Adams became popular with fans and signed a two-year contract with Vivid Entertainment in August 2002. The contract required Adams to appear in eight movies per year for the company. She was nominated for Best Actress by AVN in 2003. In 2004 she won the award for Best Oral Sex Scene – Film for Heart of Darkness. On August 2, 2004, Adams appeared with Savanna Samson on Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor, to promote their book How to Have a XXX Sex Life. Adams is the niece of porn star Sunset Thomas.