The Institute tells the story of Isabel Porter who voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood Institute. It is reputed to be an ideal place for wealthy young women to recuperate and receive treatment for minor maladies, but Isabel soon learns that the asylum's 'cutting edge science' is not what it seems. Can Isabel escape the clutches of Dr. Cairnes , or will she become a "Rosewood Girl," destined to live out her days in "the Pit" with the rest of Cairnes' brainwashed patients?