A hockey superstar turned Wall Street sensation. A speech empress whose words shape reality. And a card dealer with nothing to lose but her past.

In Aberdeen, Washington, Taylor Reeves flees the violence that claimed her twin brother, boarding a Greyhound east with only his final note. Atlantic City’s harsh reality greets her—desperate faces telling stories she knows too well. With sharp instincts and empty pockets, she masters reading people from the dealer’s chair at a low-end casino, catching the eye of a gambler with Manhattan connections.

This opportunity earns her the most coveted position in high-stakes poker: Seat No. 10 at “The Priest’s”—an exclusive New York penthouse game where she watches the elites risk millions: Mrs. Lockhart, whose newspaper controls the city’s narrative; Yamamoto, playing with Yakuza money; Hunt, the insurance magnate with blood on his hands; van Bos, the South African arbitrage king; Danny Thornton, Wall Street’s IPO queen; and Miss Ming, whose charm conceals financial cunning.

When NHL superstar Leo “Mad Mad” Madison and Cat Love—Aberdeen’s golden couple reborn as Manhattan royalty—join the table, Taylor recognizes her opportunity. Behind their fame lurks a complex financial fraud and the secret that shattered her life.

The game changes when she faces the most lethal players—the Hawkins twins, whose Atlantic City casino empire hides secrets worth far more than their chips’ face value.

In this world where fortunes shift on a single card, Seat No. 10 is a gripping noir financial crime thriller where sometimes the dealer must sacrifice everything to claim the ultimate pot.

Some tables were made to be broken.