quietly insists that one more conversation might change everything.

But sometimes hope keeps us standing at a door that another person has already closed.

Where Magnolia Grows is an emotional international story about love, distance, ambition and recognising when choosing yourself is no longer selfish—it is necessary.

Now on Amazon. Link in bio.

Have you ever mistaken hope for a reason to keep waiting?

#WhereMagnoliaGrows #Bookstagram #WomensFiction #romance #InternationalLoveStory #bookreaders

Which is harder: losing the person or releasing the hope? by @valentinavandersterren

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a month ago

In the laboratory, everything followed a protocol.

Every experiment required controls. Every result could be recorded, compared and analysed.

Love offered none of that.

There was no instrument capable of measuring loneliness. No equation for longing. No graph that could promise two people would remain the same after an ocean came between them.

Where Magnolia Grows is an emotional international story about science, ambition, distance and the feelings that refuse to behave predictably.

Now on Amazon. Link in bio.

What happens when a woman trained to trust evidence must finally trust her heart?

#WhereMagnoliaGrows #Bookstagram #WomenInSTEM #WomensFiction #longdistancerelationshipquotes #longdistancerelationship🎬 by @valentinavandersterren

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a month ago

Some loves build houses.

They offer familiarity, certainty and a place to remain.

Other loves open a door inside you.

They disturb everything you thought you knew, introduce you to a version of yourself you have never met and leave you changed—even when they cannot stay.

Where Magnolia Grows is an emotional international story about love, ambition, distance and the difficult journey of becoming yourself.

One woman. Two countries. Eighteen songs.

Now on Amazon. Link in bio.

Which would you choose: the love that gives you a home or the love that helps you find yourself?

#WhereMagnoliaGrows #Bookstagram #WomensFiction #booksbooksbooks #longdistancelove❤️ #BooksWithPlaylists taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @valentinavandersterren

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She had a plan for her future.
Then love complicated the map.
Across cities, countries and time zones, she pursued the life she had worked for while carrying the memory of someone who still felt like home.
But how long can a woman remain suspended between the future she wants and the love she cannot forget?
Where Magnolia Grows is an emotional international story about ambition, distance, longing and becoming the woman capable of choosing herself.
Now on Amazon. Link in bio.
Would you follow the future you planned—or return to the person who feels like home?
#WhereMagnoliaGrows #Bookstagram #longdistance #read #Romcombooks #book taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @valentinavandersterren

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a month ago

Some people feel like home even when they live an ocean away.

She crossed countries for her ambition. But distance, timing and the person she could never completely forget kept pulling her heart in another direction.

*Where Magnolia Grows* is an emotional international love story about the life you planned, the love you left behind and the woman you become between the two.

Now on Amazon. Link in bio.

Would you choose your dream or the person who feels like home?

#WhereMagnoliaGrows #instamood #romcombooks #women #Romance by @valentinavandersterren

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a month ago

The airline weighed her suitcase.
It could not weigh the regrets.
The unfinished conversations.
The men she should have blocked.
The dreams she had outgrown but continued carrying.
She believes she is travelling towards her ambition. She does not yet know that one flight will change her understanding of home, love and herself.
Now on Amazon. Link in bio.
If you could leave one piece of emotional baggage at the airport, what would it be?
#WhereMagnoliaGrows #Bookstagram #BooksWithPlaylists #WomensFiction #InternationalLoveStory #romcom taken in Amsterdam Schipol Airport (AMS), The Netherlands by @valentinavandersterren

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a month ago

Have you ever stood somewhere beautiful and thought only about the person who wasn’t there?
New York had everything.
The lights.
The energy.
Central Park.

But every beautiful moment seemed to contain an empty space shaped exactly like him.
Where Magnolia Grows is an emotional international story about love, ambition, distance and the people we continue carrying long after they are no longer beside us.
For every woman who has ever whispered, “I wish you were here.”
Now available on Amazon through the link in bio.

Who would you want beside you in New York?

#WhereMagnoliaGrows #bookofinstagram #LongDistanceLove #EmotionalReads #womensfiction #romance #romantic #bookstagram taken in Central Park, New York by @valentinavandersterren

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a month ago

She thought distance would be the hardest part.
It wasn’t.

But how long can you keep choosing a love that is no longer choosing you?
Where Magnolia Grows is an emotional international love story about ambition, longing, starting again and discovering that closure does not always arrive as a conversation.
Now available on Amazon. Link in bio.
Would you cross an ocean for one final answer?
#WhereMagnoliaGrows #BookTokUK #EmotionalReads #WomensFiction #InternationalLoveStory by @valentinavandersterren

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