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The Bancroft Brothers

by Suzanne Enoch

The Bancroft Brothers series by Suzanne Enoch has 2 books and is best read in publication order, starting with By Love Undone (1998).

Books
2 books
First published
1998
Status
completed
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Start here: By Love Undone (1998) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of By Love Undone, the first book in The Bancroft Brothers

By Love Undone (1998)

Reading order

The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.

  1. By Love Undone

    Novel

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  2. Taming Rafe

    Novel

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About The Bancroft Brothers

The Bancroft Brothers is Suzanne Enoch's early Regency romance duology following two brothers of the Bancroft family as each navigates his own path to marriage. By Love Undone (1998) opens the series, and Taming Rafe (1999) follows the second brother a year later, each book pairing a Bancroft man with a woman who upends his carefully ordered life.

Written early in Enoch's career, before the longer, more tightly plotted family series she'd later become known for (Griffin Family, Notorious Gentlemen), the Bancroft Brothers books show her early command of the marriage-of-convenience and reformed-rake tropes that would define much of her subsequent historical romance work.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in The Bancroft Brothers series?

Two: By Love Undone (1998) and Taming Rafe (1999).

Do the Bancroft Brothers books share a plot?

No -- each follows a different Bancroft brother with his own self-contained romance, connected only through the shared family.

Is this one of Suzanne Enoch's earliest series?

Yes -- both books were published in the late 1990s, early in Enoch's career before her longer-running series like Griffin Family and Notorious Gentlemen.

Is The Bancroft Brothers connected to Enoch's other series?

No -- it's a standalone duology, unconnected to her later Regency series.

Is a third Bancroft Brothers book planned?

None has been announced as of August 2026.

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