The latest trend - brief romantic date with fianc?e (8)
I believe the answer is:
intended
'fianc?e' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'the latest trend brief romantic date' is the wordplay.
'the latest trend' becomes 'in' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'brief' means to remove the last letter.
'romantic' becomes 'tender' (I've seen this before).
'date' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation eg in DOB, date of birth).
'tender' with its final letter taken off is 'tende'.
'in'+'tende'+'d'='INTENDED'
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for intended that I've seen before include "Fianc(e) - proposed" , "Deliberate" , "Planned, meant to" , "Set out" , "Fiancé (e) - on purpose" .)