Widdershins.

Summary: Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell. Since they were introduced in the first Newford story, "Timeskip," back in 1989, their friends and readers alike have been waiting for them to realize what everybody else already knows: that they belong together. But they've been more clueless about how they feel for each other than the characters in When Harry Met Sally. Now, in Widdershins, a stand-alone novel of fairy courts set in shopping malls and the Bohemian street scene of Newford's Crowsea area, Jilly and Geordie's story in finally being told. Before it's over, we'll find ourselves plunged into the rancorous and sometimes violent conflict between the magical North American "animal people" and the newly arrived fairy folk. We'll watch as Jilly is held captive in sinister world based on her own worst memories, and Geordie-attempting to help-is sent someplace even worse. And we'll be captivated by the power of love and determination to redeem ancient hatreds and heal old magics gone sour. To walk "widdershins" is to walk counterclockwise or backward around something. It's a classic pathway into fairy realm. It's also the way people often back slowly into the relationship that matter, the real ones that make for life. In Widdershins, Charles de Lint has delivered one of his most accessible and moving works of his career. --[Book Jacket].

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