With his old football buddies back in town, Mitchell expects a reprieve from his frustratingly unsatisfying life. Instead it's a stark reminder that, as living authentically goes, he's still playing catch-up. Years of practice means he can keep that hidden from his best friend Callum and the others; only Callum's younger brother Joshy seems immune to Mitchell's stoic facade. Joshy's the polar opposite to his brother, not least because he's openly, unashamedly gay. And, with Mitchell and his friends long acting as guardian angels, woe betide anybody who dared give Callum's happy-go-lucky kid sibling a hard time for it. But life moves on. Tired of waiting for Mitchell to see the young man he's grown up to be, Joshy is determined to demonstrate that in a way his big bro's closest friend can't ignore. Mitchell may have been Joshy's protector, but who's going to save him when the precocious eighteen-year-old unleashes the full power of his sexuality - and, more importantly, will Mitchell even want to be saved? I Knew I Was In Trouble is a high-spice friends-to-lovers m/m romance from the author of Jock Auction and The Hitchhiker .