ABOUT

Esme Brett sits wearing a white button down. There are plants in the background and floral wall decor

Image: Esme Brett © Abbi Mont 2025

Esme Brett writes spicy, contemporary romcoms that are horny, heartfelt, and hilarious.

Her interests include winged eyeliner, overdressing for occasions, and the 1987 cinematic masterpiece that is Dirty Dancing.

Esme's books twist together humor, feminist rage and spice. You’ll love her if you love Gilmore Girls-style banter, lusty pining, and Happily Ever Afters.

She lives in Aotearoa New Zealand with two handsome lads—one feline and one human.

You can find her on Instagram and TikTok at @esmebrettbooks

Esme Brett's black and white cat Franklin sleeps with books in the background
Esme Brett signing a book

Image: Esme Brett © Cat Sirota 2024

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All That Glitters is out now! This is a steamy New Year’s Eve anthology with my Kiwi dream team. 1️⃣ Counting Down is a spicy sapphic age gap romance by Courtney Clark Michaels. 2️⃣ Midnight Kisses is a spicy plus-size Cinderella retelling by
Selfie with Heart Eyes in front of the hotel that inspired this story! This is the Royal Hotel in Featherston and I love how ostentatious the decor is among the rest of the rural town. Most rural NZ towns have an old hotel/pub like this. Colonial s
Here are Perry and Miles from my spicy fat Cinderella retelling, Midnight Kisses. Perry (27f) and Miles (35m) meet New Year’s Eve when she’s working a party as a bathroom attendant and he’s a lad about town trying to solve a wardro
Next book I’m going to credit Frank for his work as an Emotional Support Cat. His fluffy belly, so perfect for holding, has seen me through many a plot related crisis.
I BROUGHT THIS DRESS FOR DOPAMINE REASONS AND I’M OBSESSED WITH MYSELF IN IT, WHAT BOOK DO YOU THINK WOULD MATCH THIS??????