I think that the best way to write a good romance is to draw on your personal experiences and write about things that you feel passionate and excited about yourself.
No offense to you Chris, but if writing romances is something that you despise, I honestly think that you're better off with getting a writer that enjoys it to write the romance. If you have to resort to some kind of artificial point by point list, it won't turn out well to begin with, so you might as well not even bother.