Echoes of a Burning Heart: A Story of Love, Obsession, and the Thin Line Between Devotion and Destruction
About this audiobook
Some love stories begin with a spark. This one begins with a phone call at 2 AM.
Six months ago, Aarav Malhotra made the worst decision of his life — he pushed away the only woman who ever made him feel alive. Dr. Meera Sharma, a brilliant criminal psychologist, walked out of his apartment and into a silence so absolute it nearly destroyed them both.
Now, on a rain-soaked night in Mumbai, Meera calls from the abandoned observatory where they shared their first kiss. Her voice is shaking. Not from heartbreak — from fear.
Someone is watching her.
Someone who enters her locked apartment without leaving a trace. Someone who rearranges her books like a signature and leaves white lilies — funeral flowers — on her pillow. Someone who has studied her mind, her work, her theories on predatory obsession — and turned them into a blueprint for the most terrifying kind of love she has ever encountered.
His name is Arjun Thakur. He was her student. He is brilliant, methodical, and utterly convinced that what he feels for her is not obsession — it is architecture. A structure of devotion so perfect, so complete, that she will have no choice but to inhabit it.
As Aarav and Meera are pulled back into each other's orbit — navigating the wreckage of their past, the fire of their present, and the shadow of a man who believes love can be engineered — they must confront the most dangerous question of all:
Where does devotion end and destruction begin?
Echoes of a Burning Heart is a dark, emotionally charged romantic suspense novel set against the backdrop of Mumbai — a story about the courage it takes to love without walls, the terror of being truly seen, and the devastating difference between a man who builds a cage and calls it love... and a man who opens a door and hopes you stay.
This is not just a love story. This is a survival story. And the thing they're surviving is each other.
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About the author
Sandeep Rao is an author of emotionally intense romantic fiction and psychological thrillers that explore the darkest corners of the human heart. His writing lives at the intersection of love and danger — where desire meets fear, where vulnerability meets strength, and where the line between devotion and destruction is thinner than a breath.
Drawing from a deep fascination with criminal psychology, behavioral science, and the complexities of modern relationships, Sandeep crafts stories that don't just make you feel — they make you ache. His characters are flawed, fierce, and unforgettable. His worlds are vivid, atmospheric, and unapologetically intense. His romances burn slow and hit hard.
Born and raised in India, Sandeep brings the chaos, beauty, and emotional depth of cities like Mumbai to life on every page — the monsoon rains, the midnight streets, the rooftop silences, and the millions of untold stories pulsing beneath the surface of a city that never sleeps.
