Just in Time (Legacy Series, Book 5)

At seventeen, Jemma Foster is on the verge of inheriting more than she ever expected—a future shaped by the people who wanted her to have every opportunity life could offer.

She’s grown up believing her life is exactly what it appears to be. Until a single discovery shatters everything she thought she knew—and leaves her reeling with anger, betrayal, and a desperate need to escape.

As the truth about her family comes to light, Jemma’s grief turns reckless. Nights blur into parties, bad decisions, and a growing sense that nothing matters anymore. The people who love her most are suddenly the ones she trusts the least, and the future she once took for granted feels impossibly out of reach.

When a dangerous mistake forces an intervention, Jemma is given a choice: continue down a path of self-destruction—or leave everything she knows behind and travel to Guatemala, where service, isolation, and hard truths await.

Far from home, surrounded by the raw realities of life working at a struggling orphanage, Jemma must decide whether she’s willing to confront the pain she’s been running from—and whether forgiveness, both for others and herself, is possible.

Set against the contrasting worlds of coastal California and the Guatemalan jungle, Just in Time is an emotionally rich coming-of-age novel about identity, truth, and the moment when growing up means choosing who you want to become. It is the fifth book in the Legacy Series, a sweeping women’s fiction saga following six women as they navigate love, loss, and the ties that bind them.

Legacy Series:

Book 1: Buying Time
Book 2: In Her Own Time
Book 3: Matter of Time
Book 4: Taking Time
Book 5: Just in Time
Book 6: All in Good Time
Book 7: Bella’s Hope
Book 8: Bella’s Holiday
Book 9: Bella’s Heart
Book 10: Bella’s Home
Book 11: Christmas in Tuscany: A Legacy Series Reunion
Book 12: Birthday Surprise: A Legacy Series Reunion
Book 13: A Summer Together: A Legacy Series Reunion
Book 14: In This Moment: A Legacy Series Reunion
Book 15: Where It Began: A Legacy Series Reunion
Book 16: What We Choose: A Legacy Series Reunion
Book 17: All That Awaits: A Legacy Series Reunion

Paula Kay spent her childhood in a small town alongside the Mississippi River in Wisconsin. (Go Packers!) As a child, she used to climb the bluffs and stare out across the mighty river-dreaming of far away lands and adventures. Today, by some great miracle (and a lot of determination) she is able to travel, write and live in multiple locations, always grateful for the opportunity to meet new people and experience new cultures. Visit the author website where you can download a complimentary book of short stories - PaulaKayBooks.com