Rūta Grainytė is a daughter to Lithuanian immigrants, born and raised in London.

Rūta discovered her love of story-telling when she spent hours spinning bedtime stories for her younger sister and spending every spare moment reading.

After a brief stint as a teacher, and earning an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Reading, Rūta has chosen to pursue her lifelong dream of being an author.

Sheathed is her self-published, debut novel.

Bring me his heart, or it’ll be yours I put up as a trophy instead.

Serina Dol-Bryer is the best assassin in the elite White Panther Club, and has worked for years to become the ruthless master, White Claw’s, right hand.

When she is given an anonymous mission, she is determined it is her last before she escapes her life of bloodshed. But when Serina inexplicably fails, the threat hanging over her head is not an easy one to forget: kill her target within a week, or the assassins she has grown to love as family will be forced to kill her.

With little choice, Serina teams up with her target and sworn enemy to escape White Claw before it is too late. Lives hang in the balance; her own, her sisters’ and supposedly, the man she’s meant to kill, and there’s no telling on which side of the knife they’ll fall. Time is ticking and Serina must decide whom she will save: herself, or those she swore to eternally hate?

Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and The Dagger and The Flame, this sharp and intriguing debut has readers on the edge of their seats. Filled with female empowerment and betrayal, Sheathed explores the various facets of love in the absorbing atmosphere of a wintry city.

Sheathed is available from Rūta’s website: https://www.rutagrainyte.com/shop.