Evelyn Richardson

Even before studying eighteenth-century literature in graduate school, Evelyn Richardson decided she would prefer to have lived between 1775 and 1830. Now living in Boston, she enjoys access to the primary sources that allow her to explore the specific details of the period and immerse herself in the same journals that her heroines enjoyed. --from Goodreads

Note to "sweet romance" readers: Her books have been touted by some to be "clean," but that term is subjective. While they don't describe it graphically, at least some of her books do contain sexual relationships outside of marriage.