Cherise Gautier is a minor character in the Dark-Hunter (DH) series. She is motherly towards everyone she meets and makes them fall in love with her. In One Silent Night, it is said that Nick's father Adarian was drawn to her because they were so opposite, her pure good to his evil. Cherise was fifteen years old and Adarian was posing as a career felon. Cherise's parents gave her an ultimatum: give up the baby, finish high school, and continue living with them or keep her baby and be kicked out without any recognition. Cherise chose the latter and became an exotic dancer on Bourbon Street. She was a single mother since Adarian was in and out of prison and eventually died in Angola during a prison riot.