Works by
Crystal Perkins-Stell
(Writer)

Soiled Pillowcases (2003)
Soiled Pillowcases treats the reader to a candid, and entertaining adventure in love, friendship, betrayal, heartbreak, revenge, infidelity, depression and the true emotions one might encounter when struggling to forgive a cheating mate. This novel is adventurous, humorous, insightful, and guaranteed to play on the emotions of many readers.

Never Knew a Father's Love (2004)
A father should be one of the most powerful influences in their child's life. Unfortunately, in far too many situations they are just the opposite. We have literally heard hundreds of stories from people who've been emotionally damaged by the absence of their paternal parent. Never Knew a Father's Love is based on Kobe Webber's plight to break the generational cycle of fatherless children that plagues his family.

Hood Rich (2005)
When one doesn't understand the daily task of surviving in the ghetto, it's easy to criticize an inner city family for the things they value and their way of living. Hood Rich is a strong, fast paced, yet compassionate story about family, life choices, love, money, and growing up in the judicial system. You will immediately be drawn into this page turning drama, which totally immerses you into the ghetto lifestyle that inspires Prince to choose between loyalty and freedom. Looking at life through the eyes of a streetwise, DeMarques Prince, we are able to see why kingpins in his family were his biggest idols. Prince, an impressionable teenager in Detroit, Michigan takes us on an emotional adventure, recapping why at one time drugs, money, music, sex, and fashion defined his lifestyle. New experiences like love, death, and fatherhood test Prince's loyalty. In the end, he makes an ultimate sacrifice, which eventually teaches him about loving himself while striving to live a purpose driven life.

Big Tymers (2006)
Big Tymers is the sequel to HOOD RICH... When you grow up a Prince, life can be challenging, sometimes even to the extent of violating all the family rules. DeMarques Prince’s daughter, little Asia is all grown up and fast as hell. With the hype that goes along with being Princes’ baby girl, Asia can’t help but quench her thirst on a man in the family business. She’s savvy like her daddy, gorgeous like her daddy, and thirsty for exposure to the game. Like daddy, she’ll go through hell and back to discover that all bling ain’t good bling. As any real Big Tymer knows, introduce the innocent to a pleasurable diversion and they’ll find themselves dangerously in love. Existing in the game is sometimes a lifetime commitment.

Alex, Calvin Shaw’s protégé takes Aisa on a lavish tour of fast money, adventure, sex, and deception. In the end, poor choice kick that ass, but the real Big Tymer in Asia’s life is a living example of how truly understanding the term Hood Rich can literally make one prosperous.