Apparently I am pro (consensual) incest...

I don't know how this keeps happening but somehow, in every novel, I struggle to keep my main, romantically linked characters from suddenly becoming related. It usually happens because of complex plotting where I'm trying to weave the characters back stories for future plot twists. It is incredibly easy, I assume, which must be why it keeps happening.

Seriously folks. Its not like it accidentally happened once, then I caught the mistake and said, "phew! close call"...

...no it keeps happening, repeatedly, in the same novel.

Michelle says: Incest isn't YA...
Laura says: But my characters are roughly 17...
Michelle says: No, I mean incest isn't a YA theme...you can't do it. What is wrong with you?
Laura says: *shakes head, somewhat ashamed* They could be a little related...
Michelle says: No...they can't...you're done here.

So apparently I need what I am referring to as the "Incest police", a duty Michelle has graciously agreed to perform. She is checking my plot for perverted coupling and possibly setting up an intervention on my behalf...