Emma Jean Hoffmann

She killed her true love.
She gave his kingdom to the vampires.
She turned her back on her sworn duty to protect the innocent from the evil that preys on them, vowing to never pick up the sword of duty again.
She wants to die...

But the gods aren't that merciful to the truly despicable.  Imogen is forced to pick up her sword in a quest to rescue the kingdom from the hands of the vampires.  And its' not long before she realizes the horrible truth.  To succeed, she will have to revisit the haunting sins of her past, and find a way to recapture her heart from the poison it drowns in.