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Beechwood Harbor Ghost Mystery #0.5

What a Ghost Wants: The Beechwood Harbor Ghost Mysteries Prequel

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The purr-fect mystery series for fans of Ghosts and Ghost Whisperer.

Scarlet Sanderson sees dead people. Literally. As a reluctant conduit between the land of the living and the dearly departed, she is doing her best to have a life of her own.

With an inheritance from her grandmother and the dream of opening a flower shop, she seeks out the peace and quiet of a small coastal town, thinking surely there won't be many spectral residents.

Unfortunately, she didn't fully do her homework. Beechwood Harbor is a paranormal haven, and there's a lot more than ghosts waiting to roll out the welcome wagon.

What a Ghost Wants is the prequel novella to The Beechwood Harbor Ghost Mysteries series.

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Published June 7, 2024

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811 reviews158 followers
August 14, 2024
4.25 ...

Fun set-up for the series 👍😁👍
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3,101 reviews61 followers
June 11, 2024
This is a great little introduction to Scarlett, Flapjack and Hayward how they found themselves as the newest residents of Beechwood Harbor.
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205 reviews
December 4, 2025
rating: ★★★★
audio narrated by Amanda Ronconi

Super cute prequel novella to kick off the next series!
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1,240 reviews94 followers
December 29, 2025
What a Ghost Wants is the prequel novella to the Beechwood Harbor Ghost Mystery series. This was a good introduction to the series. I enjoyed it. This is a cozy mystery series with ghost sidekicks, including a cat ghost that speaks english, and it is set in the state of Washington. This was a quick listen at only 2 hours and 18 minutes. The narration was really good. This book definitely got me interested in continuing the series, which is great since I scooped up the entire series in the last audible sale. 4 stars overall.
1,319 reviews4 followers
November 19, 2024
This is a cute little book introducing Scarlet, a ghost whisperer, and her two ghost companions - Lord Hayward, an 18th century British lord, and Flapjack, the ghost of her childhood cat.
While looking for a location for her dream flower shop, Scarlet meets the ghost of a murdered woman. A little mystery to be solved with help from the ghosts. A fun, quick read.
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Author 3 books5 followers
July 15, 2024
Cozy horror is my new favourite thing, I think. BRB, getting lost in Beechwood Harbor for the next few months.
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1,623 reviews56 followers
July 30, 2025
🅼🆈 🆃🅷🅾🆄🅶🅷🆃🆂:

This cozy paranormal mystery takes us along with Scarlet into the small town of Beechwood Harbor, where she goes on to search for properties for her floral business while contemplating whether putting her roots into a new town would be wise or not.

What's unusual is that Scarlett is never alone, always with her two invisible companions, one a sarcastic ghost of her cat from childhood and the other a ghost of an English man from way past.

Unknowingly, Scarlet stumbles upon a crime mystery when she meets a ghost living in the property where she goes to examine for her future prospects.

Even though this is a short prequel read yet I felt myself pulled towards these characters and would definitely love to spend more time with them.

I freaking loved the Banter we have between the cat and our sweet English man who's instantly smitten with the cute ghost they meet in the town.
Scarlet also has me intrigued as that girl is a smart one.

I can't wait to dive in the first book of this series. So excited. Loved this one. ❤️❤️
2,009 reviews
July 8, 2024
It's been a while since I read this series - so reading the prequel had me puzzled in the beginning. I enjoyed the book.


Amazon synopsis:
Scarlet Sanderson sees dead people. Literally. As a reluctant conduit between the land of the living and the dearly departed, she is doing her best to have a life of her own.

With an inheritance from her grandmother and the dream of opening a flower shop, she seeks out the peace and quiet of a small coastal town, thinking surely there won't be many spectral residents.

Unfortunately, she didn't fully do her homework. Beechwood Harbor is a paranormal haven, and there's a lot more than ghosts waiting to roll out the welcome wagon.
Profile Image for Mohan Vemulapalli.
1,157 reviews
December 1, 2025
"What a Ghost Wants" is a short and amusing novella set in the Danielle Garret's Beachwood Harbor universe. Featuring Scarlett the ghost whisperer and her perpetual sidekicks, stuffy and cliched Hayward and trash-talking moggie Flapjack, this prologue is a great introduction to the series for new readers and can be read at any time in the series by readers who have already started it. The book fleshes out the back story a bit, explains why Scarlett even winds up in Beachwood Harbor, introduces ghostly gossip Gwen and provides some fun scenes in which Hayward achieves new heights of awkwardness while acquainting himself with the aforementioned Gwen.

4.5 stars out of 5 rounded to 4
Profile Image for Leigh Brooker.
225 reviews2 followers
November 4, 2024
An enjoyable introduction to the characters with a little mystery to solve thrown in.
Scarlet a ghost whisperer with dreams of opening a flower shop in the town of Beechwood Harbour is sweet and likeable. Her two ghostly companions Hayward and Flapjack are hilarious, especially the fact they can't stop arguing and if they are not arguing trying to antagonize each other. I'm definitely looking forward to reading more.
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443 reviews13 followers
March 10, 2025
A short prequel to the Ghosts of Beechwood Harbor series. We are introduced to Scarlet Sanderson, ghost whisperer extraodinaire and her entourage: Lord Hayward Kensington III, ghost of a 19TH century British gentleman, and Flapjack, ghost of a snarky Himalayan Cat. They are welcomed by Gwen, '70s era wannabe rock groupie and gossip mistress. A nice intro to the ghostly side of magical Beechwood Harbor.
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3,500 reviews47 followers
April 15, 2024
Killer
"Scarlet Sanderson sees dead people. Literally. As a reluctant conduit between the land of the living and the dearly departed, she is doing her best to have a life"
The culprit wasn't who the ghost thought it was. She made a mistake about her killer. I borrowed this book from Kindle Unlimited. This in no way affects my opinion of this book.
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Author 3 books17 followers
April 16, 2024
Spending time with Scarlet and the gang is just like being with friends for me. This is my favorite of Garrett's series, and it always makes me smile every time I get to dive into it. I enjoyed reading this small novella about how Scarlet came to be living in Beechwood Harbor and how they all met Gwen.
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942 reviews
September 5, 2024
What a ghost wants by Danielle Garrett. I usually don't like prequels but this was just too cute not to read. It sets a pretty good foundation for the rest of the series. But honestly it doesn't need to be read in order to get the rest of the story. The only real thing you learn is how she ended up in the town but not the why as we learn that in book 2
Profile Image for Andrea Latham.
1,347 reviews26 followers
April 10, 2025
Amanda Ronconi does a wonderful job narrating all the characters in this prequel to the series.
Scarlet Sanderson sees dead people, Hayward a ghost that has been staying close to her, a talking cat named Flapjack while opening a flower shop inherited from her grandmother.

Beechwood Harbor is a paranormal haven, and there's a lot more than ghosts that want her help.
48 reviews
April 28, 2024
Enjoyable

I enjoyed this whole series of books. I didn't find this book until after I finished the rest. It would be nice if it was added to the beginning of the Beachwood Harbor Ghost Mystery, book list.
Profile Image for Patricia Rose.
Author 2 books27 followers
June 14, 2024
3*
Meh. I realize this is a prequel to an existing series and it’s a “novella,” but it felt more like an undeveloped short story to me. The main character and her two ghostly companions were cute (albeit a bit trite) so I’m willing to check out the next novel if it’s on KU.
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2,539 reviews12 followers
June 28, 2024
Lovely start to a series
Discovered this series the other day and as always happy with a prequel for backstory. A woman and her ghostly companions looking for a plan e to start a business. Great concept, characters, plot and setting. Looking forward to a long relationship with the series.
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1,786 reviews9 followers
July 6, 2024
Fast and fun

I loved reading how this whole series started for Scarlett. Flapjack is still as ornery as ever and Hayward was so cute crushing on Gwen. It was nice getting the back story.
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95 reviews
October 10, 2024
I had an Amazon digital credit and saw this was a collection of 7 “cozy fall mysteries” for $.99 and it was surprisingly cute! Looking forward to the rest, perfect palate cleansers for this time of year!
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309 reviews7 followers
November 12, 2024
I wasn't expecting much from this one - possibly I'm jaded about prequels? Idk but this one was good! It was very much it's own full story, just shorter. Enjoyable read.

Audiobook narrator is good too 👍
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124 reviews
April 12, 2024
It was nice to finally see how Scarlett met Gwen, and how she ended up with her flower shop. Flapjack is hilarious as usual! This was a quick read, and a fun addition to the series.
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898 reviews14 followers
May 11, 2024
A fun prequel to a fun series.

I have read the series in the past and really enjoyed the ghostly antics. It's nice to know the origin story.
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203 reviews
June 8, 2024
This is my FAVORITE cozy series!
728 reviews
June 30, 2024
I actually listened to the Audbile edition but it's not here on GR (as of yet).
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35 reviews2 followers
July 28, 2024
what a ghost wants...

This is a cute ghost mystery story. It moves right along smoothly and wrapped up with a good finale. I look forward to reading the next book in this series.
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1,203 reviews8 followers
August 19, 2024
This was absolutely adorable. Loved getting the scoop on how the dynamic trio got to Beach Harbor. Well woven and very sweet. This is a cute series.
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