Thank you. I've read a lot of terrible books recently but these three really jumped out for the laziness you point out and the repetitive plot.

My sympathies, OP. I hate these time-wasters. I thought The Next Mrs. Parrish was the stupidest, most lazily written book I’ve ever read. I was annoyed with myself for finishing it. Can’t believe it has been copied.

These three books all have the exact same plot and I'm unreasonably annoyed by this and wanted to see if anyone else feels similarly. I'm particularly frustrated because I finally read the Housemaid after it was so popular and I could tell in the first couple chapters that this was exactly the same as TWBU and TNMP and it felt like a waste of a read.

The all have:
- Man who is too good to be true turns out to be too good to be true
- Abused victim gets replacement in order to escape
- Abused victim helps replacement in some way

Bonus points to The Housemaid and The Next Mrs Parrish for both including involuntary commitments to mental instituations.