A near-fatal car accident leaves recording artist Jessie Lee mangled beyond recognition. After endless surgeries and months spent in intensive care, Jessie is transferred to the state-owned Carnation House nursing home in Nashville, Tennessee. While undergoing rehabilitation, Jessie finds herself once again fighting for her life, battling the very people put in charge of her care. Is it all the medication? Or has Jessie uncovered dark secrets that have truly put her life in danger? Jessie clings to the friendships she has formed with four other patients and two feral cats in the hopes that one day she will be healthy enough to follow her dreams-that is, if she can ever break free of the evil that runs the halls of the Carnation House.