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Bancroft Brothers Books in Order

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Explore the Bancroft Brothers books by Suzanne Enoch in order, with short summaries, series background, connected characters, and where to begin.

Last updated: July 14, 2026

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Bancroft Brothers books in publication order

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By Love Undone

by Suzanne Enoch

1998

Madeleine Willits has spent years living with the shadow of her family's scandal. A Bancroft brother offers an unexpected way forward, but their growing attachment forces both to confront old wounds and London's judgment.

2

Taming Rafe

by Suzanne Enoch

1999

Rafe Bancroft is used to getting what he wants, until he meets a woman who refuses to be managed. Their flirtation turns serious as family expectations and long-buried feelings make a simple match impossible.

Bancroft Brothers books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "By Love Undone"

    By Love Undone

    by Suzanne Enoch

    1998Bancroft Brothers, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Taming Rafe"

    Taming Rafe

    by Suzanne Enoch

    1999Bancroft Brothers, Book 2

Series background & context

The Bancroft Brothers books are early Suzanne Enoch Regency romances centered on a wealthy, high-profile family and the complications that arrive when love becomes tangled with status, money, and old assumptions.

The series begins with By Love Undone, then continues with Taming Rafe. Each novel gives a different Bancroft brother a romance of his own, so readers get a satisfying new central couple while still seeing the family connections build.

London society is an important part of the setup. Reputation has real force here, and a scandal can affect a marriage prospect, an inheritance, or a family's standing. Enoch uses that pressure to put her characters in situations where doing the proper thing and doing the honest thing do not always match.

The brothers may have social advantages, but that does not make their emotional lives easy. The women at the center of these stories have their own needs and ideas, and they are not interested in being treated as prizes in someone else's plan.

Expect a traditional Regency mood: drawing rooms, gossip, family expectations, and romantic disagreements that need more than a grand gesture to solve. These are compact, character-led historical romances rather than a long-running saga with one mystery carrying across every book.

Start with By Love Undone for the fullest sense of the Bancroft family and then move directly to Taming Rafe. The books work as individual romances, but reading in order makes the returning relationships and family dynamics more rewarding.

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