YNOT – After two years spent building her own businesses away from the camera’s lens, former Vivid contract girl Nina Mercedez has returned to the bright lights of adult entertainment. The former Miss Nude Universe plans to burn up the state of California during late July and early August with feature dancing engagements in Los Angeles, Sacramento and Rancho Cordova.Of course, she admits, personal appearances are an excellent way to promote the projects she has spent the past two years building: adult studio HeartBreaker Films and affiliate program XXXSexCash. Her promotional efforts don’t stop there, though. She said while she’s in Los Angeles, she plans “a great deal of shooting” in order to produce content for NinaMercedez.com, one of the official porn star sites in the expanding XXXSexCash network. Other performers whose sites are managed by the network include Sophia Santi, Lexi Lamour, Kayme Kai, Alexis Ford and Raylene. She and partner Raymond Balboa are in negotiations with five other starlets, she said, and just closed a site-management deal with “a major XXX video company,” but details about the latter remain under wraps.

“I took some time off starring in DVDs to really concentrate on our affiliate program, and it is paying off,” Mercedez said. “I am so proud. We are building such a great network, and I love working with such hot, sexy and easygoing girls who are really excited about their sites. We really enjoy the opportunity to be creative and show the girls there is such a thing as an honest webmaster who will make you money and work hard for you.”

During the hiatus, she also decided to expand her personal sexual repertoire. New to Mercedez’ resume is hardcore boy-girl scenes. She will shoot one of the first of those for Adam & Eve while she’s in L.A. this month, she said.

“I have made the decision to shoot boy-girl scenes with my partner Raymond Balboa for select companies for now,” she said. “I may work with other boys non-condom if a contract is presented with the right company, but for now all my boy-girl scenes with other male talent will stay exclusive to my website.”

Even time away from the industry didn’t dim Mercedez’ popularity, evidently. She recently was named “Latina of the Decade” by fans at LatinBabeIndex.com. In addition, sex-toy manufacturer Loveable Dolls signed her to an exclusive contract as a spokesmodel. She is scheduled to become the next in the company’s line of life-size platinum silicone replica dolls.

XXXSexCash pays 50-60 percent recurring revshare on all sales, plus a 10-percent webmaster referral bonus. The program offers promotional tools like rotating pictures and videos of the day and moment, Flash page peels, hosted galleries, downloadable content, embeddable Flash videos and RSS feeds.

For more information about the affiliate program or Mercedez, contact Balboa by email.