Action: romance, thrills, or both?

I suppose authors writing in the romance genre will disagree, but I consider romantic and thriller scenes different aspects of the action that might be contained in a fiction story. Sure, there’s the quiet build-up to the romance, but that also occurs for thrills. And it’s all a fictional representation of our human experience.

Romance is part of our lives, thrills maybe not so much. (Maybe that’s why rides in theme parks are so popular?) I’m not addressing thrills at the gym, on a sports...