25- My Beloved: A Mitford Novel#1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon gives her beloved fans what they want for a new Mitford novel. When Father Tims wife, Cynthia, asks what he wants for Christmas, he pens the answer in a love letter that bares his most private feelings. Then the letter goes missing and circulates among his astonished neighbors. So much for private. Can a letter change a life? Ask Helene, the piano teacher who has avoided her feelings for a lifetime. Ask