After his wife leaves him, leaving behind only divorce papers as she heads for Toledo, FP is left a single dad to their 4 year old daughter, Ellie. He focuses all of his time on being the best dad he can be for his little girl and that's when he meets the beautiful Alice Smith; a journalist with a hard past who his daughter just happens to adore.

When it comes to the hustle and bustle of the business world, nothing and no one was going to distract Alice Smith from being the best of the best. Not even the mysterious, handsome man hired to be her second hand.

"This started out as just sex and that's how it'll stay." "So we're just friends who fuck?" "Exactly." ❌ Alice Smith is freshly divorced and drinking away in a bar on the Southside when she meets FP Jones. A few drinks later and before she knows it she's in his bed, him inside her and she's never felt more alive than she did in that very moment. When they both realize this can't just be a onetime thing they agree to be friends with benefits. No feelings. No falling in love with each other. Just two friends realizing their sexual frustration with one another. But can sex ever really be meaningless? * All chapter names are song titles*

When Alice 'Ice Queen' Smith moves to Riverdale to become the new Mayor, she unexpectedly meets someone at the sides of the woods when her tire flattens. The only thing is, he doesn't say a word. Later she comes to learn this man is 'the man who never speaks' going by the name of FP Jones. Who is this man? And does he have anything to do with the growing drug trade in Riverdale? Why doesn't he talk to anyone in town? Does Alice have to hide something about herself as well and is that the reason she finds herself being drawn to this mysterious man? Is it that they may have more in common than they would think at first sight? A story about grief, isolation, self destruction and hope.

After her divorce, Alice moves to a small town called Riverdale. She meet her neighbors Fred Andrews and FP Jones and will come to learn that she would make friends for life. But the life of a divorcée with two teenage daughters who have moved from the city is everything but easy. How will they find their way in this small town and what will happen when the bond between them and the neighbors across the hall becomes serious? Will Betty push her crush for the redheaded boy aside? Will Polly learn to deal with her parents seperation? Will FP get back on his feet and learn how to deal with his depression? Will Fred ever get over the passing of his wife? Will Alice find her way into her new life?