The Ache Within Me

The Within Me Universe, Book 1

By: Rozia Bell, Laurie Chittenden - editor

Narrated by: Tiana Davis

For anyone who’s ever mistaken attention for love… this is for you.

Reya Carter is doing all the right things: therapy, journaling, showing up to work with a pasted-on smile. On the outside, she looks like someone putting her life back together.

But inside, she’s unraveling.

Reya doesn’t fall in love, she dives headfirst into obsession. One glance. One text. One breadcrumb of affection, and she’s spiraling. Her hunger to be wanted drowns out every red flag, and it’s cost her nearly everything.

Now, she’s caught between a man she should never want and a fantasy that is already falling apart. As the lines between healing and self-destruction blur, Reya’s choices become reckless, seductive…and impossible to ignore.

The Ache Within Me is an intimate, unflinching portrait of emotional addiction, fractured womanhood, and the dangerous comfort of being seen… even when it’s by the wrong eyes.

This isn’t a love story. It’s the unraveling.

©2025 Banks & Bell Legacy (P)2025 Banks & Bell Legacy

Wait!! I need more!!

This book was gifted to me. So what started as a “sure why not I have a 2 hour work drive” turned into “oh no it’s over? Already”.

This was a READ!! Trauma digging, drama giving, tear jerking. Gasps gasps gasps!
Personally, the voice actor wasn’t giving me the energy I needed for this book but luckily I have my own inner dialog so the book still GAVE!! Girl! Can’t wait for the next title!

Worth every Ache it may bring you!

I’ve yet to digest a story told in such a unique and riveting way. Naturally I gravitate towards Sci-Fi dystopian pieces of work, but this is a TREAT. Rozia Bell’s story telling takes you on a journey with her writing style and if you have the luxury of listening to this piece of work via audible; Tiana Davis brings it home as a SPECTACULAR vehicle to the messages Bell wanted to convey.

Can’t wait for the next installment!!

Open, Raw and Honest

fantastic listen, journey you'll not want to put down till it's over. Outstanding premier novel and looking forward to the next installment

The raw emotions it conveyed was heart wrenching

This is a great ready from a very talented first time author who has a very unique writing style. It covers some very graphic content that has likely happened to many of us. I know personal there were alot of things this hit home for me. give it a read. You wont regret it.