When Ray Bennett is paroled from Mississippi's Parchman Penitentiary he hopes the worst is behind him. Ironically, he's right. The problems he left in the rural farming community of Dover are waiting for him, becoming more ominous and more volatile through the years. Now that he's home, a past that he cannot escape shapes his future and threatens the peaceful life he longs for. Love and hate for Ray, in equal portions, smolder in a dangerous mix that will ignite a fire that leaves none of them unscathed. Carl Sullivan's heart is filled with greed and vengeance. He is a powerful and dangerous man who will stop at nothing to take all Ray has or ever hopes to have. Ray's 15 year old daughter, Emmy, doesn't know that he is her father. She has never laid eyes on him, but hates him as the man who is somehow at the root of all the problems in her young life as Carl's granddaughter. Ray desperately wants to have a relationship of some kind with Emmy, but fears that the truth behind the lies her life was built upon will destroy her. Laura, Emmy's mother, doesn't realize that she was manipulated into marrying Ray's former best friend and naming him as Emmy's father. Ray's return is stirring old feelings that Laura has long denied. And then there is Lori, Laura's sister, whose unrequited love for Ray has cost her dearly. At the center of Ray's search for love, peace, and redemption are the remnants of his grandfather's harvesting business which he has inherited. With a few pieces of rusted and worn equipment, Ray attracts a crew of misfits and outcasts in their own right. Their struggle to bring Bennett Harvesters into being, and thus themselves, is a moving, grueling, often humorous adventure that will change their lives. Troubled Fields is the story of lives that are ultimately affected by one decision made on one long ago night, and enduring faith and hope in the face of insurmountable odds. Perhaps, in Ray's search for peace and his efforts to put the pieces of his life back together, you will find a peace, and maybe a piece, of your own.