I asked romance authors to finish my sentence that starts with "Romance is" in an additional ten words or less.  Here are some responses and I'll be adding more each month.  Check out these authors' website links on my Links page!

ROMANCE IS:

• Sharing the laughter and tears of life - Carla Cassidy

• When your husband brings home take-out - Carol Lynne

• The day your world is changed forever - SJ Willing

• The closest we can come to living happily ever after – Cindy Pape

• A fairy tale for grownups - Catherine Mulvany

• Someone who makes your heart happy - Leigh Court

• Your husband provides the means to pursue your dream - Anny Cook

• Seeing the full moon and calling your partner to share - Terry Odell

• Being happy just because he's in the room with you - Elissa Abbott

• Never having to ask if you're loved - Jenyfer Matthews

• Knowing who you need to hug if anything happens - Ashlyn Chase

• Someone remembering you love fresh flowers and hate cold feet - Jerri Corgiat

• Always a happy ever after - Wilburta Arrowood

• A badass guy winning the girl every time - Charlotte Boyette-Compo

• Him walking alone, then saying he missed you - Vicky Burkholder

• Careening on banana peels into velvet cushions and chocolate decadence - Kelly Kirch

• Risque, ravenous, raunchy, ravishable, rapturous, and erratically rancorous - N D Hansen-Hill

• A smile over breakfast when you're not a morning person - Liz Jasper

• The every day little things that remind you you're loved - Lacey Thorn

• When he confirms what you know, that you're wonderful - Charlene Leatherman

• Knowing without being told that you are loved - Nina Nash

• Where passion meets the heart – Sapphire Phelan

• A prism of rainbows after life's storms - Sandra Cox

• Depending on your mood, as varied as selections of chocolate - Nancy J. Parra