No Time For Regrets: A Novel

by Robyne Stevenson

A romantic tale of a woman coming of age as a suffragist in the cradle of democracy. Ruth Reid embarks on a quest to matter in the world of 1917. She longs for status and privilege to take her out of her working-class family and into the world of socialites on Philadelphia’s Main Line. She’s determined to work in an office and marry a professional man of means. The suffragist movement is a pivotal detour on her journey. The suffragists are saying what she believes - women deserve to be heard and the right to vote is a powerful voice. Can she be a modern suffragist while chasing her dream of being a woman of status? She is not deterred by failed loves, and when a chance meeting puts Alex in her midst, she is sure he is the one. Their love affair is everything a woman would want. He adores her spirit and she fulfills her dream of living on the Main Line. But his prominent political trajectory cannot include Ruth on his arm. Their clandestine love requires Ruth to trade public happiness for private ecstasy. Everything comes to a head as the 19th Amendment is ratified and women finally have the right to vote. She makes the hardest decisions of her young life when she discovers it is her own voice that is the most powerful of all.

Paperback

Published March 10, 2021

About the author

As a writer, I want my readers to have access to personal transformation through my characters and through the situations I create. Writing is my opportunity to demonstrate pathways for characters and readers to find their way. Stories transport and transform. Please explore my writing portfolio.

Robyne Stevenson is an intrepid explorer who travels the US in an Airstream, finding inspiration in every corner of the country. After a successful career as a professor of Political Science, she has turned her focus to historical political fiction featuring strong, resilient women. Her nomadic life is the perfect vehicle to craft stories of inspiration with a romantic twist.

Check out @RobyneOnTheRoad on Instagram to follow her adventures.